It's the most wonderful time of the year. Bowl season has concluded, the holidays are over and we can lock right in on the most important of the year, with 12 teams having qualified for the postseason and chasing the Lombardi Trophy. This might really be or so; legitimately every team that made the postseason can make a deep run this year. Any of the dozen teams in the playoffs winning the wouldn't be that big a shock.And Wild-Card Weekend should be fun too: only one of the games features a spread of more than three points, which means we should expect plenty of drama and action. If you want picks, DFS advice and a daily breakdown for the playoff stretch, make sure and . Listen to the latest episode with , breaking down coaching rumors and looking at the wild card round, below.And if you think you know who's going to win these games, you can also join our and compete against myself and other CBS experts right here. Mine are below. (+2.5) at Rubber match situation here for the division rivals in a game that's going to be close. The first matchup was a
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Canadiens Blank Men Jersey in the Super Bowl. Just saying that the Bears might be undervalued here considering what they can do on defense, especially with Nick Foles banged up and not sporting the full complement of weapons he had during the Eagles playoff run last year. Give me Chicago and I actually think they win easily, with putting together a surprisingly nice game for the Bears offense.
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