Welcome to In The Know, a brief weekly post regarding who I think is going to win my chosen ‘Game of the Week’ and why in this first week of the NFL playoffs. There will also be further discussion on the three other games in the Wild Card round in the ‘TBP Big Three’, as well as a selected NBA game from the upcoming week.

The British Playbook Game of the Week

Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints

This is my favourite clash from the impending Wild Card weekend. The Minnesota Vikings, runners-up in NFC North and led by Kirk Cousins, travel to New Orleans to face the winners of the NFC South, the Drew Brees-led Saints.

The Saints are the favourites to win this one, and there is good reason for this despite these teams matching up surprisingly well statistically. The Saints are insanely strong at home, losing twice in the Superdome all season - the 49ers in a shootout by two points and a shock defeat to the Falcons. On top of this, the Minnesota Vikings have defeated only one playoff team all season, the Philadelphia Eagles at home back in October. There doesn’t appear to be light at the end of the tunnel for Minnesota.