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The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round.
In addition to taking over Sunday Night Football during the following season, NBC was awarded the first two Wild Card playoff games, as well as ABC's place in the annual Super Bowl broadcasting rotation. ABC would not broadcast a playoff game again until the 2015–16 playoffs when it started to simulcast the ESPN-produced Wild Card Game.
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
“Super” wild-card weekend used to mean something. Putting the moniker – a loose exaggeration of “expanded,” since the number of playoff teams went from six in each conference to seven ...
Here's the schedule for the wild-card round and beyond: NFL playoff schedule: Wild-card games. Jan. 11. Los Angeles Chargers at Houston Texans, 4:30 p.m. ET, CBS.
There's one last week to decide the NFL playoff picture in each conference. ... (10-6, wild card No. 1)* No. 6 seed: Los Angeles ... Week 18 results could change the rest of the standings. NFL ...
[15] [16] By September 2006, ABC began using the ESPN on ABC brand after ABC Sports was fully integrated into ESPN (ABC would not air NFL games again, whether exclusive or a simulcast from ESPN, until they began simulcasting a Wild Card playoff game in 2016, and began simulcasting select MNF games in 2020). [17]
2006 New England Patriots season; Owner: Robert Kraft: Head coach: Bill Belichick: Home field: Gillette Stadium: Results; Record: 12–4: Division place: 1st AFC East: Playoff finish: Won Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Jets) 37–16 Won Divisional Playoffs (at Chargers) 24–21 Lost AFC Championship (at Colts) 34–38: Pro Bowlers: OT Matt Light DE ...