What Teams Didn’t Make the NFL Playoffs?

The NFL playoffs are upon us and there are plenty of storylines to follow. But what about the teams that didn’t make the cut? Here’s a look at some of the most interesting teams that just missed out on the playoffs.

NFL Playoffs

The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Qualification for the playoffs is based on a team’s record, and seeding in the playoffs is determined by regular season record. The four teams that qualify for the playoffs from each conference are seeded one through four, based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the conference record.

What teams made the playoffs?

In order to make the playoffs, a team must first win their divisional game. The four divisional winners from each conference (NFC and AFC) then play each other in the Wild Card round. The winners of those games advance to the Divisional round where they play the top seed from their respective conference. The winners of those games then advance to the Championship round where they play each other for a spot in the Super Bowl. These are single elimination games, meaning that if a team loses, they are out of the playoffs.

The following teams made it to the 2019 NFL playoffs:
-Baltimore Ravens
-Buffalo Bills
-Houston Texans
-Kansas City Chiefs
-New England Patriots
-New Orleans Saints
-Philadelphia Eagles
-Seattle Seahawks

What teams didn’t make the playoffs?

The following eight teams did not make the 2020 NFL playoffs:

AFC: Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots

NFC: Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

AFC Playoffs

The Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Chargers, and the Buffalo Bills all didn’t make the playoffs this year. The Baltimore Ravens had a great season, but they just couldn’t make it into the playoffs. The Indianapolis Colts had a good season as well, but they were just barely edged out by the Chargers and the Bills.

What teams made the AFC playoffs?

There were four divisions in the AFC this football season: East, West, North, and South. The team that won each division automatically qualified for the playoffs. In addition, there were two “wild card” spots in the AFC playoffs, which went to the next two best teams in the conference who did not win their division (regardless of division). The playoff matchups were as follows:

AFC Wild Card Round:
-(6) Indianapolis Colts at (3) Houston Texans
-(5) Baltimore Ravens at (4) Los Angeles Chargers

AFC Divisional Round:
-Lowest remaining seed at (1) Kansas City Chiefs
-(6) Indianapolis Colts or (3) Houston Texans at (2) New England Patriots

What teams didn’t make the AFC playoffs?

There are a few teams that did not make the AFC playoffs this season. These teams include the Buffalo Bills, the Miami Dolphins, the New England Patriots, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

NFC Playoffs

There were a few teams that didn’t make the playoffs this year in the NFC. The Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys were two of them. The Packers had a losing record and the Cowboys missed the playoffs by just a few games.

What teams made the NFC playoffs?

The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the other being the American Football Conference (AFC). This conference and its counterpart compete each year to win the Super Bowl, the world’s most famous annual professional American football championship game.

The NFC has 16 teams divided into 4 divisions. Each division has 4 teams. The current NFC divisional structure was adopted in 2002 when the NFL realigned, moving some teams from the AFC to make room for the Houston Texans expansion franchise.

NFC Divisional Structure:
-NFC East: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins
-NFC North: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings
-NFC South: Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
-NFC West: Arizona Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks

As of 2019, there have been a total of 37 different teams that have made at least one appearance in the NFC playoffs. The Dallas Cowboys have made the most appearances overall with 32 playoff appearances.

What teams didn’t make the NFC playoffs?

The Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, and Seattle Seahawks all made the NFC playoffs. The teams that did not make the playoffs were:

-Atlanta Falcons
-Carolina Panthers
-Chicago Bears
-Detroit Lions
-New York Giants
-Philadelphia Eagles
-San Francisco 49ers
-Tampa Bay Buccaneers