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As an NFC Playoffs showdown with the Eagles looms, this is the 49ers fatal flaw that will derail their Super Bowl hopes.

The NFL playoff bracket has a wrinkle other tournaments don't have. How does that impact the NFC and AFC postseason divisional round games this week?

The NFL regular season wraps up Sunday, headlined by an AFC North title game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens.

Hurts says "experience is the biggest teacher" regarding his postseason approach, which begins in the wild-card round against the 49ers on Sunday. The quarterback has a 6-3 record in the playoffs.

The Carolina Panthers are NFC South champions, a sentence that felt very improbable after yesterday's letdown. They fell short of beating the Tampa Bay Buccanee

The NFL Playoff Bracket is set, with 13 of 14 teams determined and all but one of the first-round match-ups determined.

The Eagles, with mostly backups on the field, failed to take advantage of a Bears loss that gave them a chance at the second seed.

The Seattle Seahawks will have a first-round bye, but the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers learned their NFC playoff opponents after Week 18.

The Bears' defense was one of the more opportunistic in football this season, leading the NFL with 33 total turnovers—22 interceptions, 10 fumbles—despite being towards the bottom-half of the league in both points (24.4) and yards (361.8) allowed per game.