The intensity of the NFL playoffs always seems to heighten for the divisional round. The top seeds are coming off their bye weeks, and the bracket comes into focus after the re-seeding following the wild-card round. Each of these teams now fully believes it belongs in its conference championship game, and they’re all just one step away.
It’s shaping up to be a heck of a weekend, too. All four home teams are viewed as bona fide Super Bowl contenders, but the quartet of road teams should be confident enough to pull off an upset after impressive showings in their postseason openers.
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