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The names of the first two playoff rounds date back to the postseason format that was first used in 1978, when the league added a second wild-card team to each conference. The first round of the playoffs is dubbed the wild-card round, wild-card weekend, or, from 2020–21 to 2023–24, super wild-card weekend. [4]
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is an invitation to a tournament or a playoff berth awarded to a team or individual that does not qualify via an automatic bid. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules.
The NFL playoffs kick off on Saturday, Jan. 11 with the league's super wild-card weekend before concluding on Feb. 9 with Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. Wild-card round. All times Eastern. Saturday ...
Here's the full schedule plus how to catch all of the action of the opening weekend of the NFL playoffs: NFL wild card schedule Saturday, Jan. 11. Los Angeles Chargers at Houston Texans, 4:30 p.m. ET.
NFL wild-card matchups, full bracket. ... Detroit's win over San Francisco on "Monday Night Football" in Week 17 clinched the NFC West title for Los Angeles. The Rams are division winners for the ...
After the 1970 AFL–NFL merger brought the American Football League into the NFL, the NFL began to use three divisions and a single wild-card team in each conference for its playoffs, in order to produce eight contenders out of six divisions; this was later expanded in 1978 and 1990 so that more wild-card teams could participate.
Here's a look at the NFL playoff bracket – and the matchups for Super Wild Card Weekend – as the league's regular season winds to a close in Week 18. AFC wild card matchups 1.
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