Without a clear-cut favorite from the top seeds to the final wild-card teams, the playoffs figure to be as difficult to predict as all the surprises that led up to a fresh field of 14 teams. Here's breaking down our best bets to survive and advance in another round of picks and predictions against the spread: The 49ers ' offense will do its best to make up for an injury-riddled defense.

After falling to the Broncos in their regular season finale, the Chargers were already looking ahead to Sunday’s game against the Patriots in the postgame locker room.