NFL Playoff Picture: Titans-Ravens rematch highlights Wild Card Weekend
The NFL's first 14-team playoff field has come into focus.
Following a wild afternoon of action on the final Sunday of the regular season, there's just one playoff spot left to be determined. Five of the six wild-card matchups are set.
Here are the seedings and first-round matchups as they stand ahead of the Sunday Night Football regular-season finale between the Washington Football Team and Philadelphia Eagles.
AFC| Seed | Team | Division | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiefs | West | 14-2 |
| 2 | Bills | East | 13-3 |
| 3 | Steelers | North | 12-4 |
| 4 | Titans | South | 11-5 |
| 5 | Ravens | North | 11-5 |
| 6 | Browns | North | 11-5 |
| 7 | Colts | South | 11-5 |
| Matchup | Date | Time (ET) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colts at Bills | Saturday | 1:05 p.m. | CBS |
| Browns at Steelers | Sunday | 8:15 p.m. | NBC |
| Ravens at Titans | Sunday | 1:05 p.m. | ESPN/ABC |
The red-hot Buffalo Bills enter the playoffs riding a six-game winning streak and holding the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs. They'll host the Indianapolis Colts next weekend who squeaked in with the last playoff spot.
After toppling the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, the Cleveland Browns booked a rematch with their divisional foes on Wild Card Weekend. The two teams split the season series this year, though Pittsburgh was decisive in a 38-7 home victory in Week 6, and the Browns narrowly beat the Steelers' backups on Sunday. The third contest will be at Heinz Field.
One of the marquee games of the weekend will be a playoff rematch between the Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens. Last season, the Titans knocked off the top-seeded Ravens in the divisional round, putting an early end to Lamar Jackson's MVP season. The two teams met again in Week 11 this year when Derrick Henry clinched another Tennessee victory in overtime.
NFC| Seed | Team | Division | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Packers | North | 13-3 |
| 2 | Saints | South | 12-4 |
| 3 | Seahawks | West | 12-4 |
| 4 | Washington/Giants | East | -- |
| 5 | Buccaneers | South | 11-5 |
| 6 | Rams | West | 10-6 |
| 7 | Bears | North | 8-8 |
| Matchup | Date | Time (ET) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bears at Saints | Sunday | 4:40 p.m. | CBS/Nickelodeon |
| Rams at Seahawks | Saturday | 4:40 p.m. | FOX |
| Buccaneers at TBD | Saturday | 8:15 p.m. | NBC |
The NFC wild-card slate features a rematch of the Week 8 overtime battle between the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears. The Saints host this game, but this time, the Bears will have Mitch Trubisky under center after leading Chicago to the conference's final wild-card spot.
NFC West rivals will do battle when the Seattle Seahawks host the Los Angeles Rams. They also split the season series with the Rams victorious in Week 10 and the Seahawks getting the upper hand in Week 16.
The only playoff spot still up for grabs is the NFC East winner. If Washington wins Sunday night, it'll host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the playoffs. If Philadelphia wins, the 6-10 New York Giants will meet the Bucs in the postseason. Tampa won a Monday night matchup against New York in Week 8 on a controversial non-call on a potential game-tying two-point attempt by the Giants.
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