Poll of the Day: Which Wild-Card Team is Most Likely to Appear in the Super Bowl?
For a long time, it was nearly impossible for a wildcard team to make it to the Super Bowl. Over the past several seasons, that has changed as a couple of No. 6 seeds have won the Super Bowl.
As the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs last year, the Green Bay Packers went on to win Super Bowl XLV. As the No. 1 seed this year, they are the clear favorite to repeat as they have been nearly unbeatable (15-1).
This year's field of wildcard teams includes: (AFC) Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals and (NFC) Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons.
As the No. 5 seed in the AFC, the Steelers will face the Broncos this weekend. Meanwhile, the Bengals, as the No. 6 seed, will face the Texans. Coincidentally both home teams this weekend in the AFC playoffs have lost their past three games.
As the No. 5 seed in the NFC, the Falcons will head to New Jersey to take on the Giants. The No. 6 seed, Detroit, will face the Saints, who lost the tie-breaker for a first-round bye with the 49ers, the No. 2 seed.
Later in the week, we will have individual game predictions for all of the playoff matchups in the wildcard round and I'll have my full playoff predictions including a Super Bowl winner. But which road team will get to the big game this year?
Related: Historical Super Bowl Winners - Past Super Bowl MVPs
