21.   He would prefer to get there with a first-place team, ideally with a bye through the wild-card weekend into the divisional playoffs.

22.   However, they could not rehearse what happened in the divisional playoff game in January, when Irvin was forced from the game because of a shoulder injury.

23.   However, they lost the divisional playoff series to Los Angeles.

24.   In a divisional playoff game against Dallas, Youngblood fractured his left fibula when he fell over Cowboys tackle Rayfield Wright.

25.   In the past three divisional playoffs, the field of eight has included an average of four first-round quarterbacks.

26.   In the postseason, Fox will also show five divisional playoff games, the National League Championship Series and the World Series this year.

27.   Last week, he announced two games of the new divisional playoffs.

28.   Last year, also in a divisional playoff game against New England, Stewart experienced his most humiliating day as a pro.

29.   Last weekend in the divisional playoff against a solid New Orleans defense, he had two catches for two touchdowns.

30.   No playoff-bound club, despite that five of the six divisions have been wrapped up, knows who they will be playing in the divisional playoffs.