by Scott Kacsmar (KC-HOU) and Andrew Healy (PIT-CIN)
The NFL set up the schedule in a new way this year, splitting the wild-card games so that each conference gets its own day. Saturday is for the AFC, and figuring out if two long-suffering fanbases can finally get some joy out of the postseason. Kansas City hasn't won a playoff game since 1994; Cincinnati hasn't since 1991.
However, each of these teams is in a different position coming into this game. The Chiefs have won 10 straight games, one of the hottest teams in the NFL over the second half of the season, but they have to go on the road to face Houston.