The final eight teams in the NFL playoffs are left standing this weekend for the Divisional Round. While we’ve seen what these teams have done over the course of the season and for a few of these teams, one game in the playoffs, it’s still pivotal to see how the match-up against each other.

As always there will be 30-plus stats for each game including stats and ranks for each. There will also be quick breakdowns to show the mismatches or intriguing stats about each game and where we can find upside for DFS or fantasy football match-ups. The color-coding in the tables are from an offensive point of view so the more green you see, the better for the offensive players and the more red in the table, the tougher a match-up is for the offensive players.

Los Angeles at Green Bay

Saturday 4:35 PM ET
RamsatPackers
StatRankOffensive StatsRankStat
23.620PPG131.8
32:072T.O.P.132:31
374.413Total Yards5389
68.23Off Plays2861.9
30.46Rush Att.1227.7
128.49Rush Yds8132.4
4.218Rush YPA64.8
36.214Pass Att.2532.9
246.115Pass Yds10256.6
6.819Pass YPA27.8
RamsatPackers
StatRankDefensive StatsRankStat
18.61PPG Allowed1423.1
281.71Yds/G Allowed8334
4.61Yds/P Allowed145.5
93.94Rush Yds/G13112.8
3.94Rush Yds/Att214.5
187.81Pass Yds/G7221.2
5.61Pass Yds/Att126.6
13.532Def vs. QB3015.7
1430Def vs. RB620.1
15.132Def vs. WR2719.6
6.822Def vs. TE295.7
RamsatPackers
StatRankAdvanced StatsRankStat
27.6216Pace3231.09
44.5%8Rush %744.8%
55.5%25Pass %2655.3%
57.4%19RZ %180.0%
59.6%12RZ % Allowed857.7%
-17.0%4Total DVOA170.5%
-12.0%4Pass DVOA155.1%
-24.1%3Rush DVOA18-5.7%
-4.30%13DVOA v. #1 WR10-11.00%
-33.40%1DVOA v. #2 WR2310.60%
-2.00%14DVOA v. #3/4 WR6-20.10%
-11.50%10DVOA v. TE9-12.00%

This is the fourth time in the last 50 years that the team with the most passing touchdowns in the regular season faces the team that allowed the fewest on defense have met in the playoffs, the offensive team has won each of the first three. The Packers defense has also really warmed up of late with 17 or fewer points allowed in four of the last five games. On the opposite side of warming up, Jared Goff has no touchdowns, five picks, and a 34.5 passer rating in two career games in less than 35 degrees. If there is one way to slow down the Packers’ offense it’s to have Cam Akers take advantage of the bad rush defense for the Rams and have Jalen Ramsey lock down Davante Adams as Ramsey hasn’t allowed a 50-plus yard receiving effort since Week 1.

Baltimore at Buffalo

Saturday 8:15 PM ET
RavensatBills
StatRankOffensive StatsRankStat
28.77PPG231.1
31:305T.O.P.631:24
365.418Total Yards2396.5
62.225Off Plays1664.2
34.71Rush Att.2125.4
194.51Rush Yds20107
5.61Rush YPA194.2
25.332Pass Att.1137.1
170.832Pass Yds3289.5
6.820Pass YPA37.8
RavensatBills
StatRankDefensive StatsRankStat
18.62PPG Allowed1523.5
322.66Yds/G Allowed16359.5
5.17Yds/P Allowed165.6
105.47Rush Yds/G20122.2
4.416Rush Yds/Att254.7
217.36Pass Yds/G14237.4
5.92Pass Yds/Att96.5
16.525Def vs. QB1718.1
15.722Def vs. RB1218.1
18.530Def vs. WR2818.9
6.723Def vs. TE88.5
RavensatBills
StatRankAdvanced StatsRankStat
29.5731Pace2828.65
55.8%1Rush %2039.6%
44.2%32Pass %1360.4%
61.9%13RZ %1262.9%
61.7%15RZ % Allowed2263.5%
-6.9%9Total DVOA12-2.2%
0.4%10Pass DVOA122.2%
-18.5%12Rush DVOA17-8.2%
-22.80%3DVOA v. #1 WR2312.90%
-0.50%16DVOA v. #2 WR3-21.10%
-21.20%5DVOA v. #3/4 WR4-21.80%
6.80%22DVOA v. TE13-4.10%

This is a game of streaks coming in for these teams. Baltimore is the only team in NFL history with a winning record on the road in the playoffs at 11-6, eight of those have happened with John Harbaugh at the helm, while the Bills are 11-3 in the playoffs at home all time. Both teams are coming in with at least a six-game winning streak and in the nine previous times two teams have faced off in the playoffs in this same situation, the home team is 8-1. In the five games the Bills faced a top-10 overall defense this year, Josh Allen is 5-0 in those games and in this one, Baltimore is ninth in DVOA but a sneaky match-up might be Dawson Knox as the Ravens are only 22nd in DVOA against the TE.

Cleveland at Kansas City

Sunday 3:05 PM ET
BrownsatChiefs
StatRankOffensive StatsRankStat
26.812PPG629.6
30:4114T.O.P.1630:09
370.815Total Yards1415.8
63.919Off Plays866.1
30.95Rush Att.2425.2
147.13Rush Yds16112.4
4.87Rush YPA124.5
31.528Pass Att.339.4
223.624Pass Yds1303.4
7.111Pass YPA57.7
BrownsatChiefs
StatRankDefensive StatsRankStat
26.823PPG Allowed1022.6
369.921Yds/G Allowed15358.3
5.618Yds/P Allowed175.6
107.49Rush Yds/G19122.1
4.312Rush Yds/Att184.5
262.525Pass Yds/G13236.2
6.818Pass Yds/Att176.8
19.48Def vs. QB1019.1
1525Def vs. RB1018.6
24.77Def vs. WR2918.6
8.95Def vs. TE78.7
BrownsatChiefs
StatRankAdvanced StatsRankStat
28.427Pace1327.05
48.4%4Rush %2338.1%
51.6%29Pass %1061.9%
72.4%4RZ %1461.0%
63.1%19RZ % Allowed3276.6%
7.4%25Total DVOA224.9%
16.4%25Pass DVOA166.7%
-5.4%19Rush DVOA312.6%
-18.90%4DVOA v. #1 WR9-11.00%
0.70%18DVOA v. #2 WR13-3.10%
19.60%29DVOA v. #3/4 WR7-18.10%
18.50%28DVOA v. TE14-1.70%

Coming off the shocking win last weekend, Cleveland gets perhaps the best match-up for them in the Divisional Round as the Chiefs don’t stop the run very well and the Browns run it very well, not to mention the revenge game narrative for Kareem Hunt . This game is shaping up to be a close affair as the Browns haven’t lost a game by more than 10 points since Week 6 and KC has not won a game by more than 10 points since Week 8. If the Browns’ get parts of their defense back, they could be interesting in the passing game defense as they are pretty good against the top receiving threat for opponents in terms of DVOA ranking fourth. If this game comes down to a red zone battle, the Browns are the fourth-best team at converting touchdowns inside the 20 and 19th-best at stopping opposing offenses while the Chiefs are 14th-best at scoring there offensively and dead last at stopping opponents from scoring. All that being said, Andy Reid is 25-5 in his career following bye weeks including playoffs and the Browns have only won multiple post-season games in the same year once in their history, in 1950. 

Tampa Bay at New Orleans

Sunday 6:40 PM ET
BuccaneersatSaints
StatRankOffensive StatsRankStat
30.83PPG529.6
29:0221T.O.P.331:58
391.34Total Yards11376.9
64.118Off Plays965.9
23.428Rush Att.431.1
97.727Rush Yds6140.5
4.222Rush YPA104.5
39.26Pass Att.2433
293.62Pass Yds19236.5
7.57Pass YPA107.2
BuccaneersatSaints
StatRankDefensive StatsRankStat
22.28PPG Allowed320.4
329.97Yds/G Allowed2306.6
5.16Yds/P Allowed45
80.91Rush Yds/G391.2
3.61Rush Yds/Att33.8
249.121Pass Yds/G5215.5
6.48Pass Yds/Att66.3
1818Def vs. QB2716
13.232Def vs. RB3113.2
22.913Def vs. WR1622.1
8.111Def vs. TE147.6
BuccaneersatSaints
StatRankAdvanced StatsRankStat
26.499Pace2928.83
36.6%30Rush %547.2%
63.5%3Pass %2852.8%
65.2%11RZ %572.2%
63.6%24RZ % Allowed2967.3%
-14.6%5Total DVOA2-19.0%
-5.4%5Pass DVOA3-14.7%
-31.4%1Rush DVOA2-25.6%
-15.60%6DVOA v. #1 WR11-10.80%
4.50%22DVOA v. #2 WR12-8.80%
-28.60%1DVOA v. #3/4 WR15-1.40%
11.60%25DVOA v. TE2-34.50%

Drew Brees and Tom Brady part III this year in what could be the last match-up for them in their careers. The Saints swept the season series this year and historically teams that pull that off are 17-7 in the playoffs when facing that same team. While the Bucs will have a relatively healthy Mike Evans on Sunday, he’s only averaged 51 yards receiving in 13 career games against the Saints (he averages over 80 yards a game against everyone else). The real trick for the Saints is to get some semblance of a running game going with Alvin Kamara and Latavius Murray as the Tampa Bay rush defense was the best in the league this year in yards and touchdowns allowed. One last thing to watch in this game is what Brady does because two of his three games of seeing a passer rating of 80 or below came against the Saints, however, he’s posted a 14-1 TD:INT ratio since Week 13 and gone 5-0 in that span.