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Prior to the 2002–03 playoffs, a team could finish second in its division and host a playoff game as the number 4 seed (best wild-card team). The new rules meant that the number 4 seed was awarded to a division champion and not a wild card team (non-division champion).
The number of playoff berths remained six per conference, meaning one wild card berth per conference was eliminated and there would be no more meetings between wild card teams in the first round. As was the case prior to 2002, division champions retain priority for higher seeding and home field advantage regardless of records.
The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football ... the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst-surviving seed from the first ...
The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference received a first-round bye. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the worst-surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5, or 6), while the number 2 seed will play the other team (seed 3, 4, or 5). The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games met ...
Only one No. 7 seed has won an NFL playoff game since the league's postseason field expanded to 14 teams before the 2020 season. That was the Green Bay Packers , who earned a 48-32 win over the ...
The New York Giants squandered a 38-14 lead in a 2002 wild-card matchup with the San Francisco 49ers. ... The AFC's top seed that year was poised to beat Brady's Patriots – especially when ...
The league instituted a seeding system for the playoffs in 1975, where the surviving clubs with the higher seeds were made the home teams for each playoff round. [18] Thus, the top-seeded division winner played the wild-card team, and the remaining two division winners played at the home stadium of the better seed, forcing the lowest-ranked ...
Broncos earn final NFL playoff berth, some seeds still undetermined. Denver's 38-0 rout of the Chiefs' junior varsity squad – K.C. QB2 Carson Wentz threw for 98 yards – completes the league's ...