(7) Pittsburgh Steelers at (2) Kansas City Chiefs: 8:15 p.m. This is also the first time since 1998 that Dallas and San Francisco are in the playoffs in the same season. Sunday’s contest is the the first playoff matchup between the two Super Bowl winning franchises since the 1994 season when the Niners beat the Cowboys in the NFC title game. ET (CBS and Nickelodeon)ĭallas and San Francisco have a storied rivalry dating back to the 1970s. (6) San Francisco 49ers at (3) Dallas Cowboys: 4:30 p.m. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will make his first career playoff start against Tom Brady and the Buccaneers.
The Bucs defeated the Eagles in the regular season and they’re hoping for the same outcome. Tampa Bay begins their Super Bowl title defense when the Eagles come to town Sunday. (7) Philadelphia Eagles at (2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 1 p.m.
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Patriots rookie quarterback Mac Jones will make his playoff debut at Buffalo against Bills quarterback Josh Allen.
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The Bills and Patriots split their regular season series and are meeting in the postseason for only the second since 1963 when the then-Boston Patriots beat Buffalo 26-8 in the former American Football League’s divisional playoff. (6) New England Patriots at (3) Buffalo Bills: 8:15 p.m. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow are both making their first career playoff appearances in Saturday’s game. Cincinnati won the AFC North and will host the Raiders with a chance to advance to the AFC divisional playoffs. The Raiders punched their ticket to the playoffs by knocking off the Los Angeles Chargers in the regular-season finale. (5) Las Vegas Raiders at (4) Cincinnati Bengals: 4:30 p.m. Tom Brady’s third seed Tampa Bay Buccaneers would host the sixth seed Minnesota Vikings while the fifth seeded Los Angeles Rams would take a trip to Texas to face the fourth seed Dallas Cowboys.2. Below them, the New Orleans Saints are still clinging on to that seventh seed and would travel to face the second seed Green Bay Packers. In the NFC, the picture as of the end of Week 11 would see the Arizona Cardinals sitting on top with a first round bye. The Los Angeles Chargers would get the sixth seed and travel to face the third seeded New England Patriots while the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth seed would travel to face the fourth seed Kansas City Chiefs. The Buffalo Bills would be seeded seventh and have to travel to face the second seed Baltimore Ravens. If the season ended today the AFC Wild Card weekend would see the Tennessee Titans seeded first with a first round bye. The Super Bowl is always held at a neutral site, traditionally in the nation’s south or sun belt, and the nominal home team is on a rotational basis between the conferences. At this point, there is no seeding needed. Is your favorite team in the playoff picture right now? /IV6920T4tj- NFL NovemThe Super BowlĮach Conference will follow the same format and the two Conference Champions will face off in the Super Bowl. The higher seeded teams have home field advantage in both rounds as well as the third round, the Conference Championship.
The Divisional RoundĪdvancing through to the second round, the lowest remaining seeded team plays the now rested number one, while the other two teams face-off against each other. While the team seeded first will have the week off, the number seven team will play the number two team, number six plays number three, and number five plays number four. The four division champions are seeded by their records and in-season play from one to four, while the three wild card teams are seeded five to seven. In the first round of the playoffs, each conference's division champion with the best regular-season record is awarded a bye and granted an automatic berth in the second, or Divisional, round. Each of the two conferences will send three wild-card teams along with four division champions to its postseason. The 2021 season will follow the same road and there will be a total of 14 teams in the NFL playoffs for the 2021 season, with seven teams from each conference.
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