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NFL Week 12 is the latest mile marker on the way to the playoffs. Follow for updates, highlights and more. NFL Week 12 live updates: Scores, injuries, highlights, playoff picture
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 ...
The NFL playoffs are on to the divisional round following a six-game wild card slate with four teams in each conference still in the hunt for a spot in Super Bowl 59.
The NFL playoff field will go from eight teams to four by the end of the divisional round. Here's a look at how things stand as results come in. 2025 NFL playoff bracket: How things stand after ...
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
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 , the second-seeded division winner hosts the seventh seed wild card, the third seed hosts the sixth seed, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth seed.
Half the NFL divisions and 10 of 14 playoff spots have been clinched heading into "Sunday Night Football" in Week 17. There's still plenty to sort out, especially with specifics on seeding positions.
When the leagues merged in 1970, the new NFL (with 26 teams) reorganized into two conferences—the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC)—with three divisions each. From the 1970 season to the 1977 season, four teams from each conference (for a total of eight teams) qualified for the playoffs each year.