Bulldogs in NFL: When former Mississippi State players suit up in divisional games

Five Bulldogs are part of teams still alive in the NFL playoffs, but there's a chance more than one will miss their team's NFL Divisional playoff game.

Darius Slay never reported to the Bills after being picked up off the waiver wire in December. He's guaranteed to not be on the field Saturday against the Broncos.

Seahawks' left tackle Charles Cross was on track to play in his first game in more than a month. He was a full participant in Tuesday's practice, but was downgraded Wednesday to limited participation with a knee injury.

Cross missed Seattle's last three games with a hamstring injury, so the knee injury is new and concerning.

Sunday's pair of games will be better for Mississippi State fans. Denico Autry and the Texans take their NFL-best defense to New England who took advantage of one of the easiest NFL schedules of all-time to get the No. 2 seed.

After that, Emmanuel Forbes and the Rams will face Montez Sweat and the Bears in the final playoff game of the weekend.

Here's when you can see the former Bulldogs in action:

Saturday

No. 6 Buffalo Bills at No. 1 Denver Broncos | 3:30 p.m. | CBS

No. 6 San Francisco 49ers at No. 1 Seattle Seahawks | 7 p.m. | FOX

Sunday

No. 5 Houston Texans at No. 2 New England Patriots | 2 p.m. | ESPN/ABC

No. 5 Los Angeles Rams at No. 2 Chicago Bears | 5:30 p.m. | NBC/Peacock

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