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*[[2023 Miami Dolphins season|Miami]] clinches the AFC East division title with a win.
*[[2023 Miami Dolphins season|Miami]] clinches the AFC East division title with a win.
*Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth with a win AND Jacksonville lose, AND either Buffalo lose, or Denver win.
*Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth with a win AND one of: Jacksonville lose, Buffalo lose, Denver win AND Jacksonville lose.


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Revision as of 21:07, 2 January 2024

2023–24 NFL playoffs
DatesJanuary 13 – February 11, 2024
Season2023
Teams14
Games played13
Super Bowl LVIII site
Defending championsKansas City Chiefs
NFL playoffs
← 2022–23

The National Football League playoffs for the 2023 season is scheduled to begin on January 13, 2024, and conclude with Super Bowl LVIII on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

Playoff scenarios

As of December 31, 2023 (the end of week 17), the following teams have qualified for the playoffs:

AFC
NFC

The following teams can clinch during week 18:[10] Scenarios involving ties omitted for simplicity.

AFC
  • Buffalo clinches:
  • Houston clinches:
    • a playoff berth with a win.
    • the AFC South division title with a win AND Jacksonville loss.
  • Indianapolis clinches:
    • a playoff berth with a win.
    • the AFC South division title with a win AND Jacksonville loss.
  • Jacksonville clinches:
    • a playoff berth with a Pittsburgh loss AND Denver loss AND either Houston win OR Indianapolis win.
    • the AFC South division title with a win.
  • Miami clinches the AFC East division title with a win.
  • Pittsburgh clinches a playoff berth with a win AND one of: Jacksonville lose, Buffalo lose, Denver win AND Jacksonville lose.
NFC
  • Atlanta clinches the NFC South division title with a win AND Tampa Bay loss.
  • Dallas clinches the NFC East division title with a win OR Philadelphia loss.
  • Green Bay clinches a playoff berth with a win OR Minnesota loss AND Seattle loss and either Tampa Bay loss OR New Orleans loss.
  • Minnesota clinches a playoff berth with a win AND Green Bay loss AND Seattle loss AND either Tampa Bay loss OR Saints loss.
  • New Orleans clinches:
    • a playoff berth with a win AND Seattle loss AND Green Bay loss.
    • the NFC South division title with a win AND Tampa Bay loss.
  • Philadelphia clinches the NFC East division title with a win AND Dallas loss.
  • Seattle clinches a playoff berth with a win AND Green Bay loss.
  • Tampa Bay clinches the NFC South division title with a win.

Participants

Further information: NFL playoffs § Current playoff system

Within each conference, the four division winners and the top three non-division winners with the best overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–7. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the Wild Card playoffs or Super Wild Card Weekend, the second-seeded division winner hosts the seventh seed wild card, the third seed hosts the sixth seed, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth seed. The 1 seed from each conference receives a first-round bye. In the second round, the Divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the lowest-seeded surviving team from the first round (seed 4, 5, 6, or 7), while the other two surviving teams play each other, with the higher-seeded team hosting. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championships, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.[11]

Playoff seeds
Seed AFC NFC
1 Baltimore Ravens (North winner) San Francisco 49ers (West winner)
2 to be determined to be determined
3 Kansas City Chiefs (West winner) to be determined
4 to be determined to be determined
5 Cleveland Browns (wild card) to be determined (wild card)
6 to be determined (wild card) to be determined (wild card)
7 to be determined (wild card) to be determined (wild card)


Bracket

Jan 15 – Raymond James Stadium Jan 21 – Ford Field
5 Philadelphia 9
4 Tampa Bay 32
4 Tampa Bay 23
Jan 28 – Levi's Stadium
Jan 14 – Ford Field 3 Detroit 31
NFC
6 LA Rams 23 3 Detroit 31
Jan 20 – Levi's Stadium
3 Detroit 24 1 San Francisco 34
NFC Championship
Jan 14 – AT&T Stadium 7 Green Bay 21
1 San Francisco 24
7 Green Bay 48
Divisional playoffs Feb 11 – Allegiant Stadium
2 Dallas 32
Wild Card playoffs
N1 San Francisco 22
Jan 13 – Arrowhead Stadium Jan 21 – Highmark Stadium A3 Kansas City 25*
Super Bowl LVIII
6 Miami 7
3 Kansas City 26
3 Kansas City 27
Jan 28 – M&T Bank Stadium
Jan 15 – Highmark Stadium 2 Buffalo 24
AFC
7 Pittsburgh 17 3 Kansas City 17
Jan 20 – M&T Bank Stadium
2 Buffalo 31 1 Baltimore 10
AFC Championship
Jan 13 – NRG Stadium 4 Houston 10
1 Baltimore 34
5 Cleveland 14
4 Houston 45

* Indicates overtime victory

This bracket:

Schedule

The playoffs are scheduled to begin with Wild Card Weekend on January 13–15, 2024. The Divisional round is then scheduled for January 20–21, with the winners of those games advancing to the Conference Championship games on January 28. Super Bowl LVIII is scheduled for February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.

Media coverage

Three of the Wild Card games will air on NBC this postseason, holding rights to the Saturday afternoon game under its annual rotation with CBS and Fox since 2020, the Sunday night game under the third year of a separate seven-year deal, and the Saturday night game—which will be streamed exclusively by Peacock under a one-year deal.[a] This will mark the first time that an NFL playoff game is exclusively carried nationally by a streaming platform.[12][13][14] ESPN will be entering its third year of their five-year deal for the Monday night Wild Card game, with a simulcast on ABC, and the Manningcast alternative telecast on ESPN2.[15][16][17] The remaining two Sunday afternoon games will be carried by CBS and Fox.[15][16][18][19]

Under new TV deals, the four broadcast television partners will now each air one Divisional Playoff game per season, with ESPN/ABC taking over the slot that was previously rotated between CBS and Fox.[15][20] CBS and Fox retain the exclusive rights to broadcast the AFC and NFC Championship Games, respectively.[19]

CBS will televise Super Bowl LVIII this season, followed by Fox, NBC, and ESPN/ABC under a new annual Super Bowl rotation.[15][21] Nickelodeon will also have a youth-friendly broadcast of the game.[22] CBS also has sub-licensed the Spanish-language rights for Super Bowl LVIII to TelevisaUnivision, replacing ESPN Deportes, who held the agreement for the three previous Super Bowl games aired by CBS.[21]

In addition to having exclusive coverage of the Saturday night Wild Card game, Peacock will also stream NBC's other games. All of CBS' games will stream on Paramount+, and all ESPN/ABC's games will stream on ESPN+.[15][19] The league's streaming service NFL+ will stream every postseason game on mobile devices only, regardless of broadcaster.[23]

Notes

  1. ^ Peacock's game will be simulcast locally in each participating team's media market.

References

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  3. ^ Gordon, Grant (December 28, 2023). "Browns clinch playoff berth for first time since 2020 after win over Jets". nfl.com. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ Gordon, Grant (December 31, 2023). "Chiefs clinch eighth consecutive AFC West crown with win over Bengals". nfl.com. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  5. ^ Gordon, Grant (December 17, 2023). "Niners clinch NFC West repeat with win over Cardinals". nfl.com. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
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  8. ^ Kownack, Bobby (December 24, 2023). "Lions clinch NFC North with win over Vikings, first division title since 1993". nfl.com. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
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  18. ^ "Fox Corporation Announces New Eleven-Year Media Rights Agreement with the National Football League". Fox Sports Press Pass. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  19. ^ a b c "ViacomCBS and NFL Reach New Long-Term Multiplatform Rights Agreement Through the 2033 Season". www.businesswire.com. March 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  20. ^ Volner, Derek (March 18, 2021). "The Walt Disney Company, ESPN and National Football League Reach Landmark Long-Term Agreement". ESPN Press Room U.S. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  21. ^ a b Hayes, Dade (May 16, 2023). "Super Bowl Spanish-Language Rights Claimed By TelevisaUnivision In U.S.; Company Tells Upfront Buyers Its Vix Streaming Service Has Passed 30 Million Users". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
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