The Houston Texans enter the divisional round with a 15.7% chance to win the Super Bowl and are projected to reach the game 27% of the time. Seattle also remains firmly in the mix among the eight remaining teams, with its probability profile reflecting a viable path to a deep playoff run.

We break down the advanced metrics after every game of the wild-card slate, giving an in-depth look at the numbers behind every contest.

Based on both the 2025 NFL regular season and wild-card round, below is one schematic key to follow in the four upcoming divisional round showdowns.

Max Chadwick and Dalton Wasserman analyze the College Football Playoff National Championship between the Miami Hurricanes and Indiana Hoosiers in the 2025-26 season.

PFF grades every player on every play, and these are the top rookies from the wild-card round.

Jim Wyman breaks down the most important player for every team in the divisional playoff round.

Against the Jaguars in the wild-card round, Josh Allen proliferated his outstanding playoff performances — which could propel the Bills to the Super Bowl.

Only eight teams remain in the hunt for a Super Bowl. The rest of the NFL is focused on the offseason and improving through free agency and the 2026 NFL Draft.

Thomas Valentine provides one reason why each non-playoff NFL team should be optimistic heading into the 2026 offseason.

Nathan Jahnke reveals what he got right and wrong in addition to what he learned from the 2025 fantasy football season.

A suffocating defensive performance powered the Houston Texans to a 30-6 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first road playoff victory in franchise history. Houston forced turnovers, held Pittsburgh to 175 yards and no touchdowns, and advanced to face New England with the NFL’s hottest defense leading the way.

Daire Carragher breaks down the A.J. Brown situation in Philadelphia after he was held to three receptions for 25 receiving yards in the Eagles' wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

Demarcus Robinson answered the call for San Francisco, posting season highs in targets, receptions, receiving yards and PFF receiving grade after the 49ers lost George Kittle during the game. On the other side of Wild Card weekend, the Patriots defense overwhelmed Justin Herbert with 39 total pressures, led by Cory Durden.

Caleb Williams continued his late-season surge on Wild Card weekend, producing one of the game’s defining moments by escaping pressure on fourth-and-8 and delivering a strike to Rome Odunze for a play that earned a PFF grade (+1.5) and capped a six–big-time throw performance.

A contest between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks is among the divisional-round games that present early betting value.

Kenneth Gainwell has emerged as Aaron Rodgers’ emergency outlet when pressure arrives. He leads the Steelers in target rate when pressured (22.4%) and ranks inside the top 10 among all qualifying pass-catchers in that situation this season.

This year, PFF NFL game recaps have been reimagined to deliver more value than ever. Each game breakdown includes advanced box-score metrics, player participation, snap counts, initial PFF grades and key statistical takeaways — all powered by Premium Stats 2.0.

Indiana's Fernando Mendoza and Miami (FL)'s Rueben Bain Jr. stood out during the College Football Playoff semifinals.