What Day Do The Nfl Playoffs Start?
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The NFL Playoffs start on Saturday, January 9th.
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the National Football League’s (NFL) regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences (the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC)) qualify for the playoffs. The four division winners in each conference (the winners of the AFC East, AFC North, AFC South, and AFC West divisions in the American Football Conference; and the winners of the NFC East, NFC North, NFC South, and NFC West divisions in the National Football Conference) earn home-field advantage for their Wild Card playoff game. The two wild card teams in each conference (the two non-division winners with the best won-lost records in each conference) also qualify for the playoffs.
The first round of the playoffs is the Wild Card round.
The first round of the playoffs is the Wild Card round. The four teams with the best records in each conference play each other in the Wild Card round. The Wild Card round is a single-elimination tournament, meaning that the loser of each game is out of the playoffs and the winner moves on to the next round.
The second round of the playoffs is the Divisional round.
The second round of the playoffs is the Divisional round. The divisional round is scheduled to begin on Saturday, January 11, 2020. The divisional round will feature four games on Saturday and Sunday.
The third round of the playoffs is the Conference Championships.
The Conference Championships are the third round of the playoffs. The two best teams from each conference, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC), play each other to decide who will go to the Super Bowl. The Conference Championship games are usually played on the first Sunday in January.
The fourth and final round of the playoffs is the Super Bowl.
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the National Football League (NFL) regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs. The four division winners and two wild card teams (the top two non-division winners with the best overall record) from each conference advance to the playoffs. The tournament culminates with the Super Bowl, which is usually held on the first Sunday in February and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC.
