And so, the playoffs begin.
This weekend, roughly 40 percent of the NFL will begin a hopefully extended postseason journey during Wild Card Weekend. At the same time, the other approximately 60 percent of the league is already well into the 2023 offseason, hoping to lay the bricks of a foundation to play well into mid-January and soon.
In five weeks’ time, we’ll have a new Super Bowl champion crowned in Arizona. And when everyone’s done celebrating — the precise moment they’re done celebrating, and we are not exaggerating this — we’ll already have our eyes on what’s next or who’s next in this oh so silly league. That’s just the way this dramatic cookie crumbles.
As the playoffs start for one side of the NFL and a vital offseason kicks off for the other, here are For The Win’s Power Rankings for 2023 Wild Card Weekend.