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NFL playoff bracket, explained: How byes, seeding, format will work in 2026
Fourteen sides — seven from each conference — will take part in the NFL playoffs. Each will hope to lift the Lombardi Trophy come postseason's end.
It's a wide open race in the NFL postseason over the next five weeks to determine a Super Bowl champion. Here's your guide to the NFL playoff format.
Updated NFC playoff bracket, AFC playoff bracket before divisional round of NFL playoffs, scenarios for AFC championship game, NFC championship game.
By now you probably know the story. A thrilling AFC Divisional Round game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills at the end of the 2021-2022 NFL season led the league to change the overtime rules for playoff games,
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NFL playoff overtime rules explained after controversy forced changes
A 2021 playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs between the Buffalo Bills had been enough for the NFL to make a significant rule change which has paid dividends so far this year
The NFL playoff bracket has a wrinkle other tournaments don't have. How does that impact the NFC and AFC postseason divisional round games this week?
The NFL reseeds teams after the wild-card round. This means that in the following divisional round, the No. 1 seed will always host the lowest remaining seed.
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NFL 'Choose Love' messages, explained: Why league will honor Martin Luther King Jr. during playoffs
Here's what to know about the NFL's 'Choose Love' messages on helmets and end zones to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
Broncos cannot sign Tom Brady after Bo Nix’s season-ending injury due to NFL rules and Brady’s ownership stake in the Raiders.