NFL Network Previews Wild Card Saturday for the 2013 Postseason

Let’s do the network previews for Wild Card Saturday of the 2013 NFL Playoffs. NFL Network will be on the air with its regular pregame combo, First on the Field and NFL GameDay Morning. Unlike the Sunday editions, First on the Field will be on at 10 a.m. ET instead of its customary 7 a.m. on Sundays. Melissa Stark and Sterling Sharpe will be at the NFL Films studios in New Jersey along with LaDanian Tomlinson and show insider Michael Lombardi to discuss the two Wild Card playoff games to be played on Saturday, Cincinnati-Houston and Minnesota-Green Bay.

Here’s the quick NFL Network preview of Saturday’s edition of First on the Field.

NFL Network First on the FieldFirst on the Field — Saturday, January 5 at 10:00 AM ET

At 10:00 AM ET, NFL Network is First on the Field with Melissa Stark, LaDainian Tomlinson, Sterling Sharpe, Brian Billick, and Michael Lombardi providing the first analysis of Saturday’s Wild Card matchups.

Featured on Saturday:

  • Live reports from Cincinnati-Houston and Minnesota-Green Bay

  • Live reports from Baltimore and Landover, MD previewing Indianapolis-Baltimore and Seattle-Washington

  • Front Office View: Michael Lombardi has the latest news and rumors regarding NFL head coach vacancies

  • Sterling Sharpe and LaDainian Tomlinson explain how the Houston Texans offense can get back on track against the Cincinnati Bengals

  • NFL Films shots of the year

And to what you’ll see on NFL GameDay Morning originating from the NFL Network studios in Los Angeles and hosted by Rich Eisen with analysts Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Warren Sapp and Kurt Warner. The show will hit the air at noon ET.

NFL GameDayMorning_croppedNFL GameDay Morning — Saturday, January 5 at 12:00 PM ET

At 12:00 PM ET, host Rich Eisen and analysts Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin take viewers up to kickoff of Saturday’s Wild Card matchups on NFL GameDay Morning.

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson sits down with Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk to discuss Peterson’s career season, not breaking Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record, recovery from knee surgery, and the Vikings playoff matchup against the Green Bay Packers

Also featured on Saturday:

  • J.J Watt’s Defensive Dominance: Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips reflect on Watt’s breakout season and why the second year player might be better than some of the all-time greats

  • A behind-the-scenes look at Adrian Peterson’s Week 17 quest to both break Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record and help the Vikings qualify for the playoffs vs. the Green Bay Packers

  • Do any of the eight teams playing in Wild Card Weekend have a shot at reaching the Super Bowl?

  • A look at the key positional matchups in Bengals-Texans and Vikings-Packers

  • Ian Rapoport in studio on the latest NFL offseason news

  • Aditi Kinkhabwala reports from Bengals-Texans

  • Albert Breer reports from Vikings-Packers

  • Kimberly Jones reports from Baltimore

  • Stacey Dales reports from Washington

That will do it. ESPN’s preview for Saturday is next.

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Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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