Broncos, Giants Win Divisions; Patriots Top AFC Two rematches of regular-season games will highlight the wild-card round, which was set up when Cincinnati grabbed the final AFC spot Sunday and Atlanta moved ahead of Detroit in the NFC. The Bengals got into the postseason despite losing 24-16 to Baltimore, winning a tiebreaker at 9-7 over Tennessee. Cincinnati visits Houston to open the playoffs on Saturday. The Texans (10-6) beat the Bengals 20-19 in Cincinnati on Dec. 11. "We've been successful up until this point, and we've got a shot in the playoffs," Bengals rookie quarterback Andy Dalton said. We're in it. Now it's what we do with it. I think everybody's got the right attitude. Detroit will need to find the right attitude when it visits New Orleans on Saturday night. The Lions (10-6) lost a shootout at Green Bay 45-41 in their finale, meaning a return to the Big Easy, where they fell 31-17 on Dec. 4. "Everyone's frustrated because you want to win anytime you play," defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch said. But it won't put a damper on our season, and we're excited about our opportunity and we're in the playoffs. So are the Giants and Broncos, who won their divisions in different manners Sunday. Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton (14) meets with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco after the Ravens defeated the Bengals 24-16 in an NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman) Close New York's 31-14 victory over Dallas gave the Giants (9-7) the NFC East title. Atlanta, which earned the No. 5 seed in the conference by routing Tampa Bay 45-24 earlier in the day, will visit the Meadowlands. "I would not want to face the New York Giants in the playoffs right now," running back Brandon Jacobs said. "I got the same feeling" as when the Giants won the Super Bowl as a wild card after the 2007 season. Even without any Tim Tebow heroics, the Broncos won the AFC West. They did it despite falling 7-3 to the Kansas City Chiefs because San Diego knocked off Oakland 38-26. The Broncos and Raiders tied for the division lead at 8-8, but Denver won on the tiebreaker, better results in common games. Tebow's late-game magic helped Denver turn around its season, from 2-5 to the top of a weak division. He struggled mightily as the Broncos lost their last three games, but they are playoff-bound for the first time since 2005. We obviously would have loved to have won that game to have a little momentum going into the playoffs. But I think it's still a special thing what we accomplished - to come back and win the AFC West is very special. They did it at the expense of the archrival Raiders. "It's obviously frustrating when you hear the other outcomes of other games and know what was there to be had just makes it that much worse, that much more difficult," Oakland quarterback Carson Palmer said. Baltimore (12-4) took the AFC North and a first-round bye as the No. 2 seed when it outlasted Cincinnati. Even though the Bengals lost, their 9-7 record earned them a wild card in a head-to-head tiebreaker over Tennessee, the only other team with that record in the AFC. The Bengals beat the Titans 24-17 in November. Pittsburgh (12-4) is the other wild card, but lost both games to the Ravens this year to finish second in the division. The Steelers, who beat Cleveland 13-9, will be at Denver next Sunday.