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During the strike-shortened 1982 season, only nine regular-season games were played, and a modified playoff format was instituted. Divisional play was ignored (there were some cases where division rivals had both games wiped out by the strike, although each division ultimately sent at least one team to the playoffs), and the top eight teams ...
The two teams split the regular-season series this year as each won its home game. Here is a look at the updated NFL playoff bracket for 2025: Conference championship weekend
The game will be the first in the NFL's 105 seasons to feature a pair of 14-win clubs. It will also have the highest combined win total (28) of any regular-season matchup in league history.
The singular term "playoff" is reserved for the rare situation in which two (or more) teams find themselves tied at the end of the regular season and are forced to have a tiebreaking playoff game (or games) to determine which team will advance to the postseason.
The NFL playoffs are finally here. The league officially wrapped up its regular season on Sunday night with the Detroit Lions' commanding 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings. That gave the Lions ...
Since 1990, the majority of NFL regular-season games are played on Sundays at 1:00 pm, or around 4:05 to 4:25pm ET (see below). The late afternoon (ET) window is usually reserved for games hosted in the Pacific Time Zone or Mountain Time Zone, plus one or more marquee contests.
Since the 2020 NFL season, the playoffs have featured seven teams in each conference. The No. 1 seed gets a bye during the first weekend of playoffs as the division winner with the best record.
They won 9 straight games to finish the 2008 season and started the 2009 season with 14 straight wins, combining a total of 23 consecutive regular season wins. The New England Patriots hold the record for the longest postseason winning streak in NFL history, with 10 straight playoff wins between 2001 and 2005 —although the team did miss the ...