After sticking behind Kirk Cousins for most of the season, Michael Penix Jr. took the starting spot and made a show of it. In his final three games of the season, Penix completed 58 passes for 737 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for a touchdown.

With the postseason set to kick off Saturday afternoon with a matchup between the Los Angeles Chargers and Houston Texans at NRG Stadium, Sports Illustrated compiled a list of the five players and coaches with the most to prove during this year's trek to Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

The Chiefs may be inevitable, but the Lions are a monster, Vikings are chaos and Steelers, uh, would like you to forget about December

The race to be Super Bowl LIX champion is wide open. Who are the contenders? Who are the pretenders? We picked every NFL postseason game.

The NFL playoffs are upon us, which means Super Bowl LIX is just a few weeks away. Fourteen teams remain alive after they battled for months to make the playoffs and are set to embark on a month-long sprint to try and earn a berth in New Orleans and hoist the Lombardi Trophy.

We rank all 14 teams in the NFL playoffs from least likely to most likely to win the Super Bowl this postseason, with the No. 1 seeded Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions given the best chances as they get byes during wild-card weekend and only need to win two games to make the Super Bowl in New Orleans.