Postseason Record as Starter: 4-1
Career Playoff Statistics: 82-of-130 (63.1 percent), 1,096 yards, 6 TD, 1 INT
With the league's best defense in town, Wilson often doesn't get credit for what he truly does for this club.
After the Seahawks' Week 17 win over the Rams, Wilson said (via Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times), "I never really worry about tasking risks or anything like that....I just try to play the game the way it's told. I know our defense is going to make some plays for us."
Despite an interception in Sunday's division-clinching win over the St. Louis Rams, the third-year quarterback does a great job of taking care of the football. Wilson threw for only 20 scores this season but committed just seven turnovers (all interceptions) and added 849 yards rushing and six touchdowns.
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
Postseason Record as Starter: 5-4
Career Playoff Statistics: 210-of-318 (66.0 percent), 2,489 yards, 19 TD, 5 INT
The numbers are worth a look and perhaps more than one.
This season, Rodgers threw 38 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. Dating back to the start of 2011, the electrifying quarterback has thrown for 139 scores, while being picked off only 25 times in his last 56 regular-season contests. Rodgers has thrown for at least three scores in 29 of those games.
Even hampered by a leg injury Sunday, he still led his team to a 30-20 win over the Detroit Lions. ESPN's Adam Schefter hinted that Rodgers' performance may have won him the MVP as well.
Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys
Postseason Record as Starter: 1-3
Career Playoff Statistics: 80-of-135 (59.3 percent), 832 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Much has been made of Romo's failures in the playoffs, and the image of him dropping a snap at Seattle in the 2006 postseason (with Dallas setting up for a go-ahead field goal) is burned in many NFL fans' minds.
But you have to like what you've seen from the veteran quarterback down the stretch. In Dallas' final four games, all wins, Romo has thrown for 12 touchdowns while committing just two turnovers.
Postseason Record as Starter: 0-1
Career Playoff Statistics: 16-of-25 (64.0 percent), 267 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
There's not a lot to go on in terms of the playoffs for Newton. But he becomes the first Panthers quarterback to go to the postseason two years in a row.
Despite a season that had its ups and downs, as well as its bumps and bruises, the first overall pick in 2011 was solid during his team's strong stretch run. While he missed the Week 15 tilt vs. the Buccaneers, Newton threw five touchdown passes and just one interception in his last three appearances and ran for a score in each of those games.
Ryan Lindley, Arizona Cardinals
Postseason Record as Starter: 0-0
On Sunday at San Francisco, Lindley finally threw his first NFL regular-season touchdown pass in his ninth career game. He would add another score and finish with 316 yards through the air, but he also threw three interceptions in a 20-17 loss to the 49ers. He will have to deal with a hot Carolina team that has allowed a combined 43 points in its last four games.
Postseason Record as Starter: 0-1
Career Playoff Statistics: 28-of-43 (65.1 percent), 380 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
The first overall pick in 2009 has made only one previous playoff appearance; his Lions lost to the New Orleans Saints, 45-28, in the 2011 NFC Wild Card Round. This season, Stafford has done his best considering he's played without Calvin Johnson and Reggie Bush for stints. He's thrown 22 touchdown passes this season, but he has also committed 15 of the team's 20 turnovers.
