The start of the NFL playoffs this year is the start of the new year. With the regular 2019 season scheduled to end on December 29, the first football in the 2020 weekend will be the playoff round.
Over the course of three weeks, the team’s playoff 12 field will be cut to two Super Bowl 54 attendees. Round in the AFC, in many minds, have been replaced by the top seed Ravens as favorites to reach the big game in Miami.
As for the NFC, good luck anticipating the team that will represent the conference at the Super Bowl of the season. The Seahawks and 49ers take turns taking the No. 1 seed. 1, and although the Packers are in the game for a top seed and a first round, they don’t even have their part locked. The Vikings are contenders, like the Cowboys leading the East, despite their .500 record.
Below is all you need to know about the NFL playoffs in 2020, including a full TV show for each round, how the postseason of the league works and an updated playoff picture.
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When will the NFL play-offs begin in 2020?
- Wild Card Games: January 4-5
- Split Games: January 11-12
- Conference Championship: January 18th
- Super Bowl 54: February 2
Eight of the 12 teams that make the NFL playoffs take just one week to prepare for their first postseason games. And teams scheduled to play their wild card games on Saturday January 4th will not even get a full week.
The first two NFL playoffs in 2020 will take place on Saturday. The other two wild card games will follow on Sunday, January 5th. Including these games, below is the full television program for each NFL playoff round.
NFL playoffs television program
Saturday 4 January: Round wild card
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Sunday, January 5th: Round wild card
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Saturday January 11th: Round
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Sunday, January 12: Round section
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Sunday, January 19: AFC / NFC championship games
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3:05 pm ET
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NFC TBD
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6:40 pm ET
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Sunday, February 2: Super Bowl 54
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6:30 pm ET
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How do the NFL playoffs work?
Although the sowing process is not perfect, the NFL undoubtedly uses the best form of play-offs in all major American sports. A total of 12 teams – four division champions and two wild cards from each conference – make the NFL postseason each year, giving everyone in the top third of the league’s standings the chance to win the Super Bowl.
The sowing works as follows: 1. The Division champion with the best record. 2. The division champion with the second best record. 3. The Division Champion with the third best record. 4. The Division B champion with the fourth best record. 5. the team of wild cards with the best record. 6. the second-best club wild-card.
The team with the highest seed gets the advantage of the local race in every playoff game from the wild card round through the AFC and NFC championship games.
Below are the NFL closing processes for the NFL playoff field.
To break a tie in the ranking of segments:
(Between two teams)
- Head-to-head (the best win-lose-bound rate in club games).
- The best win-lose-bound percentage in games played in the division.
- The best win-lose-tied percentage in common games.
- The best percentage of win-lose links in conference games.
- Endurance of victory.
- Durability of the schedule.
- Better combined ranking between congressional teams in scoring and qualifying points.
- Better combined ranking among all teams in points and points.
- The best clean spots in common games.
- Best points in all games.
- Best net touchdowns in all games.
- I twist the coin
(Between three or more groups)
- Head-to-Head (the best win-lose-tied percentage in club games).
- The best win-lose-bound percentage in games played in the division.
- The best win-lose-tied percentage in common games.
- The best percentage of win-lose links in conference games.
- Endurance of victory.
- Durability of the schedule.
- Better combined ranking between congressional teams in scoring and qualifying points.
- Better combined ranking among all teams in points and points.
- The best clean spots in common games.
- Best points in all games.
- Best net touchdowns in all games.
- I twist the coin
To break a tie in wild card rankings:
(Between two teams)
- Head-to-head, if any.
- The best percentage of win-lose links in conference games.
- The best winning percentage in common games, at least four.
- Endurance of victory.
- Durability of the schedule.
- Better combined ranking between congressional teams in scoring and qualifying points.
- Better combined ranking among all teams in points and points.
- The best clean spots in conference games.
- Best points in all games.
- Best net touchdowns in all games.
- I twist the coin.
(Between three or more groups)
- Apply the splitter switch to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division before proceeding to step 2. The initial sowing in a section when applying the splice switch remains the same for all subsequent applications of the process necessary to identify the two wild card participants.
- Head-wiping. (Only applies if one club has defeated each other or if one club has lost to each other.)
- The best percentage of win-lose links in conference games.
- The best winning percentage in common games, at least four.
- Endurance of victory.
- Durability of the schedule.
- Better combined ranking between congressional teams in scoring and qualifying points.
- Better combined ranking among all teams in scoring and points.
- The best clean spots in conference games.
- Best points in all games.
- Best net touchdowns in all games.
- I twist the coin
NFL 2020 playoffs photo
Seed
Club
Record
He was injured
1.
Baltimore Ravens
13-2
No. 1 seed. division; play-off
2.
New England Patriots
12-3
Division; play-off
3.
Managers of Kansas City
11-4
Division; play-off
4.
Houston Texas
10-5
Division; play-off
5.
Buffalo Bills
10-5
No. 5 seeds. play-off
6.
Tennessee Titans
8-7
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In the hunt: Steelers (8-7), Raiders (7-8)
Seed
Club
Record
He was injured
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San Francisco 49ers
12-3
Anchor in the playoff
2.
Saints of New Orleans
12-3
Division; play-off
3.
Green Bay Packers
11-3
Anchor in the playoff
4.
Philadelphia Eagles
8-7
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5.
Seattle Seahawks
11-4
Anchor in the playoff
6.
Minnesota Vikings
10-4
Anchor in the playoff
In the hunt: Cowboys (7-8)
