The excitement in Jeff Saturday’s voice is palpable through the phone. Like everyone else, he is salivating over the showdown between Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and the Bills’ Josh Allen — both of whom are NFL Most Valuable Player candidates — in Sunday’s divisional round playoff game in Orchard Park,

With a Divisional Round showdown vs. the Bills approaching, this player might just play a bigger role in a Ravens win than Lamar Jackson.

It continues in Detroit, where the Lions’ best team of the Super Bowl era has its best chance to reach the final game, beginning the postseason with a visit from another long-suffering squad (Washington), led by one of the most exciting rookie quarterbacks the league has ever seen (Jayden Daniels).