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The 2009 NFL draft was televised by both NFL Network and ESPN and was the first to have cheerleaders. The Detroit Lions, who became the first team in NFL history to finish a season at 0–16, used the first selection in the draft to select University of Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford. [3] It was the first draft since 1983 that saw two ...
The 2009 NFL draft was held from April 25 to 26, 2009, ... and the wild card teams are seeded 5–6. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there ...
The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the wild-card playoffs or wild-card weekend , the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth-seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth.
For the 1990 season, a third wild-card team for each conference was added, expanding the playoffs to twelve teams. The lowest-seeded division winner was then "demoted" to the wild-card weekend as the home team. Also, the restrictions on intra-divisional games during the divisional playoffs were removed. [34] [35] [36] [37]
Eight teams start their second season, in what they hope is a journey to the Super Bowl. Some of the teams playing on Wild-card weekend Red flags for each NFL wild-card playoff team
NFL Wild-Card playoff picks: Road to Super Bowl begins with six games including Dolphins at Chiefs. ... Twelve of the 14 teams in the Super Bowl tournament launch Super Wild-Card Weekend, with ...
The 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 77th season in the National Football League (NFL). They were coming off a season in which they compiled a 12–4 regular season record and capped the season by winning the franchise's record sixth Super Bowl. The team's coaching staff remained the same for the third consecutive year. [1]
In 2008, The Packers traded their 7th round selection of the 2008 NFL draft to the New Orleans Saints for their 6th round selection (6–187) in the 2009 NFL draft. In 2008, The Packers traded QB Brett Favre to the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick. Favre took the required majority of the team's snaps at quarterback but the Jets failed ...