Wild-card picks: Expect high-scoring NFL games

The pressure of the dreaded one-and-done experience is what makes for so much riveting and excruciating drama every January in the NFL playoffs. Months of work, preparation and success can be wiped out in one ill-fated three-hour block of time. There is no best three out of five or four out of seven series to ease your way into in football. It's an unforgiving one-shot deal on gameday in the NFL, and if things go badly, they quickly and cruelly usher you off the stage.