Fourteen teams entered; only eight remain. The NFL playoffs’ divisional round is set with the schedule, date and times for this weekend.
Division winners dominated the wild-card round in the AFC, with the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans all taking care of business in a big way. Buffalo won by 14 points, Kansas City by 19 and Houston by a whopping 31.
Wild-card games were slightly more chaotic in the NFC. The Green Bay Packers upset the Dallas Cowboys on the road in a dominating, 48-32 win. The Detroit Lions edged out the Los Angeles Rams and former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford in a 24-23 victory Sunday night.
To close things out, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers put the cherry on top of the Philadelphia Eagles’ late-season spiral, pushing them out of the postseason with a 23-point win.
After a bye week, each No. 1 seed – the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens – will play for the first time this postseason with a conference championship appearance on the line.
Here’s an update on this year’s playoff bracket.
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Which teams are in the NFL playoffs this year?
AFC:
- Baltimore Ravens
- Buffalo Bills
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Houston Texans
- Cleveland Browns – eliminated
- Miami Dolphins – eliminated
- Pittsburgh Steelers – eliminated
NFC:
- San Francisco 49ers
- Dallas Cowboys – eliminated
- Detroit Lions
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Philadelphia Eagles – eliminated
- Los Angeles Rams – eliminated
- Green Bay Packers
2023-24 NFL playoffs bracket
Here’s how the NFL playoffs bracket looks:
AFC:
Divisional round matchups are set.
- No. 4 Houston Texans at No. 1 Baltimore Ravens
- No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs at No. 2 Buffalo Bills
NFC:
Here’s how the NFC bracket looks.
- No. 7 Green Bay Packers at No. 1 San Francisco 49ers
- No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at No. 3 Detroit Lions
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2023-24 NFL remaining playoffs schedule (all times ET)
Divisional round
Saturday, Jan. 20
Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens: 4:30 p.m. on ESPN/ABC, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes
Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers: 8:00 p.m. on FOX, FOX Deportes
Sunday, Jan. 21
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions: 3:00 p.m. on NBC, Peacock, Universo
Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills: 6:30 p.m. on CBS, Paramount+
Conference championships
Sunday, Jan. 28:
- AFC championship game: 3 p.m. on CBS
- NFC championship game: 6:30 p.m. on FOX
Super Bowl 58
Following a bye week for both Super Bowl teams, Super Bowl 58 will kickoff on Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. on CBS.
NFL playoff picture
Seeds remaining
Of the eight remaining teams in the divisional round of the playoffs, here’s how much each seed is represented.
No. 1 seeds: 2, Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers
No. 2 seeds: 1, Buffalo Bills
No. 3 seeds: 2, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions
No. 4 seeds: 2, Houston Texans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
No. 5 seeds: 0
No. 6 seeds: 0
No. 7 seeds: 1, Green Bay Packers
The Packers are the only team remaining that didn’t win its division.
Quarterbacks remaining
Eight starting quarterbacks remain in the hunt for a Lombardi Trophy. None of them are even 30 years old.
Here’s how the remaining playoff quarterbacks stack up by age.
- Jared Goff, 29
- Patrick Mahomes, 28
- Baker Mayfield, 28
- Josh Allen, 27
- Lamar Jackson, 27 (as of Jan. 7)
- Jordan Love, 25
- Brock Purdy, 24
- C.J. Stroud, 22
How does the NFL Playoffs’ dynamic bracket work?
The NFL playoffs are dynamic, meaning the bracket changes as the playoffs progress. Every round, the highest seeds remaining are guaranteed a home-field advantage.
After the wild-card round, the Ravens and 49ers play the lowest seed remaining in their conference. For the Ravens, that’s the No. 4-seeded Texans; it’s the No. 7-seeded Packers for the 49ers. The Bills and Lions, as the second-highest seeds remaining in their conferences, host the second-lowest seeds remaining.
If either the Ravens or 49ers fall in a divisional round upset, the highest seed remaining below them – not the team that beat them – would get home-field advantage in their conference championship game.
2024-01-18 14:16:45
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