The NFL previously applied the term “super” to the wild-card round of the playoffs. This year, the ratings were. Via Sports Business Journal, the six games televised by Fox (which had two), CBS, Prime Video, NBC and ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 attracted an average of 31.9 million viewers.

“NFL ON CBS” follows up its record-breaking regular season with the most-watched AFC Wild Card game in the early Sunday window on record 🏈 Bills-Jaguars averaged 32.710 million viewers, up +5% 🏈 Peaked with more than 41 million viewers pic.twitter.com/whI5OFurxy

Chicago's come-from-behind victory over Green Bay in Saturday's wild-card round became the first NFL game to have over 30 million viewers on a streaming service. The Bears' 31-27 victory averaged 31.61 million on Amazon Prime Video,

A week after New York’s online sportsbooks turned their third-biggest weekly profit ever to kick off 2026, bettors fought back during the NFL playoffs’ wild-card round. New York sports betting operators experienced a small week-over-week and year-over-year decrease in dollars wagered.

In picking Packers-Bears for Prime Video, the NFL knew exactly what it was doing. The best matchup of the wild-card round became the most exciting of the six games, too. That propelled the contest to an all-time streaming record, with 31.61 million viewers.

The Chiefs' pass rush, or lack thereof, was evidently subpar this season. In 2025, Kansas City totaled 33 sacks, which ranked 26th in the league. About a third of those sacks were accounted by edge rushers. That is simply not good enough if the Chiefs want to continue competing for super bowls in the future.

The Bills, Bears and Rams all won their opening playoff games by scoring a touchdown in the final three minutes, marking the first time in NFL history that three different playoff games have ended with a game-winning touchdown in the final two minutes.

NFL stars George Kittle and Nico Collins were some of the stars who suffered an injury during last week's Wild Card weekend