NFL Wild Card Live Updates: Texans vs. Bengals; Packers vs. Vikings Take Place On Day 1 2013 Playoffs

LIVE: NFL Wild Card Weekend
HOUSTON, TX - JANUARY 05: A general view of an empty stadium prior to the Houston Texans hosting the Cincinnati Bengals during their AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Reliant Stadium on January 5, 2013 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - JANUARY 05: A general view of an empty stadium prior to the Houston Texans hosting the Cincinnati Bengals during their AFC Wild Card Playoff Game at Reliant Stadium on January 5, 2013 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

Here were are again.

As was the case last year, the Wild Card Weekend in the NFL playoffs begins in Houston with the Texans hosting the Bengals. The deja vu doesn't stop there on Day 1 of these playoffs, as the nightcap on Saturday features a rematch from Week 17 of this campaign when the Vikings and Packers renew their longstanding rivalry just one week after they treated us to a season-ending thriller.

Even without Matt Schaub -- who was injured last year and is actually making his first career postseason start today -- the Bulls paraded over the Bengals to reach the Divisional Round last year. If the Texans want to eliminate Cincinnati for the second straight season then they'll have to recover from a dip in form that saw them squander a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC Playoffs.

For Cincinnati, a trip to Houston may be the key to securing the franchise's first playoff win since 1991. Not only did quarterback Andy Dalton grow up not far from Houston but the Bengals' last -- and long ago -- playoff win came at the expense of the Oilers.

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