This Sunday’s wild-card round is the first playoff meeting ever between the Baltimore Ravens (9-7) and the New England Patriots (10-6).However,the Patriots are 5-0 all-time against the Ravens.

Redskins owner Daniel Snyder didn’t waste anytime after the team’s Sunday defeat in San Diego.Moments after the plane touched the ground Monday morning the Redskins fired head coach Jim Zorn and began the final stages of negotiations with long-rumored successor later that day.

It was on last year’s season-ending game that the Philadelphia Eagles crushed the Cowboys 44-6 in Philadelphia with a playoff berth at stake.

Division rivals Philadelphia (11-5) and Dallas (11-5) will meet for the second time in a week at Dallas Stadium Saturday night,this time on a first-round playoff game.

Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt sat QB Kurt Warner at the end of the first quarter,and most of the defense starters played only one possession.Meanwhile Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy kept the Packers at full speed most of the game,resulting in a 33-7 rout of the NFC champions Cardinals.

New York Jets first-year coach Rex Ryan and rookie quatreback Mark Sanchez are headed to the playoffs after the Jets defense shut down the Cincinnati Bengals on a freezing Sunday night.