2023 NFL playoffs: Ranking contenders for No. 1 seed in AFC Bill BarnwellNov 27, 2023, 08:40 AM ET There's a fun race developing for some of the most valuable real estate in sports. Since the NFL moved to a 14-team playoff field and limited the firs...
First-game outlook: The Titans have the AFC's first-round bye, so they'll host a divisional-round game on either Jan. 22 or 23 against the lowest-seeded AFC team remaining after the wild-card round. That could be the Bengals, Raiders, Patriots or Steelers. 2...
Since the 2002 expansion and reorganization, the playoffs have consisted of the four division winners and two Wild Card teams from each conference. In order to make the six-team bracket work, the NFL awarded the top two division winners from each conference a first round bye, leaving the othe...
Only 16 games separate us from the playoffs, so this week we're going to look at my projected playoff seeding. Below you'll find my outcomes and notes after running 300,000 simulations for each game. Then, for each team, I've added one of my favorite Next Gen Stats nuggets for addit...
but the veteran quarterback enters the playoffs fully battle-tested and with a full complement of weapons at his disposal. It's hard to overstate the importance of a first-round bye: While the rest of the Super Bowl contenders in the AFC battle it out for survival, the Titans get to sit...
The 2017-2018 National Football League Playoff Wildcard Weekend took place the weekend of Jan. 6-7. The NFL wildcard weekend consists of four teams from each conference, the AFC and the NFC ranked from 3rd to 6th. The 1st and 2nd seed from both conference received a first round bye. ...
joshua.hermsmeyer:I do think that Tennessee is not a great team for New England to have to play after just losing to the Dolphins anddropping out of a first-round byefor the first time since 2009. The Titans have had the second-best offense in the league since Week 7, whenTannehill ...
Out of the seven remaining former Louisville players in the playoffs, one will be seeing his first playoff action of this postseason this weekend. Teddy Bridgewater had Wild Card Weekend off, as his Detroit Lions clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC as well as a first round bye. ...
If the Dolphins win out (including their game vs. Buffalo), they will clinch the top overall seed in the AFC, a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Stock up after the win: WR Jaylen Waddle. With Tyreek Hill inactive, Miami needed a big game from W...
Prediction:The Vikings put extra emphasis on earning a first-round bye so they could begin their postseason quest in the building where they lost only one game this season. That’s an important asset to have going against the league’s most accurate passer with tons of playoff experie...