Results from the late NFL Week 18 games on Sunday set the NFC Playoffs field and Wild Card Round matchups: Seahawks-49ers, Giants-Vikings, Cowboys-Buccaneers. Those regular-season rematch games are in play in the early NFC Wild Card odds.
The NFL Wild Card Weekend has two games Saturday, three games Sunday, and extends into one game Monday Night.
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Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers, Saturday 4:30 p.m. ET
San Francisco opened as a 9.5-point home favorite (per FanDuel) after sweeping their NFC West rival this season.
Seattle (9-8) defeated the Los Angeles Rams 19-16 in overtime Sunday, then had to wait until the Detroit Lions eliminated the Green Bay Packers 20-16 on Sunday Night Football to qualify as the final Wild Card and No. 7 seed.
“This is a championship team, and so we’ll get opportunities to add to it and all of that,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll told the Seahawks website. “But the heart, togetherness, the willingness to work. We make our own attitude. We create our own attitude. Attitude is everything. Well, we got that.”
San Francisco (13-4), which won the NFC West and is the No. 2 seed, ended the season with 10 straight wins, including 38-13 against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
“I felt real good about our team when we won the division there about a month ago,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said, according to The Associated Press. “I feel better about them now because we’ve gotten better since that point. We’ll be ready to go.”
The 49ers defeated the Seahawks 27-7 at San Francisco in Week 2 and 21-13 at Seattle in Week 15.
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New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings, Sunday 4:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota opened as a 3-point home favorite (per DraftKings) in this rematch of a tight Week 16 game.
The Vikings defeated the Giants 27-24 on Christmas Eve when Greg Joseph made a 61-yard field goal as time expired.
Minnesota (13-4), which defeated the Chicago Bears 29-13 on Sunday, won the NFC North and is the No. 3 seed. Running back Dalvin Cook left the game in the second quarter with a knee injury, but coach Kevin O’Connell said postgame that Cook was fine.
New York (9-7-1), who have made the playoffs once (2016) since winning the 2011 Super Bowl, is the No. 6 seed as a Wild Card. The Giants lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 22-16 on Sunday while resting several of their top players, including running back Saquon Barkley and quarterback Daniel Jones.
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Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Monday 8:15 p.m.
Dallas opened as a 3-point road favorite (per DraftKings) in this rematch of the season opener.
The Buccaneers defeated the Cowboys 19-3 on Sept. 11, limiting the Dallas offense to 244 total yards.
Tampa Bay (8-9) won the NFC South and is the No. 4 seed despite having the worst record in the seven-team NFC field. The Buccaneers lost to the Atlanta Falcons 30-17 on Sunday, ending the first losing season in the 23-year career of quarterback Tom Brady.
“It’s going to be hard, but we’re battle tested,” Brady said, according to the AP. “We’ve had some tough games. Some we came back from. Some we haven’t. But like I said, close won’t be good enough for going forward for anybody.”
Dallas (12-5) is a Wild Card and held the No. 5 seed despite a 26-6 loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday. The Cowboys have won one playoff game since 2014.
Tampa Bay and Dallas have not met in the playoffs since the 1982 season.
Eagles have bye; AFC set
The Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) wrapped up the NFC East and No. 1 seed with the win against the Giants that ended a two-game losing streak. Quarterback Jalen Hurts returned from a shoulder injury, but “he was hurting bad,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni told the AP.
The AFC Playoffs field and matchups were set earlier Sunday.
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