Every week, it seemed like another quarterback went down. Every week, it felt like another team’s hopes were crushed by an injury to its most indispensable player.

So, in a season stained by the bevy of backup quarterbacks setting the sport back by decades, it should be no surprise that the eight teams still standing in the NFL playoffs largely kept their leaders upright.

None of the eight starting quarterbacks in this weekend’s Divisional round missed more than two games this season.

Each of them enters at a fascinating point in his career.