The road to Super Bowl 59 begins on Saturday with the start of the wild-card round before eventually culminating with the big game in New Orleans on Feb.

As the dust starts to settle on a wild-card round like few others, eight sides will find themselves bandaged, bruised, and three games away from immortality. The Lombardi Trophy beckons off in the distance, its shimmer growing all the more noticeable to those hoping to hoist it.