Who Is Going To Be In The NFL Playoffs?

The NFL playoffs are right around the corner, and there are a few teams that look like they have a real chance at making a run at the title. Who do you think is going to be in the playoffs?

AFC

The New England Patriots have clinched the number one seed in the AFC and will have home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Steelers have clinched the number two seed. These two teams have been the dominant forces in the AFC for the past few years and it is likely that they will meet again in the AFC Championship game. The rest of the playoff field is wide open and any of the teams could make a run to the Super Bowl.

New England Patriots

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. 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 1970 merger of the two leagues. The team changed its name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating to Foxborough in 1971. The franchise has since participated in ten Super Bowls in total, winning six of them. Under head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady, they formed one of the most successful dynasties in NFL history, winning six Lombardi Vince trophies and appearing eight times from 2001 to 2018 (including five consecutive appearances from 2016 to 2020).

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.

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. They are tied with the New England Patriots for the most AFC championships, with eight, and tied with the Denver Broncos for the most Super Bowl appearances, with eleven. The Steelers have won six Super Bowls, which is tied for second most with Belichick behind only Lombardi and his Packers who have won nine.

Houston Texans

-The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium.

Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens are an 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, Modell was allowed to retain the Browns’ name and history for his new franchise in Baltimore. The expansion team was awarded an AFC charter on March 27, 1996; residue from several previous Cleveland Browns seasons were among their first players and hand-me-down equipment from their former parent club. The Ravens began play in September 1996. They qualified for two playoff berths during their first four seasons in the league; they played their first Super Bowl game following the 2000 season loss against New York Giants that cost them their head coach Brian Billick and general manager Ozzie Newsome both their jobs at year’s end despite a 10–6 regular season record that same year which extended their playoff streak to four consecutive seasons..

In recent years, under head coach John Harbaugh and general manager Ozzie Newsome, the Ravens have been perennial contenders for AFC titles; they won Super Bowl XLVII after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34–31 at New Orleans’ Mercedes-Benz Superdome during Harbaugh’s fifth season as head coach and Newsome’s 13th as GM..

The Ravens have qualified for the playoffs nine times since 2000 under Newsome and Harbaugh; they set a franchise record for most consecutive playoff appearances with six between 2008 and 2013.. In that five-year streak they also set a then-NFL record for fewest combined losses in a five-year span with 39 (20 wins and 3 losses), won at least one playoff game every year but 2010 (when they went one-and-done against Pittsburgh), captured three AFC North titles (2011, 2012 & 2018), reached two AFC Championship Games (2012 & 2018), defeated Peyton Manning twice in those conference title games en route to winning Super Bowl XLVII after defeating Eli Manning’s New York Giants 34–31; this gave them sole possession of second place behind only Pittsburgh for most NFL championships by a team not based or originating from Chicago or Green Bay (4). They also became the first franchise ever to defeat Tom Brady three times in a row in his career during those same playoffs.

NFC

The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL). The NFC consists of 16 teams, 8 from each of the two divisions, East and West. The NFC East consists of the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Washington Redskins. The NFC West consists of the Arizona Cardinals, the Los Angeles Rams, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Seattle Seahawks.

Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team that compete in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). The Rams franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League 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, which they shared with temporarily with the Los Angeles Chargers from 2020 to 2021 while both teams wait for their new stadium,Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, to be completed.

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 club 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.

The name “Saints” is an allusion to November 1 being All Saints Day in the Catholic faith, as New Orleans has historically been a predominantly Catholic city. The franchise was founded on November 1, 1966; its first season was in 1967; and its first home game was played on September 17 of that year against the Los Angeles Rams at Tulane Stadium. It is the only NFL franchise to have never played a game until 1967, when they lost 27–13 to the Los Angeles Rams at Tulane Stadium. They began their existence as an expansion team that finished with a 3–11 record in its inaugural season of 1967 under head coach Willie O’Ree. Since then, they have improved dramatically, winning ten or more games eight times (1991–92, 2000–04), making nine playoff appearances since 1980 (1982–85, 1990–92, 2000–03, 2006), and capturing five NFC South titles (2000–01, 2006–09).

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NFL Championships, including one Super Bowl, and hold the NFL record for the most enshrinements in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the most retired jersey numbers. The Bears have also recorded more victories than any other NFL franchise.

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. The team is headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and plays its home games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which opened for the 2009 season. The stadium took the place of the originally planned Cotton Bowl stadium, which was designed to host a Super Bowl that was never played there.

The Cowboys have made eight appearances in the NFL playoffs in 21 seasons since joining the league as an expansion team in 1960, tied with that year’s other expansion team, the Minnesota Vikings, for second place behind only the Miami Dolphins (10). They have played in four Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl VI and Super Bowl XII; they also lost Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts and Super Bowl XIII to their longtime NFC East rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers.