As the football world waits for the result of the Sunday night matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings to determine the first-round matchups in the N.F.C., the A.F.C. matchups are already set. A quick look reveals a pair of games between teams that are missing some key pieces but can still manage to be fairly dangerous.
There is no shortage of history between these teams, with their most recent matchup, in Week 14, turning ugly with a pregame brawl. It got worse for Cincinnati when Andy Dalton, their starting quarterback, was lost for the remainder of the regular season with a broken thumb.