USA TODAY Sports' wild-card playoff picks

Wild-card weekend is here. To commemorate the occasion, we've added USA TODAY Sports' NFL rookie of the year reporter Mike Jones to our panel. 

Yet despite the additional voter, our experts are nearly unanimous in predicting the outcomes of the NFL playoffs' opening round, with regular-season picks champ Nate Davis the only one to go rogue by taking an underdog in any of the four games.

For more diversity of opinion, check out our latest Super Bowl LII choices at the bottom of the page.

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