On Saturday, the recipe for victory was momentum. Both the Jets and the Cowboys ended the regular season with a win and rode that momentum into a Wild Card victory. Subsequently, the Bengals and the Eagles discovered that resting starters and executing vanilla schemes for Week 17 had the resounding un-welcomed impact of inducing lethargic play, as witnessed in their first round exits.

Today the games are facing similar contingencies.

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