With six games this weekend, the NFL playoffs begin, highlighted by Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quest for a Super Bowl repeat. No team has repeated for Lombardi trophies since 2003 and 2004 when – you guessed it – Tom Brady’s team did it in New England.
AFC
Wildcard Round
(2) Kansas City Chiefs vs (7) Pittsburgh Steelers
(6) New England Patriots vs (3) Buffalo Bills
(4) Cincinnati Bengals vs (5) Las Vegas Raiders
(1) Tennessee Titans on a bye
NFC
Wildcard Round
(2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs (7) Philadelphia Eagles
(3) Dallas Cowboys vs(6) San Francisco 49ers
(4) Los Angeles Rams vs (5) Arizona Cardinals
(1) Green Bay Packers on a bye
Starting on Saturday, we have quite the wild-card round to kick off the NFL playoffs.
The NFL expanded the playoffs last season for the first time since 1990, adding a third Wild Card team in each conference and creating “Super Wild Card Weekend”with three Wild Card games on Saturday and three games on Sunday.
With the addition of a Monday night game to the 2021 season slate, Super Wild Card Weekend will now have two Wild Card games on Saturday (4:30 PM and 8:15 PM ET), three on Sunday (1:00 PM, 4:30 PM, and 8:15 PM ET), and one on Monday (8:15 PM ET).
On Saturday, the Las Vegas Raiders play at the Cincinnati Bengals (NBC, Peacock, Universo, 4:30 PM ET) and the New England Patriots visit the Buffalo Bills (CBS, Paramount+, 8:15 PM ET).
On Sunday as the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (FOX, FOX Deportes, 1:00 PM ET), the Dallas Cowboys welcome the San Francisco 49ers (CBS, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Amazon Prime Video, 4:30 PM ET) and the Pittsburgh Steelers travel to face the Kansas City Chiefs (NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, 8:15 PM ET).
Super Wild Card Weekend concludes with the Arizona Cardinals visiting the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night (ESPN/ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+ ESPN Deportes, 8:15 PM ET).