The first crops of the National and American Conferences come into action in the Playoffs 2025 of the NFL. After a week of rest, Seahawks y Broncos will face the Ronda Divisional in search of moving towards the Super Bowl LX and, although they finished as the best in their sectors, that does not guarantee success or even reaching the game for the Lombardi wins.
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The format of Playoffs of the NFL had its last update in 2020, when a third team was integrated for the wild card round with 14 total teams and only the best in each conference rests the first week, instead of 1 and 2.
Chiefs, the only 1-seeded team to win the Super Bowl with the new NFL format
Since then, only five teams that finished first seeded managed to reach the Super Bowl. Of them, only one could get the trophy Vince Lombardi: los Kansas City Chiefs from 2022
In that season, the Chiefs they finished first in the AFC with a record of 13-3. In Ronda Divisional they eliminated the Jaguars 20-27 and then Bengals in it Conference Championship. In it Super Bowl LVII They were crowned before the Philadelphia Eagleswho also arrived as the first seed of the NFC. From the 2020that the change in the format was implemented, this has been the only time that the two best from each conference managed to arrive until Super Sunday.
NFL Films Presents did an amazing job with Super Bowl LVII but broke it up in 3 parts on Twitter.
So for #ThrowbackThursday here is (part 3/3) #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/nyvb4T37bd— Brad Henson Productions (@BradHensonPro) June 1, 2023
As the first sown of the AFClos Chiefs They also arrived at Super Bowl in the 2020 season, but were crushed by the Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneerswho qualified as fifth. Those from Florida eliminated the first of the NFClos Green Bay Packers to be crowned at home.
49ers couldn’t emulate the Chiefs
For 2023, San Francisco was the best of the National Conference and also managed to reach the Super Bowl LVIII. Unfortunately for them, they found the Chiefs that they were not the best sown, as the Ravensand they had enough to win the two-time championship in overtime in the Allegiant Stadium de Las Vegas.
Finally, the own Chiefs They recovered the first seed in 2024 and reached the Super Bowl LIX. However, the Eagles They put a stop to them and truncated their dream of being the first team in the NFL in achieving a three-time championship in the era of the big game.
Patrick Mahomes orchestrated a perfect final drive in Super Bowl LVIII 🔥pic.twitter.com/fl1Ytgmtul
— Brad Henson Productions (@BradHensonPro) August 21, 2024
It remains to be seen if the Broncos y Seahawks They will be able to reach the Super Bowl as first seed. Both have the peculiarity of, the last time they were the best in their conferences, they did it. Denver conquered the SB in the 2015 y Seattle fell before the Patriots a year before.
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Which NFL teams reached the Super Bowl as a 1 seed since 2020?
- Kansas City | AFC | 2020
- Kansas City | AFC | 2022
- Philadelphia Eagles | NFC | 2022
- San Francisco 49ers | NFC | 2023
- Kansas City | AFC | 2024 *They won the Super Bowl
1 seed teams that did not reach the Super Bowl
AFC
- Titans | 2021 | Ronda Divisional
- Ravens | 2023 | Conference Championship
NFC
- Packers | 2020 | Conference Championship
- Packers | 2021 | Ronda Divisional
- Lions | 2024 | Ronda Divisional
How did the Broncos fare as the AFC’s top seed?
- 1977: SB lost
- 1987: SB lost
- 1989: SB lost
- 1996: Eliminated in Divisional Round
- 1998: SB won
- 2012: Eliminated in Divisional Round
- 2013: SB lost
- 2015: SB won
How did the Seahawks do as the NFC’s No. 1 seed?
- 2005: SB lost
- 2013: SB won
- 2014: SB lost
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