NFL playoff schedule, bracket: AFC, NFC dates, locations

The Houston Texans took down the Los Angeles Chargers, 32-12, within the first recreation of the 2024 NFL playoffs, successful within the wild-card spherical for the second straight season. There are 5 remaining matchups within the first weekend of the postseason. The Detroit Lions are the 1-seed within the NFC, whereas the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are the 1-seed within the AFC. Each groups have byes to the divisional spherical and home-field benefit all through the postseason.

Wild-card weekendfeatures two video games on Jan. 11, three on Jan. 12 and one on Jan. 13, a “Monday Evening Soccer” matchup between the Vikings and Los Angeles Rams. The Vikings-Rams recreation will probably be performed in Arizona; it was moved within the curiosity of public security as wildfires proceed to ravage Southern California. Video games within the divisional spherical will probably be on Jan. 18 and 19. The convention title matchups will probably be on Jan. 26.

Listed below are the AFC and NFC brackets, together with seeding and the complete schedule from wild-card weekend till Tremendous Bowl LIX, which will probably be performed Feb. 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

NFC

Bye: (1) Detroit Lions

AFC

Bye: (1) Kansas Metropolis Chiefs

There will probably be 4 divisional-round video games — two on Jan. 18 and two on Jan. 19. Recreation occasions will probably be introduced come at a later date. This is what we all know thus far:

• Within the NFC, the 1-seedDetroit Lionswill host the workforce with the bottom seed.




• Within the AFC, the 1-seedKansas Metropolis Chiefswill host the workforce with the bottom seed. The 4-seed Houston Texans will probably be on the street, except the 2-seed Buffalo Payments and 3-seed Baltimore Ravens each lose.

The NFC and AFC Championship Video games will probably be performed on the residence stadiums of the highest-remaining seeds for every convention.

• The NFC Championship Recreation will probably be on Fox on Jan. 26, with the sport time to be introduced at a later date.




• The AFC Championship Recreation will probably be on CBS on Jan. 26, with the sport time to be introduced at a later date.

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