How Many NFL Playoff Games Will There Be This Year?

How Many NFL Playoff Games Will There Be This Year?
Find out how many NFL Playoff Games will be played this year.

NFL Playoff Basics

How many teams make the playoffs?

The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Each year, six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the tournament. The four division winners in each conference are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the two wild-card teams are seeded 5 and 6. The playoffs begin with four wild-card round games, played on the weekend immediately following the final regular season weekend (i.e., either Saturday/Sunday or Sunday/Monday). The four winners advance to meet the 1–4 seeds in their respective conferences in the divisional round games, played on the weekend immediately following the wild-card weekend (either Saturday/Sunday or Sunday/Monday). In turn, those winners advance to meet each other in the conference championship games (played on Sunday), with those winners advancing to Super Bowl LIII, to be played on Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Under a system implemented for the 2018 season and continuing through at least 2021, if one or more teams from a given seed line are unable to play due to being affected by COVID-19 positive tests or contact tracing protocols established by either the league or state/local public health authorities, additional teams will “slide up” from lower seed lines to fill any resulting openings in playoff brackets.

What is the playoff format?

The NFL playoff format is a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season. The tournament culminates in the Super Bowl, the league’s championship game.

Only seven teams from each conference (14 total) qualify for the playoffs. Each conference’s bracket is seeded based on each team’s record. The four division winners are automatically seeded 1-4 (based on record), while the four wild card teams are seeded 5-8 (also based on record).

In the first round, the division winner with the best record in each conference hosts the wild card team with the worst record. The other two first-round matchups pit the remaining division winner against the remaining wild card team in each conference. In the second round, known as the divisional playoffs, the higher seed hosts each game. Conference seeding determines which team would host in case of a rematch from earlier in the season.

NFL Playoff History

The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. As of 2020, there are four rounds of playoffs, consisting of six teams from each conference. The four division winners from each conference (or the Wild Card team with the best record if one or more division winners have a better record) are seeded 1-4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the conference winners are seeded 1-2.

How many games were there in the first playoff?

In the first playoff game in 1933, the Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants 23-21.

How many games are there now?

The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Similar to Major League Baseball’s (MLB) World Series, Super Bowl Sunday is usually considered the biggest social event of the year. From 2019, 14 teams will qualify for the tournament. Seven teams will come from the National Football Conference (NFC), and six teams will come from the American Football Conference (AFC).

This Year’s NFL Playoff Predictions

The NFL playoffs are just around the corner, and this year there are a few new teams in the mix. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams are both looking strong this season, and they’re not the only ones. With so many good teams vying for a spot in the playoffs, it’s hard to say how many games there will be. Here are our predictions for this year’s NFL playoffs.

How many games will there be?

The NFL Playoffs are about to get underway, and as always, there are a ton of great matchups to look forward to. But one of the biggest questions on everyone’s mind is how many games will there actually be?

Well, according to our predictions, there will be a total of 19 NFL Playoff games this year. That includes the Wild Card round, the Divisional round, the Conference Championship round, and of course, the Super Bowl.

So make sure you’re prepared for a long weekend of football action! And if you need help figuring out who to root for, we’ve got you covered with our comprehensive guide to all of this year’s NFL Playoff matchups.

Who will win?

The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held every year in January and February to determine the champion of the NFL. The tournament culminates with the Super Bowl, currently the biggest annual sporting event in terms of television audiences in North America.

This year’s NFL playoffs will feature 12 teams, six from each conference competing for a chance to appear in the Super Bowl.

In the AFC, the New England Patriots are predicted to win again this year. They have one of the most explosive offenses in NFL history, led by future Hall of Famer Tom Brady. They also have a solid defense that should be able to contain most opponents. The Pats are looking like they’re on their way to winning another Super Bowl.

In the NFC, things are a bit more wide open. The Los Angeles Rams are looking strong, but so are the New Orleans Saints and the Chicago Bears. It’s anyone’s guess as to who will come out on top in this conference.

The 2019 NFL playoffs are sure to be exciting, so make sure you don’t miss a single game!