Who Made the NFL Playoffs?
The NFL playoffs are upon us! Who will make it to the Super Bowl? Who will be the big surprises? We’ll take a look at the teams that made it and make some predictions.
The NFL Playoffs
The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Seven teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs.
How the NFL Playoffs Work
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL). Jack Youngblood, a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams, played in all 14 games of the Rams’ playoff run in 1979, a record that still stands today.
The playoffs consist of six teams from each conference—the four division winners and two wild-card teams. The two divisions within each conference with the best records (excluding division winners) qualify for the wild-card round.
In the wild-card round, the third seed hosts the sixth seed, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth seed. The higher seed is considered to be home team and will host all playoff games until the Conference Championship, when predetermined sites are used regardless of seed. The winners of these games face each other in the Divisional Playoffs.
The two division winners within each conference with the best records receive a bye in this round and automatically advance to Week 2, where they await the winners ofWild Card weekend. Again, home field advantage is given to those with better records. In Week 2,the first seed within each conference plays at home against whichever team emerges from Wild Card weekend with fewer victories; while second seeds play at home against whichever team emerges from Wild Card weekend with more victories. The Conference Championship game is played between these four lowest remaining seeds—two from each conference—in order to determine which teams will advance to Super Bowl LIII.
Who Made the NFL Playoffs?
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the 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 seventh team from each conference is awarded a playoff berth as a wild card team.
In each conference, the division winners (leaders in wins) earn home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. These divisional winners also host the Wild Card round games. There are no restrictions on intra-divisional games and the higher seeded team will have home-field advantage. Thewild card team with the best record will play at home against the lowest seeded divisional winner, while the second and third wild cards will play each other.
The NFL Playoff Bracket
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. As of 2020, there are four rounds of playoffs. The tournament brackets are made up of six teams from each of the league’s two conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The four division winners from each conference are seeded 1-4 based on their regular-season record, with the top two seeds receiving a bye week in the first round.
The Wild Card Round
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Wild Card weekend (formerly Divisional playoff weekend) is the first round of the playoffs. The four winners advance to Divisional playoff weekend.
The Divisional Round
The Divisional Round of the 2020 NFL Playoffs is set, with eight teams remaining in the hunt for the Lombardi Trophy.
On Saturday, the Tennessee Titans will travel to Baltimore to take on the top-seeded Ravens, while the Minnesota Vikings will be in San Francisco to face the second-seeded 49ers.
On Sunday, the Houston Texans will be in Kansas City to battle the Chiefs, and the Seattle Seahawks will be in Green Bay to take on the Packers.
The winners of these four games will advance to next week’s Conference Championships.
The Conference Championships
The Conference Championships are the penultimate round of the NFL playoffs. The four divisional winners from each conference (the NFC and AFC) face off in two games, with the winners advancing to the Super Bowl.
This year, the Conference Championships will be held on Sunday, January 24th. The AFC Championship game will take place at 3:00pm ET, and will be followed by the NFC Championship game at 6:30pm ET.
The Conference Championships are always an exciting time for football fans, as the four best teams in each conference battle it out for a spot in the biggest game of the year. Be sure to tune in and catch all the action!
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 on February 3, 2013, following the 2012 regular season. The champion of the American Football Conference (AFC) competes against the champion of the National Football Conference (NFC), with the winner advancing to Hoist the Lombardi Trophy. This continuing rivalry between conferences dates back to 1967 when fans saw AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs upset NFL’s Minnesota Vikings 23-7 in Super Bowl I.
NFL Playoff History
The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the NFL regular season to determine the NFL champion. From 1933 to 1966, the NFL playoffs were a four-team tournament. The playoff field was expanded to eight teams in 1967, and then to ten teams in 1978.
The First NFL Playoff Game
The first NFL playoff game was held on December 28, 1932, following the 1932 regular season. The game featured the Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans. The Bears won the game 9-0.
The First Super Bowl
In 1966, the NFL and AFL agreed to merge into one league. As part of this agreement, they also held a championship game between the best team from each league. This first-ever “Super Bowl” was held on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The NFL’s Green Bay Packers (13-1) faced off against the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs (11-2-1). The Packers won easily, 35-10.
This game was not originally called the Super Bowl. That name did not come about until 1969 when it was first used in a newspaper ad for the third championship game. At that time, the game was officially renamed the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. It wasn’t until 1986 that it was finally given the name we know today: Super Bowl.
The first Super Bowl was a historic event, but it pale in comparison to what the game has become today. Now, the Super Bowl is not just a football game, it’s an unofficial American holiday. It is one of the most watched television events in history and its halftime show has become almost as iconic as the game itself.
The First Wild Card Team
In the NFL’s first season with a playoff game to determine the league champion, the Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals) finished the 1947 regular season in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 9–3 record. The Cardinals were unable to secure a berth in the three-team Western Conference, so they asked for and were given a place in the four-team playoff. In the first NFL playoff game, which was also the first ever sudden-death overtime game in professional football, the Cardinals lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, 7–0.
NFL Playoff Records
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league. It was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. The NFL played its first game on October 3, 1920, when the Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio.
Most Wins
The Pittsburgh Steelers have the most wins in NFL playoff history. They have accumulated 34 wins in 57 appearances, a winning percentage of 59.6%. The Cowboys are second with 32 wins in 52 appearances, followed by the Patriots and Packers with 31 and 30 wins respectively. The Steelers have also appeared in the most Super Bowls, winning six of their eight appearances.
Most Losses
The team with the most losses in a season and still make the NFL playoffs are the 2010 Seattle Seahawks. They had a 7-9 record in the regular season but still made it to the playoffs as the NFC West champions.
Most Appearances
The teams with the most appearances in the NFL playoffs are the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers, who have both made 33 appearances. The Cowboys have 20 divisional titles, 8 conference championships, and 5 Super Bowl wins. The Packers have 13 divisional titles, 9 conference championships, and 4 Super Bowl wins.
