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Here's the projected 2025 NFL draft order after divisional-round action, according to Tankathon.com: Tennessee Titans : 3-14 record; .522 strength of schedule (SOS) Cleveland Browns : 3-14; .536 SOS
Since the 2020 NFL season, the playoffs have featured seven teams in each conference. The No. 1 seed gets a bye during the first weekend of playoffs as the division winner with the best record.
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.
Calls to expand the playoffs to 14 teams began in 2006. Proponents of expansion noted the increased revenue that could be gained from an additional two playoff games. They also noted that the 12-team playoff system was implemented when the league still had 28 teams, four fewer than the 2002 expansion.
For example, in MLB's 12-team playoffs, the No. 6 seed – the worst of three wild-card teams – plays the No. 3 seed, with the winner of the three-game series guaranteed to play the No. 1 seed ...
The merger itself didn't require expansion drafts, as AFL teams were already well-established and of comparable strength. So, the next expansion draft happened in 1976, when two new teams joined the NFL: the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The last three expansion drafts took place between 1995 and 2002.
The NFL playoff bracket doesn't begin as a fixed one. The No. 1 seed in each conference is granted a bye to the divisional round of the postseason while the remaining six teams in each conference ...
In 1982, the league held a 16-team tournament due to the players strike, which reduced the regular season to just 9 games. The playoffs expanded to 12 teams for the 1990 season, and again to 14 teams for the 2020 season, with an additional game added to this week in each year. Teams who later went on to win the Super Bowl that season are in bold.