What NFL Teams Are In The Playoffs?

Get the latest NFL Playoff Picture for the 2020 season. See who’s in and who’s out of the hunt for the Lombardi Trophy.

AFC teams

There are four teams remaining in the AFC playoffs. The New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Kansas City Chiefs. These teams will compete in the AFC divisional round this weekend.

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 and the city of Cleveland, the Ravens agreed to remain in the AFC North and Modell was allowed to take his team’s history with him to Baltimore. The Browns’ intellectual property, including team name, logos, training facility, and history, were kept in trust and the franchise was regarded by the NFL as suspended; meaning that Cleveland Browns could be reactivated by another owner should Modell have failed to find suitable funding for a new stadium in Baltimore.[1][2] The Ravens have qualified for the NFL playoffs eleven times since 2000, with two Super Bowl victories (Super Bowl XXXV and XLVII), two AFC Championship titles (2000 and 2012), 15 playoff victories (9th all-time), four AFC North division titles (2003, 2006, 2011, 2018),[3] five AFC Wild Card playoff berths (2000, 2001, 2003 2004,[4] 2006,[5] and 2014),[6] and are currently the only team in NFL history to hold a perfect record in multiple Super Bowl appearances. The Seahawks are also one of only five franchises dating back to 1970 that has played in both an AFC Championship game and NFC Championship game.[7][8]

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 its 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.

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. The team was founded in 1960 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt and was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). In 1963, the team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri and were renamed the Kansas City Chiefs. The team is valued at over $2 billion.

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 located 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 1970 merger of the two leagues. 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. Between 2002 and 2016, New England won 13 AFC East division championships, eight Super Bowls, and appeared in 19 conference championship games configuration is currently used by all 32 NFL teams.

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. Founded in 1933, the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC.

NFC teams

There are four teams left in the NFC playoffs. The Packers, Saints, Rams, and Bears will all be competing for a spot in the Super Bowl. Who will come out on top?

Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) East division. They are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NFL, having appeared in more than a dozen conference championships and Super Bowls.

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 that compete in the National Football League (NFL). 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 St. Louis. The Rams franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.

The Rams play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The Rams are currently owned by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which is controlled by American businessman Stan Kroenke.

The team’s head coach is Sean McVay, and their current quarterback is Jared Goff.

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 as a member of the league’s National Football Conference South division.

The Saints were founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon, and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966. The NFL granted the expansion franchise on June 5, 1967. The team’s primary colors are old gold and black; their logo is a simplified version of the Fleur-de-lis. They played their home games at Tulane Stadium through the 1974 NFL season. They moved to the new Louisiana Superdome (now Mercedes-Benz Superdome) starting with the 1975 season.

San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area. They compete in the National Football League as a member of the league’s National Football Conference West division.

The 49ers have been in existence since 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference before joining the NFL in 1949 when the AAFC merged with them. The 49ers weren’t very successful during their first 25 years in the league, only making it to the playoffs five times and never winning more than 10 games in a season until 1981 under Head Coach Bill Walsh, who drafted quarterback Joe Montana out of Notre Dame with their first ever draft pick that year. From 1983 onwards, Montana and Walsh led San Francisco to six Super Bowls—including victories in Super Bowls XVI, XIX, XXIII, and XXIV—making them one of only five teams (along with Pittsburgh, Dallas, New England and Denver) to have won more than four Lombardi Trophies.[11][12][13] After Montana retired following their last title win prior to his eventual induction into Canton for his Hall of Fame career in 2000,[14] Steve Young took over as quarterback and rose to prominence by leading San Francisco back to several more playoff appearances—including NFC West division titles six times (in 1994–1995,[15] 1997,[16] 2001,[17] 2002–2003[18]) and an appearance in Super Bowl XXXVII—while being named NFL MVP three consecutive years (1992–1994).[19][20][21] In March 2019, Lynch was fired after compiling a 4–12 record over two seasons.[22][23] He was immediately replaced by former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy.[24][25][26]

Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise 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.