Welcome to another edition of "Weekend Blitz," a column that will appear on FOXSports.com each Friday during the football season. Consider this one of your must-read features as you wrap up the week and head into a Saturday and Sunday filled with pigskin.

The Panthers host the Rams in the first game of the NFL playoffs. Follow along as USA TODAY Sports provides live coverage, highlights:

We’ve got the Houston Texans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Wild Card Round Results according to Madden 26. The NFL Playoffs begin this weekend, with the top 12 teams fighting for a ticket to the Super Bowl.

The Pittsburgh Steelers will face the Houston Texans during a Wild Card Weekend showdown, with both teams looking to prove they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders. The Steelers also carry the weight and burden of ending a playoff win drought that's extended to 10 years.

Preview the Chicago Bears' NFL Playoff NFC Wild Card Round matchup with the Packers, including betting odds, tips, trends, and game information.

In the first of six games on Wild Card Weekend, the Carolina Panthers host the Los Angeles Rams. Carolina won the NFC South in roundabout fashion, losing a de facto division title game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 18 but claiming the crown anyway thanks to the Atlanta Falcons beating the New Orleans Saints and forcing a three-way tiebreaker.