Only two (2) total teams can earn a first-round bye week in the NFL playoffs: the No. 1-seeded team in the AFC, and the No. 1-seeded team in the NFC. Those seeds go to the teams with the best ...

Time to start thinking about who’s going to Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. The NFL playoff schedule is set, with Super Wild Card Weekend ready for Saturday, Sunday and Monday (and, remember ...

The NFL playoffs are here and we know the matchups ... and the other division winners get the No. 2 through No. 4 seeds. The No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 seeds go to the non-division winners with ...

The Commanders, Eagles and Bills are moving on in the NFL playoffs. Here's who the teams will play and what to know about the playoff bracket.

14 teams — seven from each conference — make the NFL playoffs under the current format ... the track record for No. 2 seeds in the wild-card round is strong. No. 2 seeds are 7-1 against ...

The Detroit Lions have already locked up a spot in the NFL postseason, and the NFC playoff picture is quickly starting to solidify. However, nothing will be official until Sunday night's epic ...

The NFL playoffs have undergone a series of changes since the merger, none having as big of an impact since the field expanded from 12 to 14 teams in 2020. A change that seemed inevitable despite the ...

The 2025 NFL playoffs represent the fifth postseason of which the No. 7 seed has been a part to date. How have the plucky underdogs fared in the wild-card matchups against the No. 2 seeds so far?

But, like many years in the past, the league will again review its playoff seeding format this offseason, sources tell CBS Sports. NFL team owners have long preferred the current format ...

The NFL has long given seeding priority to "division champions ... an even greater record in another four-team pod starting the playoffs on the road. This year's prime example of the latter ...

That’s right, dearest readers. Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys, the one and only “America’s Team,” are the only franchise to lose to a No. 7 seed in half a decade. And not only did the Cowboys lose to the ...

The NFL made a major change to their playoff format heading into the 2020 ... While the number of teams was been adjusted, the seeding structure still remains the same. Currently, the four ...