When Are The NFL Playoffs in 2017?
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The NFL playoffs are set to begin on Saturday, January 7th. Wild Card weekend will feature four games, two in each conference.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs. Seeds 1-4 host seeds 5-6 in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs on January 6-7, 2018. The divisional playoffs will be held on January 13-14, 2018, followed by the conference championships on January 21, 2018. The NFC Championship game will be held at 3:05 p.m. ET on Fox, while the AFC Championship game will air at 6:40 p.m. ET on CBS. The winner of each conference championship game will advance to Super Bowl LII, which is scheduled for February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The NFL Playoffs Format
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the National Football League’s (NFL) regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on their regular season records.
The NFL Playoffs Bracket
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the National Football League’s regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and a tie-breaking procedure exists in the case of equal records. The tournament culminates in the Super Bowl, the league’s championship game.
The Wild Card Round
The NFL Playoffs start with the Wild Card Round on the weekend of January 6-7, 2018. The four divisional winners will each host a game on Saturday, January 6, at 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. ET. The lowest remaining seed will visit the first-seed team, while the second lowest remaining seed will visit the second-seed team.
On Sunday, January 7, the third-lowest remaining seed will visit the AFC’s top seed (the team with the best record in the AFC), while the fourth-lowest remaining seed will visit the NFC’s top seed (the team with the best record in the NFC) in two more Wild Card games. These two games will also start at 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. ET.
The Divisional Round
Once the NFL regular season ends, the top six teams from each conference (AFC and NFC) qualify for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded first and second based on their overall record, with the two Wild Card teams seeded fifth and sixth.
The NFL Playoffs are not like a typical single-elimination tournament where losing teams are immediately sent home packing. Instead, the NFL utilizes a multi-round system that gradually eliminates losing teams until only two remain. The first round of the playoffs is called the Wild Card Round, followed by the Divisional Round, then the Conference Championships, and finally the Super Bowl.
The 2017 NFL Playoffs will begin on Saturday, January 6th with two Wild Card games: Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Rams vs. Atlanta Falcons. The following weekend will feature four Divisional Round games:
Tennessee Titans vs. New England Patriots
Carolina Panthers vs. New Orleans Saints
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Minnesota Vikings vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Conference Championships
The Conference Championships are the penultimate round of the NFL playoffs. The AFC and NFC championship games are held on the first Sunday in February, two weeks before the Super Bowl. The winners of those games advance to face each other in the Super Bowl.
The Conference Championships were created in 1970, when the NFL merged with the American Football League (AFL). The AFL had held a similar championship game since 1960, and the two leagues agreed to hold a joint championship game between their respective champions. Prior to 1970, the NFL’s playoff system was much different; it consisted of three rounds, with the conference champions receiving a bye in the first round.
The Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important game in the NFL. It is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The winner of the Super Bowl becomes the World Champion of professional American football. The game is played between the two best teams in the NFL, one from the National Football Conference (NFC) and one from the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFC and AFC were created after the NFL merged with the American Football League (AFL) in 1970.
The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967, contrary to what many people believe, it was not originally called the “Super Bowl”. It was actually called the “AFL-NFL World Championship Game”. The name “Super Bowl” was not used until Super Bowl III, when it was finally trademarked by the NFL.
The game has been played every year since 1967 except for two years: 1986 and 2021. In 1986, there was a labor dispute between players and team owners so no games were played that year. In 2021, there will be no games due to a global pandemic.
The Super Bowl is usually played on the first Sunday in February and is broadcast on television all over America. It is estimated that over 100 million people watch the Super Bowl every year.
The NFL Playoffs Schedule
The NFL playoffs are set to begin on Saturday, January 6th, 2018. The Wild Card round will be played on Saturday and Sunday, with the Divisional Playoffs taking place the following weekend. The Conference Championships will be played on Sunday, January 21st, 2018, and the Super Bowl will be played on Sunday, February 4th, 2018.
The Wild Card Round
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. The playoffs have expanded since their inception in 1933, when there were just two teams competing in the first ever NFL Championship game.
The 2017 NFL playoffs will begin on Saturday, January 6th and Sunday, January 7th with the Wild Card Round. The four winning teams from the Wild Card round will then advance to the Divisional Round, which is scheduled for Saturday, January 13th and Sunday, January 14th. The Conference Championships are scheduled for Sunday, January 21st, and the 2017 NFL Championship game (also known as Super Bowl LI) will be played on Sunday, February 5th at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.
The Divisional Round
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the National Football League’s (NFL) regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records, and four division winners are seeded 1 through 4 in their conference, based on record. The other two teams are seeded 5 and 6.
The Divisional Round of the playoffs features the four lowest-seeded Wild Card teams hosting the 1-4 seeds. In each conference, the top two seeds receive a bye week.
The Conference Championships
The NFL Conference Championships are the penultimate round of the playoffs. They are played on the Sunday immediately following the Divisional Playoffs. The conference champions then advance to the Super Bowl, the league’s championship game.
In the Conference Championships, each conference’s remaining two teams play each other, with the winners advance to the Super Bowl. These games match up the winners of the Divisional Playoffs’ two matchups in each conference. The game sites are not determined until after the Divisional Playoff games are played, due to the fact that one team will have already advanced to its conference’s championship game, and thus its home-field advantage for that week is already known.
The Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is the culmination of a regular season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. Normally, Roman numerals are used to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl XLVII was played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 3, 2013, following the 2012 regular season.
The winner of the Super Bowl receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy, named after the coach of the Green Bay Packers who won the first two Super Bowl games. The trophy depicts a football in a kicking position with white stripes running from top to bottom.
Conclusion
The NFL playoffs are single elimination tournaments held after the conclusion of the National Football League (NFL) regular season to determine the league’s champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs based on regular season records. A single-elimination tournament then determines the conference champions, who meet in the Super Bowl – the biggest sporting event in North America – to decide who is crowned NFL champion for that season.
