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These are the 14 teams in the NFL playoffs: Schedule, matchups, byes and Wild Card games
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming NFL playoffs.
The NFL postseason is here and fans are on the edge of their seats as the business end of the campaign comes around on the calendar.
Now, after Week 18’s scintillating action, all the players and teams know their fate when it comes to the playoffs. Fourteen sides will go head-to-head to make it to Super Bowl LVIII, set for Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2025 NFL playoff teams:
Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Chargers, Washington Commanders, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Denver Broncos.
Here’s how each team qualified:
Playoff teams (AFC):
Buffalo Bills: Champions of the AFC East.
Kansas City Chiefs: Champions of the AFC West and were the top seed in the American Conference.
Houston Texans: Champions of the AFC South.
Pittsburgh Steelers: Secured Wild Card berth.
Baltimore Ravens: Champions of the AFC North.
Los Angeles Chargers: Secured their Wild Card berth.
Denver Broncos: Secured their Wild Card berth.
Playoff teams (NFC):
Detroit Lions: Champions of the NFC North and remained as the National Top Seed.
Minnesota Vikings: Secured their Wild Card berth.
Philadelphia Eagles: Champions of the NFC East.
Green Bay Packers: Secured their Wild Card berth.
Washington Commanders: Secured their Wild Card berth.
Los Angeles Rams: NFC West champions.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: NFC South champions.
NFL schedule:
The NFL playoffs begin with the wild-card round on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, with twelve of the 14 NFL sides in action and the No. 1 seeds from the AFC and NFC on byes.
The NFL playoff matchups are as follows (keep scrolling for the times and dates):
AFC:
(1) Chiefs – bye
(2) Bills host (7) Broncos
(3) Ravens host (6) Steelers
(4) Texans host (5) Chargers
NFC:
(1) Lions – bye
(2) Eagles host (7) Packers
(3) Buccaneers host (6) Commanders
(4) Rams host (5) Vikings
NFL Wildcard weekend schedule:
Saturday, Jan. 11
- Chargers at Texans, 4:30 p.m. ET (CBS, Paramount+)
- Steelers at Ravens, 8 p.m. ET (Amazon Prime Video)
Sunday, Jan. 12
- Broncos at Bills, 1 p.m. ET (CBS, Paramount+)
- Packers at Eagles, 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox)
- Commanders at Buccaneers, 8 p.m. ET (NBC, Peacock)
Monday, Jan. 13
- Vikings at Rams, 8 p.m. ET (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+)
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