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Ranking the 4 NFL Divisional Round games by watchability


This is The Morning Win.

WHEEE MORE NFL PLAYOFFS!

The NFL Divisional Round is set to kick off on Saturday with a pair of postseason games, followed by a Sunday that's filled with intrigue, including one game that might be the Super Bowl before the actual Super Bowl.

Even though four games is a lot easier to rank than the six from last weekend, we're doing it anyway as your guide to a weekend full of football. Let's rank that quartet of contests by watchability!

4. San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers: Look, all four games are really, really fantastic matchups. But here’s my thinking with this one: The Packers are the best team left in the postseason, they’re playing at home in frigid conditions, it feels like the defense will force Jimmy Garoppolo into some mistakes and this one won’t be as close as we hope.

3. Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans: The Bengals are a fun team to watch, simple as that! But I also want to tune in to see how truly good the No. 1 AFC-seeded Titans are. It feels like we’re underrating them, especially if Derrick Henry is back. Maybe this ends up being a super-close, back-and-forth game. Extremely watchable!

2. Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Are we going to see Tom Brady get taken down? Are we going to see Matthew Stafford thrive? Will both defenses make this one a pitcher’s duel of sorts? Can’t wait.

1. Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs: The crown jewel of the weekend. Will we see the Chiefs win again? Or can the Bills pull off the upset and put themselves in position to perhaps win Buffalo its first Super Bowl ever?

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