Who’s Playing Now in the NFL?

The NFL regular season is in full swing, and there are plenty of great games to watch every week. But if you’re looking for a specific game, it can be tough to keep track of who’s playing when.

That’s where we come in. We’ll keep you updated on who’s playing when, so you can catch your favorite team in action. Stay tuned for all the latest NFL news and updates!

The Current NFL Teams

The Baltimore Ravens are currently playing in the NFL. They 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 American Football Conference

The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the highest professional level of American football in the world. This conference and its counterpart, the National Football Conference (NFC), currently contain 16 teams each, making up a total of 32 teams in the NFL. Both conferences are themselves divided into four divisions of four teams each.

The AFC was created as part of the 1970 NFL merger, when the league’s ten existing franchises were evenly split between the new AFC and NFC. Since 1970, with the exception of a period between 2002 and 2016 when divisional realignment resulted in one extra team being placed in the AFC, there have been 16 teams in each conference.

AFC teams are:
-Baltimore Ravens
-Buffalo Bills
-Cincinnati Bengals
-Cleveland Browns
-Denver Broncos
-Houston Texans
-Indianapolis Colts
-Jacksonville Jaguars
-Kansas City Chiefs
-Miami Dolphins
-New England Patriots
-New York Jets
-Oakland Raiders
-Pittsburgh Steelers
-San Diego Chargers
-Tennessee Titans

The National Football Conference

The National Football Conference (NFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the highest professional level of American football in the world. This conference and its counterpart, the American Football Conference (AFC), currently contain 16 teams each, making up a total of 32 teams in the NFL. NFC teams are spread out across the United States, with most of them located in the northern half of the country. The conference is divided into two divisions, the East and West, with four teams in each division.

The NFL’s History

Though it was not always the powerhouse it is today, the National Football League has a long and storied history. Founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, the NFL saw modest success in its early years. However, by the 1960s, the NFL had surpassed baseball as America’s most popular sport. Today, the NFL is the pinnacle of professional football, with millions of fans across the globe.

The Early Years

The National Football League was founded in 1920, but its roots trace back to 1892, when a group of collegiate football players formed the American Professional Football Association. The first professional football game was played between the Pittsburgh Athletic Club and the Allegheny Athletic Association on November 12, 1892. Latrobe, Pennsylvania, a small town west of Pittsburgh, served as host to this momentous event.

In 1920, the APFA was renamed the National Football League. The first NFL game was played on October 3, 1920, between the Dayton Triangles and the Columbus Panhandles in Dayton, Ohio. The Triangles won 14-0.

The Modern Era

The modern era of the National Football League (NFL) began in 1920 with the founding of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which renamed itself to National Football League in 1922. In 1932, the NFL introduced a playoff system to determine its champion; meanwhile, the APFA continued operating until after the 1949 season, when it was absorbed into the NFL. The NFL stopped recognizing Championship game winners after 1932 and stopped recognizing any team as Champion before 1946; this resulted in several teams claiming unofficial titles.

The Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots each have the most Super Bowl wins with six, while Green Bay Packers have won thirteen NFL Championships (more than any other team). The New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers have never won a Super Bowl or an NFL Championship.

How the NFL Works

Before we get into who’s playing now in the NFL, let’s first understand how the NFL works. The NFL is the National Football League, and it’s a professional American football league. There are 32 teams in the NFL, and they are divided into two conferences: the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). Each conference has 16 teams.

The Regular Season

The National Football League (NFL) is made up of 32 teams, and each team plays 16 games during the regular season. The regular season starts in September and ends in December.

During the regular season, each team plays against every other team in its conference — the American Football Conference (AFC) or the National Football Conference (NFC). Each conference is made up of four divisions: North, South, East, and West.

Within each division, teams play against each other on a rotating basis. For example, during the 2012 season, the AFC East played games against the AFC North and AFC South, as well as all four teams in the NFC. In 2013, the AFC East will play games against the AFC West and NFC East, as well as all four teams in the NFC West.

The NFL schedule is set up so that every team plays every other team in its own division twice during the regular season — once at home and once away. Each team also plays two other teams from each conference once during the regular season. These “cross-over” games are rotated on a yearly basis so that each team plays every other team in the league at least once every four years.

At the end of the regular season, the playoffs begin. The playoff field consists of 12 teams — six from each conference. The four division winners from each conference automatically qualify for the playoffs, as do two “wild card” teams from each conference. The wild card teams are chosen by their overall record, regardless of divisional standings.

The Playoffs

The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the National Football League (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 a separate set of tiebreakers are used to seed the teams. In addition to the playoff tournament, the NFL crowns a champion based on the best won-loss record including ties, regardless of whether or not the team qualified for the playoffs that year.

During the playoff tournament, only four teams from each conference compete. These teams are seeded one through four based on their won-loss record and divisional standings (if two teams have identical records, other tiebreakers are used). The top seed from each conference gets a bye in the first round of the playoffs and automatically advances to the second round (the divisional round). The other two conference seeds also advance to the second round, but they must play in Wild Card Weekend.

In Wild Card Weekend, four games are played on Saturday and Sunday. The winners of these games advance to divisional play. So, in total, eight teams play in divisional Round football games: four from each conference. The winners of these divisional games then advance to their respective conference championship game. Finally,
the winners of each conference’s championship game meet in
the Super Bowl, which is considered one of North America’s major professional sports’ biggest annual events.

The Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important American football game of the year. It is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is played between the champions of the NFL’s American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC). The winner of the Super Bowl receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy, which is named after the legendary Green Bay Packers head coach who led his team to victory in the first two Super Bowls.