The Bills had the best rushing attack in the NFL this year with an average of 159.6 yards per game. Only one other team in the NFL even topped145 yards per game during the regular season. The Bills went 9-0 in games where they rushed for at least 150 yards thanks in large part to their not-so-secret weapon, James Cook.

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Good morning, everyone! Carter Bahns with you as we enter the first full week of 2026 and, with it, the NFL postseason. In today's newsletter, we pick apart everything from Week 18 as it pertains to the playoffs and start to look ahead to the wild card round.

Saturday's wild-card game will be a rematch of Week 13, where the Panthers pulled off a 31-28 win over the Los Angeles Rams. While Carolina's defense hit up quarterback and MVP candidate Matthew Stafford for three timely turnovers, it was the offense that kept them afloat in the shocking upset.

Fourteen teams, seven in each conference, make the postseason. The number of playoff teams has varied from as few as two teams (from 1933 to 1966) to as many as 16 teams (in 1982). The NFL expanded from 12 to 14 playoff teams in 2020.

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