Before their victory in Jacksonville last Sunday the Buffalo Bills had not won a road postseason game since 1992. That was a win over the Miami Dolphins in the AFC Championship Game and two Sundays later the Bills lost to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVII, 52-17.
The Chicago Bears have not won a playoff game since 2010, a victory over the New Orleans Saints the week before they got beat by the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game.
The Denver Broncos have not won a playoff game since Peyton Manning quarterbacked them to a Super Bowl title to complete the 2015 season. They advanced to their first postseason game since their Super Bowl 50 win last season and were crushed in the Wild Card round in Buffalo, 31-7.
The San Francisco 49ers had a chance to grab the top seed in the NFC two weeks ago with a regular season win over the visiting Seattle Seahawks and got shut down offensively in a 13-3 loss. The defeat dropped the 49ers to the sixth seed, which they parlayed into a road win over the Philadelphia Eagles last week to get another shot at the Seahawks this Sunday at Lumen Field.
The history of NFL games is interesting.
Does it point to winners this week?