Schedule, channels, occasions for Saturday playoff video games

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The NFL primarily schedules its video games on Sundays throughout the common season. However, as soon as the playoffs begin, the league goals to present every recreation its personal devoted time slot.

Consequently, the NFL playoffs will kick off on Saturday, that includes 4 NFC groups competing in two of the six wild-card weekend matchups.

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The Carolina Panthers will host the 4:30 p.m. ET recreation on Saturday, their first dwelling playoff recreation because the 2015 season. They will face the Los Angeles Rams.

The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears will shut the day within the 213th version of the NFL’s most-played rivalry.

Here’s what to find out about Saturday’s NFL motion, together with learn how to watch it and a few key storylines to watch.

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NFL schedule at present: Saturday playoff video games

NFL playoffs: TV channels for at present’s video games

• Rams at Panthers: Fox
• Packers at Bears: Amazon Prime (nationwide) | (WGBA-TV, Channel 26 in Green Bay) | WFLD-TV, Fox 32 in Chicago)

Watch Saturday’s Bears-Packers game on Prime Video

NFL playoffs: What time are at present’s video games?

• Rams at Panthers: 4:30 p.m. ET
• Packers at Bears: 8 p.m. ET

Odds for each NFL recreation at present

Odds from BetMGM as of Wednesday night.

• Rams (-625) at Panthers (+450)
• Packers (-118) at Bears (-102)

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How to reside stream NFL video games at present

Four of the NFL’s six wild-card weekend video games will probably be out there to stream nationally on Fubo, which provides a free trial, whereas the Bears-Packers recreation will probably be out there solely on Fubo to viewers within the Chicago and Green Bay markets.

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Storylines for at present’s NFL video games

• The Panthers need to win a playoff recreation for the primary time because the 2015 season. Bryce Young led Carolina to a 31-28 win in Week 13 over the Los Angeles Rams and hopes to have comparable success Saturday in his first NFL postseason recreation. The Panthers eked into the postseason and went 1-3 following their Week 14 bye. They additionally posted a -69 level differential whereas rating twenty fifth in DVOA, per FTN.
• The Rams enter the playoffs behind solely the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl odds. Matthew Stafford is a number one candidate for MVP and a big cause behind the Rams’ +172 level differential whereas rating second in DVOA. The Rams led the NFL in factors per recreation (30.5) whereas the Panthers completed twenty seventh (18.3).
• This would be the 213th Bears-Packers matchup, together with playoffs, which is probably the most in NFL historical past. In reality, it is the one matchup that is exceeded 200 video games. Green Bay leads the all-time sequence 109-96-6 and the Packers have gained 12 of the final 14 video games in opposition to the Bears. Green Bay break up the season sequence with Chicago 1-1, however has an injury-ravaged roster coming into the playoffs.
• The Bears beat the Packers in time beyond regulation in Week 16, after Jordan Love missed many of the recreation with a concussion, the final time the 2 squared off. Green Bay has misplaced 4 straight, whereas permitting 28.3 factors per recreation since Micah Parsons tore his ACL. Caleb Williams, pairing with Ben Johnson, has been terrific, and the Bears rank third in yards earlier than contact per rush.
• Green Bay and Chicago final met within the playoffs within the 2010 NFC championship recreation; the Packers gained that contest 21-14 in Chicago.