Rookie brain farts. Game-changing lapses in single coverage. The NFL’s second-worst QB. That’s how you lose a Super Bowl.

Lions fans are irked with me. I mean irked, as in mildly annoyed, as in might not want to buy me an ice cream sundae, or let me merge into a busy line of traffic. I don’t think they hate me. Detroit football fans don’t seethe like that.

The Lions enter the playoffs as the betting favorite to win Super Bowl LIX and a big favorite to win the NFC Championship

Here's who NFC teams want to see—and don't want to see—for their best chance at lifting the Lombardi Trophy next month.

The Lions and Chiefs are in a tier of their own odds-wise, thanks to their 15-win seasons and accordant first-round byes. But both have nagging concerns that, if you squint hard enough, begin to look a lot like vulnerabilities. Will any of their potential opponents through the postseason be able to capitalize on those vulnerabilities?

Super Bowl will be held at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Which teams are favored to play in it? Which team is the favorite to win it? Take a look at Super Bowl odds entering the NFL playoff schedule for every NFL team in the NFL postseason,

In many ways, the start of the NFL playoffs is similar to the first week of the regular season. There's a feeling of newness in the air, along with the optimism from fan bases that this might be the year when something special takes place.