It’s the quarterbacks.

But you know that.

It’s the most important position in team sports, and so the men who play it – the quarterbacks – are the ones who decide the regular-season games in the NFL. Understanding all that, then, it only makes sense that this axiom is even more the case when it comes to the playoffs.

So as we get set to watch this weekend’s divisional games, which is always the best round of the playoffs, the teams with the best quarterbacks – or at least the ones who play the best in the games – will be the ones that win and move on to next Sunday’s conference championship round.

In Saturday’s first game, at 4:35 p.m., it’s the NFC’s top-seeded Philadelphia Eagles, without their starting quarterback, Carson Wentz, hosting Atlanta. The Falcons have one of the top quarterbacks in the game in Matt Ryan. Nick Foles, who will start in place of Wentz, is no match for him, so look for the defending NFC champion Falcons to move on, perhaps handily.

At 8:15 Saturday night in the AFC, it’s the top-seeded New England Patriots, with arguably the best quarterback of all-time in Tom Brady, hosting Tennessee. The quarterback of the Titans is Marcus Mariota, who played well last weekend in the wild-card round and may be a great quarterback someday. But right now, he pales in comparison to Tom Terrific, so look for the Belichicks to roll.

On Sunday, the first game, at 1:05 p.m., has Pittsburgh hosting Jacksonville. Yes, I know the Jaguars went into Heinz Field and pole-axed the Steelers 30-9 in the regular season as Ben Roethlisberger played like Gentle Ben. But he will play like Big Ben this time and will easily be too much for the Jaguars and Blake Bortles, who is not good enough to be Pittsburgh’s backup quarterback.

And finally at 4:40 p.m., the best game of the weekend has New Orleans visiting Minnesota in the NFC. The Vikings’ third-string quarterback, Case Keenum, has played lights-out this season. The Saints’ quarterback, Drew Brees, plays lights-out every season. This will be a close one – it will go down to the very end — but I’m betting on Brees, the guy with the much longer and more extensive track record.

All of this is why it’s so vital that the Browns get their franchise quarterback in the NFL Draft in a little over three months.