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Week 18 results could change the rest of the standings. NFL wild-card matchups, full bracket. Here are the wild card round games in each conference entering Week 18. AFC wild-card matchups
Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7), wild card No. 2: They've lost four in a row (by an average of 13 points) to close out the regular season, dropping them from the AFC North lead and No. 3 seed down to ...
NFL playoff format. ... The format means the No. 1 seed in each conference is very important because it guarantees a wild card-round bye and homefield advantage until the Super Bowl. For the other ...
No. 2 Buffalo Bills (13-3, AFC East winners) vs. No. 7 Denver Broncos (9-7, wild card No. 3) Buffalo's Week 17 win over the New York Jets clinched the No. 2 seed in the conference.
The names of the first two playoff rounds date back to the postseason format that was first used in 1978, when the league added a second wild-card team to each conference. The first round of the playoffs is dubbed the wild-card round, wild-card weekend, or, since 2021, super wild-card weekend. In this round, the second-seeded division winner ...
The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–7. 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 1978, the NFL expanded its playoffs pool from 8 to 10 teams, requiring the addition of another round of playoffs. From 1978 to 1989, this round featured one game per conference between the two wild-card (non-division winners) and thus the name "Wild Card" round.
Fox is also guaranteed an NFC Wild Card game annually. [5] NBC's Wild Card game airs on Sunday night, [7] [8] [9] while ESPN's Wild Card game airs on Monday night, with a simulcast on ABC and the Manningcast on ESPN2. [10] This is the first season Prime Video will exclusively stream a Wild Card game, purchasing the rights to the game that ...