What Are The Teams In The Nfl Playoffs?

The NFL playoffs are upon us! Here’s a quick rundown of the teams that are still in the running for the Lombardi Trophy.

AFC Playoffs

The American Football Conference (AFC) playoffs are a postseason tournament that determines the winner of the AFC championship. The tournament culminates in the AFC Championship Game, which is typically played on the second Sunday in January and features the two best teams in the conference.

Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its home games at M&T Bank Stadium and is headquartered in Owings Mills.

The Ravens were established in 1996, when Art Modell, who was then the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans to relocate the franchise to Baltimore. As part of a settlement between Modell, the city of Cleveland, and the other NFL owners (referred to collectively as “the league”), Cleveland agreed to give up its franchise rights for a expansion team which would receive an equal share of league revenues; in return, the league would not schedule any future Super Bowls in Cleveland until 2022. The Ravens then entered the Super Bowl era as one of three AFC teams (along with the Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins) who did not make it to that game during that decade.

In 2002, after winning Super Bowl XXXV,Modell retired; his son John took over as team president. In 2008, Harbaugh was hired as head coach; he led the team to their second Super Bowl victory following the 2012 season.

Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays their home games at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. The Bills are the only NFL team that plays their home games in the state of New York. The Bills conduct summer training camp at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, New York, an eastern suburb of Rochester.

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium, an outdoor stadium with a retractable roof in Houston, which it shares with the college football stadium bowl game, the Texas Bowl.

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) West division.

New England Patriots

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Gillette Stadium in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is 28 miles (45 km) southwest of downtown Boston.

The Patriots are also headquartered at Gillette Stadium. An original member of the American Football League (AFL), the Patriots joined the NFL in the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. The team changed its name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating to Foxborough in 1971. The Patriots played their home games at Foxboro Stadium from 1971 to 2001, then moved to Gillette Stadium at the start of 2002 season.

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its home games at Heinz Field on Pittsburgh’s North Side in the North Shore neighborhood, which also hosts the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. The Steelers have won more Super Bowl titles and hosted more conference championship games than any other NFL team. The Steelers have won 8 AFC championships, tied with the Denver Broncos, but behind the New England Patriots’ record 11 AFC championships. The franchise has 30 members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (HOF), and has had 14 players inducted in the NFL’s 100th anniversary year of 2009.

NFC Playoffs

The National Football Conference (NFC) playoff system is a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFC champion. The tournament seeds are determined by the conference regular season records.

Dallas Cowboys

As the top seed in the NFC, the Dallas Cowboys have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. They will host the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round on Sunday, January 15 at 4:40 p.m. ET on Fox.

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919, and is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States. Home games have been played at Lambeau Field since 1957.

Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League (AFL) before joining the NFL the next year. In 1946, the franchise moved to Los Angeles. The Rams franchise remained in the metro area until 1994, when they moved to Anaheim. The Rams franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.

The Rams play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The Rams are also notable for being the only NFL team to win three championships in a row – in 1949, 1950, and 1951 – and are one of only five teams to win back-to-back championships twice, having done so previously in 1999 and 2000 during their time based in St. Louis.

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints currently compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The team was founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon, and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966. The Saints began play in Tulane Stadium in 1967.

Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division. They joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.