Overview
- Saturday’s slate features Buffalo at Denver at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS/Paramount+ and San Francisco at Seattle at 8 p.m. ET on Fox/Fubo.
- Top seeds Denver and Seattle earned first-round byes after 14-3 seasons and now host No. 6 seeds in rematches with recent history.
- Denver enters with the NFL’s sack leader at 68 and ranks among the top teams in yards and points allowed, posing a major test for Josh Allen.
- Seattle’s top-ranked scoring defense held San Francisco to 173 yards in a 13-3 Week 18 win, and QB Sam Darnold is listed as questionable with an oblique injury.
- San Francisco travels depleted, with star tight end George Kittle out after a torn Achilles in the Wild Card Round, though the 49ers advanced with a road upset of Philadelphia.