2021–22 NFL playoffs

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2021–22 NFL playoffs
DatesJanuary 15 – February 13, 2022
Season2021
Teams14
Games played13
Super Bowl LVI site
Defending championsTampa Bay Buccaneers
NFL playoffs
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The 2021–22 NFL playoffs will be the playoff tournament for the 2021 season. This was the first time that the league featured a 17-game regular season schedule, and consequently the start date of the playoffs was pushed to January 15, 2022. The postseason will conclude with Super Bowl LVI on February 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Schedule

This postseason will mark the first time that Wild Card Weekend will span three days. Two games will be played on Saturday, three on Sunday, and one on Monday night.[1][2] The last time that a playoff game was played on a Monday was in 1988 when a Wild Card game was played Monday, December 26 to avoid playing on Christmas.

Away team Score Home team Date Kickoff
(ET / UTC–5)		 TV
Wild Card playoffs
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 15, 2022 4:35 p.m.[1]
Fox
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 15, 2022 8:15 p.m.[1] CBS/Paramount +
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 16, 2022 1:05 p.m.[1] NBC/Peacock[3]
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 16, 2022 4:40 p.m.[1] CBS/Nick/Paramount +[4]
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 16, 2022 8:15 p.m.[1] NBC/Peacock[3]
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 17, 2022 8:15 p.m.[1] ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN+[2]
Divisional playoffs
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 22, 2022 4:35 p.m.
CBS/Paramount +
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 22, 2022 8:15 p.m.
Fox
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 23, 2022 3:05 p.m.[5] CBS/Paramount +
Lower-seeded team Higher-seeded team January 23, 2022 6:40 p.m.[5] NBC/Peacock
Conference Championships
Lower-seeded AFC team Higher-seeded AFC team January 30, 2022 3:05 p.m. CBS/Paramount +
Lower-seeded NFC team Higher-seeded NFC team January 30, 2022 6:40 p.m. Fox
Super Bowl LVI
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
NFC Champion AFC Champion February 13, 2022 6:30 p.m. NBC/Peacock

Television coverage

All playoff games will be televised nationally on network television.

During Wild Card Weekend,

Fox will air one game each.[1] One of CBS's games will be simulcast on Nickelodeon,[6] and ESPN's game will be simulcast on ABC and ESPN2.[2]

CBS has exclusive coverage of both AFC Divisional games and the AFC Championship Game. Coverage of the NFC Divisional games will be split between Fox and NBC. Fox has exclusive coverage of the NFC Championship Game and NBC has exclusive coverage of Super Bowl LVI.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Super Wild Card Weekend to include Monday night game". NFL.com. September 24, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "ESPN to televise Monday night NFL wild-card playoff game for next five seasons". ESPN.com. October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (NBC)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "NFL Wild Card Game on Nickelodeon set to return a after Slime-filled, Emmy-winning debut last season". cbssports.com. December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "NFL changes start times for divisional round playoff games". cbssports.com. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  6. ^ Salvador, Joseph (September 1, 2021). "Nickelodeon Broadcast to Return for Wild-Card Weekend". Sports Illustrated.

External links

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