NFL playoffs: Everything you need to know for Sunday's divisional-round games

Damage report: The Chargers could be recovering a major weapon in tight end Hunter Henry, who has not played this season in the wake of enduring a torn foremost cruciate tendon in May however rehearsed consistently. He is recorded as sketchy. The main damage worry for New England is guarded end Deatrich Wise, who is faulty with a lower leg sickness.

Three keys to the diversion (by Lorenzo Reyes)

1. An extreme history for L.A.: In his vocation and including the postseason, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers hasn't won any amusement he has played in Foxborough, going 0-4 since he turned into the group's starter in 2006. Truth be told, he's 0-7 against the Patriots in recreations when Tom Brady begins at quarterback. In those diversions against Brady, Rivers' touchdown-to-capture proportion is 7:10. His solitary triumph against the Patriots in his 13-year keep running as the Chargers' starter came in 2008, when reinforcement Matt Cassel played instead of Brady, who endured a season-finishing knee damage in that year's opener.

2. Checkdowns and goes in the level: The Chargers posted a mind blowing guarded execution against the Ravens in which they utilized a few protective backs to inject speed on the field to kill athletic Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson. Against the Patriots, they may seek a similar system for an alternate reason. Los Angeles permitted 973 accepting yards to running backs, which positioned last among all groups. That could be possibly dangerous, since New England depends on its backs – particularly James White – in the getting diversion. White drove the Patriots in gatherings (87) and accepting scores (seven) and positioned second in getting yards (751).

3. Street warriors: One pattern Los Angeles has on its side, in any case, is a reputation of magnificence out and about this season. The Chargers went 7-1 in the ordinary season in away recreations, with their one misfortune coming Week 3 against the crosstown Rams. Furthermore, while including their special case round surprise out and about against the Ravens Sunday and their Week 7 triumph against the Titans in London, their check when going outside of L.A's. city limits is 9-0. One potential issue for the Chargers and their prosperity far from home: In the normal season, the Patriots went 8-0 in Foxborough.Injury report: New Orleans has a doctor's approval, as no players on its damage report are recorded as faulty or dubious. Philadelphia, be that as it may, has a few donors whose status is dubious. Guarded end Michael Bennett, cornerback Sidney Jones, left handle Jason Peters and wide collector Mike Wallace are altogether recorded as flawed.

Three keys to the diversion (by Nate Davis)

1. Cajun cooking: Home-field advantage is regularly a help in the playoffs, yet it's intensified in spots like Seattle ... what's more, N'Awlins. The Saints rode their solitary other best seeding to the Super Bowl amid the 2009 playoffs and have won six successive postseason diversions at the Superdome by and large — five obligingness of Brees and mentor Sean Payton, including their first playoff win together (against the Eagles) in the 2006 divisional round. (The Who Dats likewise won in Philly amid a trump card matchup against Foles and Co. five years prior.) More as of late — and pertinently — New Orleans respected the Birds on Nov. 18 and summarily humiliated them 48-7, the most exceedingly bad lossever endured by a safeguarding Super Bowl champion. TE Zach Ertz called it "most likely the most noticeably bad misfortune I've at any point been a piece of," and LT Jason Peters said Sunday he felt the Saints kept running up the score. Foles didn't play that day (starter Carson Wentz tossed three INTs), and the greater part of his colleagues didn't appear, either.

2. Quality versus shortcoming: Philadelphia claims the third-most exceedingly awful pass safeguard in the group and permitted person on foot Bears QB Mitchell Trubisky to toss for 303 yards Sunday. A profound and gifted line, driven by all-ace DT Fletcher Cox, can once in a while cover lacks toward the back. In any case, that is probably not going to neutralize Brees, not just the most precise passer allied history (NFL-record 74.4 percent fruition rate in 2018) yet additionally a keen one whose snappy discharge was a noteworthy reason he was just sacked multiple times this season. Brees singed the Eagles for 363 yards, four TDs and a close ideal 153.2 passer rating in Week 11. What's more, subsequent to surrendering 10 gets, 143 yards and a score to Chicago's Allen Robinson in their trump card win, hard to figure the Eagles having a superior response for all-ace WR Michael Thomas, who was just focused on multiple times in November's matchup yet at the same time completed with 92 yards and a TD.

3. Foles on a roll: Naturally, Foles is the key variable. The main time the Saints have confronted him was that 2013 playoff diversion when Chip Kelly was all the while training the Eagles. Clearly, a considerable amount has changed. Since last season, Foles has won nine of 10 begins in December/January/February activity, the main misfortune an inane Week 17 challenge in 2017. He strikes downfield viably, most likely disperses the ball superior to Wentz and flourishes with run-pass choices despite the fact that he acts little risk like a sprinter. Search for previous Saints RB Darren Sproles, freshman TE Dallas Goedert and Foles fave Alshon Jeffery to assume an a lot bigger job this time around against a New Orleans passing protection that was just insignificantly superior to Philadelphia's, at any rate from a measurable point of view.