Lions fans are irked with me. I mean irked, as in mildly annoyed, as in might not want to buy me an ice cream sundae, or let me merge into a busy line of traffic. I don’t think they hate me. Detroit football fans don’t seethe like that.

After losing the first regular-season game in league history pitting teams with a combined 28 victories, the Vikings (14-3) hit the road for wild-card weekend, visiting the NFC West champion Los Angeles Rams (10-7) on Monday night as the most accomplished fifth seed in NFL history.

The Chiefs and Lions have next weekend off, but these 12 NFL wild-card teams will be fighting to keep their Super Bowl dreams alive.

Here's who NFC teams want to see—and don't want to see—for their best chance at lifting the Lombardi Trophy next month.

The Detroit Lions are the team to beat in the NFC, but this conference's wild-card teams put up more fight than their AFC counterparts.

While the regular season suggests a Detroit Lions-Kansas City Chiefs clash for Super Bowl 59, everyone is vulnerable -- especially in a league where a dozen teams have to fight their way up from the Wild Card round.

The NFL playoffs begin this weekend, and the Kansas City Chiefs are aiming for a historic three-peat. But who will be playing this weekend, and how does the schedule work?