NFL Playoff Picture: Wild Card Weekend set

The NFL playoff subject is about.

The league introduced the official schedule for this yr’s Wild Card Weekend on Sunday with Saturday’s slate comprising two video games.

AFC

The Denver Broncos will journey to Buffalo to face the Payments within the wild-card spherical after caring for enterprise at dwelling in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to clinch the AFC’s remaining playoff spot. It is Denver’s first postseason look since its 2015 Tremendous Bowl marketing campaign. Buffalo, attempting to recover from its playoff hump and make a title run, rested its principal starters within the regular-season finale with the AFC’s 2-seed already locked up.

The Los Angeles Chargers took benefit of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ late-season skid to arrange a wild-card matchup in opposition to the Houston Texans that appears extra favorable than Pittsburgh’s playoff tilt versus the Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers have misplaced 4 straight and dropped to the No. 6 seed after the Chargers defeated the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.

Pittsburgh and Baltimore cut up their regular-season sequence, however the Ravens blew out the Steelers of their most up-to-date assembly in December.

Because the No. 1 seed, the Chiefs will relaxation subsequent week and have home-field benefit.

AFC playoff standings

NFC

The Detroit Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings within the extremely anticipated Sunday Night time Soccer finale, securing home-field benefit and a first-round playoff bye. In the meantime, Minnesota advances because the 5-seed to go to the Los Angeles Rams, who fell to the No. 4 seed after resting their starters in a loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

The Philadelphia Eagles will host the Inexperienced Bay Packers within the wild-card spherical after Inexperienced Bay misplaced to the Chicago Bears on Sunday and completed because the 7-seed. Philly beat the New York Giants on Sunday with out most of its starters. Inexperienced Bay’s principal gamers began versus Chicago, however the membership noticed extensive receiver Christian Watson and quarterback Jordan Love maintain knee and elbow accidents, respectively.

The Washington Commanders – who beat the Dallas Cowboys to ensure their No. 6 spot – will go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the first spherical. Washington misplaced to Tampa Bay within the wild-card spherical when the NFC East crew final reached the postseason in the course of the 2020 marketing campaign. The Bucs clinched their playoff berth Sunday by defeating the New Orleans Saints and successful the South for a fourth straight season.

The Eagles took down the Packers 34-29 in Brazil earlier this marketing campaign, whereas the Bucs beat the Commanders 37-20 to kick off their common season.

NFC playoff standings