Since winning the Super Bowl in 2010, Aaron Rodgers has not won back-to-back playoff games. In that span, he is 4-2 in his first game of the playoffs, but 0-3 in his second game.

Ezekiel Elliott has more 100-yard rushing games this season (7) than Packers rushers have in the last two seasons combined (6).

Dak Prescott will become the first Cowboys rookie to start a playoff game in franchise history. Roger Staubach played in the postseason as a rookie, but Craig Morton started the game.

Tom Brady is 3-1 against No. 1 total defenses in the playoffs, with his only loss coming in his last such game, to the 2015 Broncos. He defeated the 2014 Seahawks, 2004 Steelers, and 2001 Steelers en route to 3 of his 4 Super Bowl titles.

Tom Brady had a 112.2 passer rating this season (2nd in NFL), while Brock Osweiler had a 72.2 rating (29th), marking just the third time that two opposing playoff quarterbacks have been separated by 40+ passer rating points since 1991. In each of the two other instances, the QB with the lower rating actually won the game - Mark Sanchez over Philip Rivers in 2009, and Eli Manning over Tom Brady in 2007.

The Falcons scored 540 points this season, a franchise record and tied for the 8th-most points in a single season in NFL history. None of the teams to score as many or more points won the Super Bowl that season, so if the Falcons win the Super Bowl they would be the highest scoring Super Bowl champion in NFL history.

In Week 6, Richard Sherman covered Julio Jones on 25 plays in the game, allowing a passer rating of 45.8 on those plays. On all other plays (when Jones was not covered by Sherman), passes to Julio Jones resulted in a perfect passer rating (158.3).

The Steelers and Chiefs will match one of the NFL's top wide receivers against one of the league's premier cornerbacks. Antonio Brown ranks 1st in receptions (242), 2nd in receiving yards (3,118) and 2nd in receiving touchdowns (22) since 2015. Marcus Peters leads the NFL in interceptions (14) and passes defensed (46) in that span.

Despite missing a combined 5 games this regular season, Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown still combined to form the league's most productive duo. Bell and Brown combined for 3,177 scrimmage yards and 51.8 percent of their team's scrimmage yards this season, both most in the NFL among teammate duos. In the Wild Card Round vs Miami, Bell (174) and Brown (124) combined for 81.2 percent of the Steelers' 367 scrimmage yards.

Alex Smith is just 2-3 in his career in the playoffs, but he has an 11:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio in those games. Smith's 99.1 passer rating in the playoffs ranks 3rd among active QBs to make at least 3 postseason starts, ahead of Super Bowl champions Russell Wilson (95.9), Joe Flacco (88.6), Tom Brady (88.0), Eli Manning (87.5), and Ben Roethlisberger (85.0).