The Detroit Lions are the team to beat in the NFC, but this conference's wild-card teams put up more fight than their AFC counterparts.

The four NFC and four AFC division champions and six wild-card teams - the three non-division winners with the best records in each conference - will compete in a single elimination tournament. The final four will play in the AFC and NFC championship games on Jan.

Now that the NFL's regular season has ended, for most football fans, the next big event on their radar is Super Bowl 59.

There have been 58 Super Bowls played in NFL history, and somehow, there are still 12 teams that have yet to win a Lombardi Trophy. However, that number could be going down by one this year and that's because there are five teams in the playoffs that will have a chance to end their Super Bowl drought.

The Chiefs and Lions have next weekend off, but these 12 NFL wild-card teams will be fighting to keep their Super Bowl dreams alive.

The NFL playoffs are here! With all due respect to Christmas, it's the most wonderful time of the year. And what better way to celebrate than by projecting out the full playoff field through the Super Bowl,

While the regular season suggests a Detroit Lions-Kansas City Chiefs clash for Super Bowl 59, everyone is vulnerable -- especially in a league where a dozen teams have to fight their way up from the Wild Card round.

The NFL playoffs are set to begin this weekend, and the 14 teams who qualified are all in search of the same goal: winning the Super Bowl. For some teams, it's a chance to finally put all of the pieces together after multiple successful runs to the playoffs.