More predictions: Commanders vs Buccaneers Expert Predictions for NFL Wild Card Weekend The No. 5 seeded Vikings (14-3) are taking on the No. 4 seeded Rams (10-7) in a rematch of the teams' Week 8 matchup. The Rams handed the Vikings one of their three losses this season and were the only non-Detroit Lions team to beat Minnesota.

The 2025 NFL Draft class is a talented one. The top quarterbacks are Colorado's Shedeur Sanders and Miami's Cam Ward. With QB-needy teams at the top of the draft in the Titans, Browns, and Giants, the two almost assuredly will be the first names taken off the board.

Rams boosters will point to their Week 8 win over the Vikings — making them the only team besides the Lions to take them down — but I’m chalking that up to another happenstance. The Vikings have been better on both sides of the ball all season otherwise. Take the “road” favorites in the NFL’s final 2024 Wild Card Round game.

The National League Football playoffs kick off this weekend with six Wild Card matchups. In the AFC, the Los Angeles Chargers face off against the Houston Texans, the Pittsburgh Steelers are taking on their bitter rivals in the Baltimore Ravens,

The first 18 selections in the 2025 NFL Draft were set following the final week of the regular season. Now, after the final wild-card round game Monday night, six more teams have been locked into their respective slots.