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Under the NFL's previous playoff format, the top two seeds in each conference got a bye in the first round of the playoffs. That was because there was no No. 7 seed in either conference.
NFL WEEK 9 GAME ODDS, PREDICTIONS: Expert picks for every matchup NFL playoff picture: Bracket before Week 9 NFC. Bye: No. 1 seed Detroit Lions (6-1). Wild card game: No. 7 seed Philadelphia ...
In the NFL's playoff format, the No. 1 seed in each conference is guaranteed a bye through the wild-card round, but their divisional round matchup is not a guaranteed meeting with the winner of a ...
NFL WEEK 7 GAME PICKS: Expert predictions for every matchup NFL playoff picture: Bracket before Week 7 NFC. Bye: No. 1 seed Minnesota Vikings (5-0). Wild card game: No. 7 seed Green Bay Packers at ...
The NFL returned to the use of the bye week in 1990 [7] so as to extend the 16-game regular season schedule to span 17 weeks to increase the number of viewable games for television contracts. The 1993 season spanned 18 weeks with each team having 2 bye weeks; it went back to 17 weeks with a bye week the next season through 2020 .
The NFL playoff bracket doesn't begin as a fixed one. The No. 1 seed in each conference is granted a bye to the divisional round of the postseason while the remaining six teams in each conference ...
The "stepladder", named because the bracket resembles a step ladder, is a variation of the single-elimination tournament; instead of the No. 1 seed facing the No. 16 seed in the first round, the bracket is constructed to give the higher seeded teams byes, where the No. 1 seed has bye up to the third (or fourth) round, playing the winner of game ...
The league eventually revisited and implemented the 14-team playoff format in 2020, placing a third wild-card team in each conference, and only giving the top seed a bye (as explained above). [ 47 ] [ 48 ] For the first four years of this expanded playoff format, the league branded the opening round as "Super Wild Card Weekend" to help ...