7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The opening weekend of the NFL playoffs has arrived, with six games on the wild-card round slate. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score picks. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each

7:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Some six months before they kicked off the most prolific season of any quarterback-wide receiver duo in Seattle Seahawks history, DK Metcalf reluctantly followed Russell Wilson into the shallow end of a swimming pool. They had recently arrived in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for a late-winter vacation

6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN If Ben Roethlisberger says it’s OK to say it, then go ahead and call these NFL playoffs the year of the “old guys.” And Big Ben isn’t even the oldest. The NFL’s five oldest starting quarterbacks are all still playing, while some of the future stars, such as Kyler Murray

Jan 6, 2021 OWINGS MILLS, Md. — From the blink-and-he’s-gone scrambles to the countless hugs, Lamar Jackson is playing as loose, confident and enthused as ever heading into a postseason that can go a long way in determining his national perception as a quarterback. Jackson shook off the weight of expectations that come with being

7:06 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — While the Buffalo Bills spent the past 25 years without hosting an NFL playoff game, Valentino Dixon spent most of it imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Dixon, a big Bills fan, missed most of the team’s Super Bowl runs in the 1990s and

12:02 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Other than friends and family, the Pittsburgh Steelers will not permit fans at Heinz Field for the playoff game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday night. There had been hope within the organization that the state would grant approval for a limited crowd — similar to the 5,500 capacity permitted

6:50 AM ET ESPN NFL Experts It’s the wildest wild-card weekend ever, with six games on the schedule as the NFL begins its postseason march to Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7 in Tampa. Unfortunately, COVID-19 will continue to be a major factor, just as it has all season. This year has been almost as

Jan 5, 2021 Mike ClayESPN Writer Close Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings The fantasy football offseason is nearly upon us, which means it’s time to start looking ahead to 2021. Yes,

10:16 AM ET If there was any real drama remaining for Clemson fans, Trevor Lawrence put an official end to it Wednesday, releasing a video on social media announcing he would enter the NFL draft. “My time here has been amazing, and I’ll be a Clemson Tiger forever,” Lawrence said in the video. Thank you,

6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — OK, the 2020 NFL regular season is over. Now the real fireworks begin for the Philadelphia Eagles. This offseason is setting up to be one of the more consequential for the franchise in recent memory. The Eagles’ relationship with quarterback Carson Wentz — the center of their universe up until