NFL Playoff Picture: Teams That No. 1 Seeds Should Fear Most

The Green Bay Packers have only lost to the Kansas City Chiefs this season and have locked up the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

As defending Super Bowl Champions, the Packers know they have a target on their backs and have defended themselves well.

But like the Chiefs showed, they can be beaten.

As for the AFC, the No. 1 seed is not sewn up yet, but the three potential representatives all have flaws.

Here are the teams the No. 1 seeds should fear most this coming postseason.

NFC

The Packers have little to worry about in the divisional round other than potentially playing the New York Giants.

Big Blue played the Packers tougher than anyone this year except the Saints (Week 1) and the Chiefs (Week 15).

The Giants will be the No. 4 seed if they beat Dallas on Sunday night for the NFC East crown, and will then play Detroit or Atlanta in the Wild Card game.

With Eli Manning under center, the Giants are always a threat and no lead is safe. Big Blue also relishes the underdog role and has experience in the postseason. 

Inexplicably, they are also a more dangerous team on the road than they are at home.

Green Bay would love to see anyone but the Giants march into Lambeau in the divisional round. Fortunately for them the Giants still have a long road to get there.

AFC

The Patriots are the likely No. 1 seed at this point, as they host the Buffalo Bills in Week 17. New England's only home loss this season came against the Giants, so they should be able to take care of Buffalo at home.

But there are big concerns come playoff time. Tom Brady hasn't won a postseason game since the 2007 AFC Title win, and they've been beaten up by more physical teams in each of the past two years.

One of those two teams is in the playoffs already (Baltimore), while the other (New York Jets) needs a lot of help to sneak in.

New England's porous secondary was already beaten by Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers this year as well.

The way things sit now, the Patriots should get lucky in the divisional round and avoid the Ravens and Steelers. That means a visit from a rookie-led, postseason newbie (Texans or Bengals) is in the cards unless the Jets are granted some love from the football gods.

It could also be the Raiders or Titans, but neither team visiting Foxborough scares the Patriots. Unless it's Gang Green, the Patriots should have nothing to worry about in the divisional round.

Playing the conference championship against Baltimore or Pittsburgh is another matter entirely.

If the Ravens or Steelers earn the No. 1 seed, their biggest problem is potentially seeing each other in the divisional round.