The NFL Playoffs' current format affords us some fascinating Wild Card matchups. We see elite teams who fell short of landing the number one seed in the field, like the Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings,

The final game of wild-card week is also the closest matchup in the odds: The Minnesota Vikings are currently 2-point favorites vs. the Los Angeles Rams. The game opened with the Vikings almost a field-goal favorite, but the odds got near a pick’em before the game was moved and the odds ticked back toward the Vikings.

Between Barkley and quarterback Jalen Hurts, the Eagles relied more heavily on the running game than any other team in the NFL this season, leading the league with 621 rushing attempts (36.5 per game). That’s the style of football that you want to be playing in January, as temperatures in Philadelphia are expected to drop into the 20s.