Nfl Playoff Bracket 2020-21

Posted on 8/2/202222.08.2017by admin

The NFL playoff bracket for 2021 has taken its final shape.

So the Bills are in. Based on games through Sunday night (12/20), the playoff brackets look like this: (NOTE: Updated after Monday Night Football Steelers loss on 12/21) AFC No. 1 Chiefs (13-1): BYE. View the NFL Playoff Schedule for the 2021-2022 season at FBSchedules.com. The schedule includes the matchups, date, time, and TV.

My predictions for the 2020-21 playoffs, please let me know what you think in the comments! When the 2021 NFL playoffs begin, it will look significantly different than a typical postseason for NFC and AFC teams. Each conference will have an extra playoff team creating a total of 14 NFL. The NFL playoff bracket for 2021 has taken its final shape. The NFL East champion Washington Football Team have confirmed their spot as the NFC's No. 4 seed and host the Buccaneers in the wild.

The NFC East champion Washington Football Team claimed the NFC's No. 4 seed and will host the Buccaneers in the wild-card round. The Chiefs and Packers got each conference's lone bye. The Dolphins, Cardinals and Cowboys had costly Week 17 losses. And the Bills and Rams showed they can win even without their best players on the field.

Beginning Jan. 9, the NFL will show off its expanded 14-team playoff bracket (up from the usual 12 for the first time this season). Out of those 14, 12 will play in the first round thanks to a necessarily altered bye structure to wind up with the same number of playoff rounds. Additional teams mean two additional games, putting a trio of games on both Saturday and Sunday in wild card weekend.

Below is all you need to know about the NFL playoff bracket in 2021, including a complete postseason schedule, TV channels for all the playoff games and scores/results as they come.

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NFL playoff bracket 2021

Here's a look at the complete NFL playoff bracket for 2021:

AFC

1. Kansas City Chiefs vs. 2. Buffalo Bills

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1. Kansas City Chiefs vs. 6. Cleveland Browns

2. Buffalo Bills vs. 5. Baltimore Ravens

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1. Kansas City Chiefs (bye)

2. Buffalo Bills vs. 7. Indianapolis Colts

3. Pittsburgh Steelers vs. 6. Cleveland Browns

4. Tennessee Titans vs. 5. Baltimore Ravens

NFC

1. Green Bay Packers vs. 5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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1. Green Bay Packers vs. 6. Los Angeles Rams

2. New Orleans Saints vs. 5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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1. Green Bay Packers (bye)

2. New Orleans Saints vs. 7. Chicago Bears

3. Seattle Seahawks vs. 6. Los Angeles Rams

4. Washington Football Team vs. 5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

MORE: NFL's expanded playoff bracket, explained

NFL playoff schedule 2021

Below is the full NFL playoff schedule for 2021, complete with TV channels and live stream links.

Wild-card round

Saturday, Jan. 9

Results

Bills 27, Colts 24

Rams 30, Seahawks 20

Buccaneers 31, Washington 23

Sunday, Jan. 10

Results

Ravens 20, Titans 13

Saints 21, Bears 9

Browns 48, Steelers 37

Divisional round

Saturday, Jan. 16

Matchup

Packers 32, Rams 18

Bills 17, Ravens 3

Sunday, Jan. 17

Matchup

Chiefs 22, Browns 17

Buccaneers 30, Saints 20

Conference championships

Sunday, Jan. 24

Matchup	Start time	TV channel	Live stream
Buccaneers at Packers	3:05 p.m. ET	Fox	fuboTV
Bills at Chiefs	6:40 p.m. ET	CBS	fuboTV

Super Bowl 55

Sunday, Feb. 7

Matchup	Start time	TV channel	Live stream
AFC champion vs. NFC champion	6:30 p.m. ET	CBS	fuboTV

TV channels, live streams for NFL playoff games

Beginning with the wild-card round, NFL playoff games each week will be shown nationally on NBC, CBS, Fox and ESPN. CBS has exclusive broadcast rights for the AFC championship game, while Fox showed the NFC championship. CBS is the home to Super Bowl 55.