NFL playoff picture and schedule: Both Vikings and Texans will play next week

Here are the first round NFC matchups that football fans will be treated to next Saturday and Sunday.

LANDOVER, Md. — Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris needed only four months to put the Washington Redskins in a place they haven't been this millennium – on top of the NFC East. Led by a pair of rookies serenaded loudly and lovingly as "R-G-3!

The NFL playoff field features a pair of rematches, two rookie quarterbacks facing off and an emotional return to Baltimore for the Colts head coach.

It's what sports fans do this time of year on the weekends – watch the NFL playoffs. Why? Cold weather in much of the country limits entertainment alternatives. Also, every game is a big event – no seven-game series here. But mostly, we Americans just

The NFL playoff schedule is officially set. In the AFC, the Bengals will visit the Texans in a 2011 AFC playoff rematch and Chuck Pagano returns to Baltimore as the Ravens host the Colts. Over in the NFC, rookie QBs will meet in Washington D.C. as the