OPENING LINE: Pittsburgh by 3½

SERIES RECORD: Steelers lead 20-12

LAST MEETING: Steelers beat Ravens 13-10, Dec. 5, 2010

LAST WEEK: Ravens beat Chiefs 30-7, Steelers bye

RAVENS OFFENSE: OVERALL (22), RUSH (14), PASS (20)

RAVENS DEFENSE: OVERALL (10), RUSH (5), PASS (21)

STEELERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (11), PASS (14)

STEELERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH (1), PASS (12)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Based on winning percentage, Ravens (9-5, .643) and Steelers (31-10, .620) own NFL's top two playoff records. Baltimore is 7-3 in road playoff games. Steelers are 18-8 at home, 5-3 since 2001. Pittsburgh is 7-1 in playoffs since 2005, with only loss to Jacksonville in wild-card round in 2007. ... All but one of last seven Ravens-Steelers games were decided by 4 points or fewer. ... Pittsburgh is 2-0 against Ravens in postseason, winning during 2001, 2008 seasons. Pittsburgh beat Baltimore 23-14 in AFC championship game two seasons ago before defeating Arizona 27-23 in Super Bowl. ... Neither Ravens nor Steelers have allowed 100-yard rusher in last 14 playoff games. Washington (17 games) has longest current streak. \... Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is 8-2 in postseason. Ravens' Joe Flacco is first QB to start and win playoff game in each of first three seasons. ... Ravens coach John Harbaugh is 2-5 against Pittsburgh. ... Ravens RB Ray Rice is only RB in last 50 games to run for at least 100 yards against Pittsburgh. He gained 141 yards in 23-20 Ravens loss at Heinz Field on Dec. 27, 2009. ... Baltimore has 29 interceptions in 14 postseason games, including three vs. Kansas City. ... By winning, Steelers would close within one victory of Cowboys (33 wins) for most in postseason. Dallas has appeared in 57 playoff games, Pittsburgh in 51. Pittsburgh would advance to 15th conference title game, surpassing Dallas (14) for most since 1970. ... Steelers WR Hines Ward needs one catch to move past Thurman Thomas (76 catches) for fifth most playoff receptions. ... Steelers LB LaMarr Woodley has eight sacks in four playoff games.

<B>OPENING LINE:</B> Atlanta by 1½<B>SERIES RECORD: </B>Tied 13-13<B>LAST MEETING:</B> Falcons beat Packers 20-17, Nov. 28, 2010<B>LAST WEEK: </B>Packers beat Eagles 21-16; Falcons bye<B>PACKERS OFFENSE: </B>OVERALL (9), RUSH (24), PASS (5)<B>PACKERS DEFENSE: </B>OVERALL (5), RUSH (18), PASS (5)<B>FALCONS OFFENSE:</B> OVERALL (16), RUSH (12), PASS (15)<B>FALCONS DEFENSE:</B> OVERALL (16), RUSH (10), PASS (22)<B>STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: </B>Packers coming off first road playoff win since beating 49ers in San Francisco for 1997 NFC championship. ... Green Bay is 4-5 during divisional round of playoffs; Atlanta is 2-4. ... Green Bay has league's third-best winning percentage in postseason with 26-16 record (.619). By comparison, Atlanta's playoff mark is 6-9, though Falcons are 3-1 at home. ... Falcons went 7-1 at Georgia Dome during regular season, losing only to New Orleans 17-14 in next-to-last week. Since start of 2008 season, Atlanta has best home mark in NFC (20-4) and trails only New England (21-3) overall. ... Atlanta has home-field advantage in NFC playoffs for only second time in team history. It first occurred in 1980, when Falcons lost to Dallas 30-27 at old Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium in divisional round. ... Green Bay's six losses this season have been by a combined 20 points. The 3.33 average margin is lowest in NFL. ... Green Bay had three receivers with at least 50 catches for first time in franchise history: Greg Jennings (76), Donald Driver (51) and James Jones (50). ... Falcons will have to contend with player that wasn't a factor in their first meeting. RB James Starks rushed for 123 yards in wild -card win over Philadelphia, more than he had during entire regular season. ... Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has passed for seven TDs in first two career playoff games, an NFL record. Five QBs had previously shared mark with six. ... Falcons QB Matt Ryan has a 20-2 career record as starter at the Georgia Dome.

<B>OPENING LINE:</B> Chicago by 9Z\x<B>SERIES RECORD: </B>Seahawks lead 8-5<B>LAST MEETING:</B> Seahawks beat Bears 23-20, Oct. 17, 2010<B>LAST WEEK: </B>Seahawks beat New Orleans 41-36; Bears bye<B>SEAHAWKS OFFENSE: </B>OVERALL (28), RUSH (31), PASS (19)<B>SEAHAWKS DEFENSE: </B>OVERALL (27), RUSH (21), PASS (27)<B>BEARS OFFENSE:</B> OVERALL (30), RUSH (22), PASS (28)<B>BEARS DEFENSE:</B> OVERALL (9), RUSH (2), PASS (20)<B>STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: </B>Matt Hasselbeck threw for 242 yards and touchdown in first meeting, Mike Williams had 10 catches and 123 yards and Seattle's defense sacked Jay Cutler six times. ... Bears beat Seahawks 27-24 in OT in divisional playoff game on way to Super Bowl four years ago, winning on Robbie Gould's 49-yard field goal. Chicago's Rex Grossman threw for 282 yards in that game. ... Only 21 of 53 players on Seahawks' active roster were with team last season. ... Marshawn Lynch's tackle-breaking, 67-yard TD run last week caused seismic event to be recorded by sensors outside Qwest Field. ... Hasselbeck threw four TD passes last week. Three-time Pro Bowler is 5-5 in 10 postseason starts for Seattle. ... Bears had better record on road (6-2) than at home (5-3) in regular season. ... Bears in playoffs for 25th time and third in seven seasons under coach Lovie Smith. Chicago is 16-17 in postseason, including 11-7 at home. Cutler threw for 3,274 yards, third in franchise history, and became first Bears QB to throw for 3,000 in back-to-back seasons. ... RB Matt Forte ran for 717 yards over final nine games while averaging 4.9 per carry, eighth in league during that span. .. Devin Hester set NFL record with his 14th career kick return for a TD, and tied Eric Metcalf's record with his 10th punt return TD. His 17.1-yard average on punt returns was best ever among those with 30 or more in a season.

<B>OPENING LINE: </B>New England by 8½<B>SERIES RECORD:</B> Tied 51-51-1<B>LAST MEETING:</B> Patriots beat Jets 45-3, Dec. 6, 2010<B>LAST WEEK:</B> Jets beat Colts 17-16; Patriots bye<B>JETS OFFENSE: </B>OVERALL (11), RUSH (4), PASS (22)<B>JETS DEFENSE:</B> OVERALL (3), RUSH (3), PASS (6)<B>PATRIOTS OFFENSE: </B>OVERALL (8), RUSH (9), PASS (11)<B>PATRIOTS DEFENSE:</B> OVERALL (25), RUSH (11), PASS (30)<B>STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: </B>Fierce rivals split season series with both winning at home, the Jets with 28-14 victory Sept. 19 and the Patriots with 45-3 victory Dec. 6. ... Tom Brady is 14-4 against Jets, including 1-0 in playoffs. ... Since 2000, Jets' five wins at Foxborough are most by a Patriots opponent during that span. ... Jets will set franchise record for road victories in a season with their eighth if they defeat Patriots. ... In four postseason games under Rex Ryan, Jets averaging 148.8 yards rushing. Shonn Greene has 374 yards in those games, already ranking third in franchise postseason history in just his second NFL season. ... QB Mark Sanchez is 3-1 in postseason with 4 TDs and 3 INTs and 83.2 QB rating. ... K Nick Folk kicked 32-yard FG to beat Colts as time expired. ... RB LaDainian Tomlinson has mostly struggled in playoffs during career, but was outstanding in first postseason game with Jets while rushing for 82 yards and two TDs and catching four passes for 17 yards vs. Colts. ... DE Shaun Ellis will extend his franchise record for most postseason games played, with his 11th Sunday. ... CB Darrelle Revis coming off impressive performance vs. Colts in which he held Reggie Wayne to one catch for 1 yard. ... ... P Steve Weatherford tied NFL record by placing 42 punts inside 20-yard line during regular season. ... Patriots in playoffs for 12th time in Robert Kraft's 17 seasons as owner. ... They led NFL in scoring with 32.4 points per game and tied own NFL record by scoring at least 30 points in eight consecutive games, capped by 38-7 win over Miami in finale. ... Brady won NFL-record 28 straight starts at home during regular season but lost last playoff game there, 33-14 in first round last season to Ravens. ... With 86 catches, Wes Welker has 432 the past four seasons, most in NFL. ... Patriots rookie CB Devin McCourty, first-round pick from Rutgers, tied for second in NFL with 7 INTs. ... K Shayne Graham has made all 12 of his FG attempts in eight games since taking over when Stephen Gostkowski went on injured reserve with a thigh injury. ... Patriots are 11-2 in home playoff games. Loss to Ravens broke 11-game winning streak in Foxborough. ... Patriots committed 10 turnovers, fewest in the NFL since it went to 16-game schedule in 1978.