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NFL Wild Card Playoffs: Everything You Need to Know for Saturday

If we're being honest with ourselves, the opening game of the 2017 NFL playoffs is like that faint but still noticeable odor coming from your fridge. Something has gone wrong, and it needs to be disposed of fast.

Through some sorcery the Houston Texans earned the right to host a playoff game. They'll have to trot out Brock Osweiler at quarterback after Tom Savage suffered a concussion. When you're in a position to hope Savage could have been a season savior, the quarterback incompetence vortex is clearly spinning at a viscous pace.

Texans fans have long known bottom-tier quarterback play as part of their lives.