The addition of a third Wild Card team in each conference and the subsequent expansion of the playoffs in 2020 has resulted in a Super Wild Card Weekend of NFL action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the third consecutive season, there will be six games, with two on Saturday (January 14), three on Sunday (January 15) and, for the second consecutive season, one on Monday (January 16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seven of the 12 teams in action this weekend are new to the postseason in 2022, having missed the playoffs a year ago:\u00a0BALTIMORE,\u00a0JACKSONVILLE, the LOS ANGELES, MIAMI, MINNESOTA, NEW YORK GIANTS, and SEATTLE. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each of the 12 teams playing this weekend hope to earn their first of four wins needed to capture the Lombardi Trophy. Winners in the Wild Card round have won the Super Bowl 11 times, including in each of the past two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From young quarterbacks making their first postseason appearance to first-year coaches leading their teams to the playoffs, here are a few things to watch for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS<\/u><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Los Angeles Chargers\u00a0quarterback\u00a0JUSTIN HERBERT\u00a0<\/strong>(24 years old) and Jacksonville quarterback TREVOR LAWRENCE\u00a0<\/strong>(23 years old) will each be making their first career postseason starts when the Jaguars host the Chargers on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their combined age of 48 years and 45 days will be the sixth-youngest combined age of opposing starting quarterbacks in a playoff game in NFL history. The youngest combined age of opposing starting quarterbacks in a postseason game in NFL history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n