The subsequent spherical of the NFL’s postseason schedule is formally locked in.
Eight groups are left in Tremendous Bowl rivalry within the aftermath of Wild Card Weekend. Within the AFC, the Baltimore Ravens will host the Houston Texans in a single Divisional Spherical matchup, whereas the defending-champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs will tackle the Buffalo Payments.
On the NFC facet, the San Francisco 49ers will face off with the Inexperienced Bay Packers earlier than the Detroit Lions host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Divisional Spherical motion kicks off at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday and runs via Sunday night. This is what followers ought to know forward of the subsequent 4 playoff video games.
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AFC, NFC Divisional Spherical Playoff Matchups
Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens: The No. 4 seed Texans dismantled the Cleveland Browns to the tune of a 45-14 thumping to kick off Wild Card Weekend. C.J. Stroud, coming off a 274-yard, three-touchdown playoff debut, and the Texans now hit the highway for a gathering with the top-seeded Ravens and MVP favourite Lamar Jackson, who remains to be looking for his first journey to an AFC Championship Sport.
The Ravens beat the Texans 25-9 within the season-opener.
Inexperienced Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers: This traditional NFC matchup was arrange by Inexperienced Bay pummeling the Dallas Cowboys and their former coach, Mike McCarthy, inside AT&T Stadium. Jordan Love diced up Dan Quinn’s protection, whereas the Packers intercepted Dak Prescott twice and sacked him 4 occasions.
The No. 7 seed Packers had been the one highway group to win within the first spherical of the playoffs—that means they’re the one non-division winner remaining—they usually’ll have to take action once more to advance, this time in opposition to the NFC’s No. 1 seed 49ers.
San Francisco is trying to get again to the convention championship sport, the place its season ended a 12 months in the past in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles during which quarterback Brock Purdy go down with an harm.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions: Think about this a matchup between two quarterbacks—Baker Mayfield and Jared Goff—who had been ditched by their unique groups after being chosen No. 1 general solely to search out new properties and journeys again to the postseason.
The No. 4 seed Bucs are coming off a decisive 32-9 win over the defending NFC champion Eagles, whereas the third-seeded Lions beat their former QB Matthew Stafford and the Rams, 24-23, within the franchise’s first residence playoff sport in three many years.
The Lions beat the Bucs 20-6 within the common season.
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at Buffalo Payments: NFL followers might be in for a deal with if this Chiefs-Payments sport can stay as much as their earlier playoff encounter. The Chiefs received in time beyond regulation final go-around, a Divisional Spherical sport after the 2021 season, however this encounter will happen in Buffalo. And sure, it is going to be Patrick Mahomes’ first true highway sport within the playoffs of his NFL profession.
The No. 2 seed Payments beat the Steelers 31-17 on Monday within the aftermath of a snowstorm. And the third-seeded Chiefs put collectively maybe their most full efficiency of the season in a 26-7 win over the Miami Dolphins.
The Payments beat the Chiefs 20-17 in December.
Divisional Spherical Schedule, Sport Instances
Saturday, January 20
Texans at Ravens—4:30 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN/ESPN+)
Packers at 49ers—8:15 p.m. ET (FOX)
Sunday, January 21
Bucs at Lions—3 p.m. ET (NBC)
Chiefs at Payments—6:30 p.m. ET (CBS)
NFL Playoff Bracket Coming into Divisional Spherical
The profitable squads from divisional weekend will advance to the convention championship video games. The very best-seeded group in every convention will host these contests subsequent weekend with journeys to the Tremendous Bowl on the road.
If the 49ers advance, they may have home-field benefit over both the Bucs or Lions subsequent Sunday, whereas if the Packers pull an upset, they may journey to both Tampa Bay or Detroit for the convention title sport.
Within the AFC, the Ravens will host the AFC Championship Sport in the event that they beat the Texans, however Houston would face the Payments-Chiefs winner on the highway ought to the Texans advance.
This is a take a look at the complete postseason bracket, as shared by the NFL on X, previously Twitter.
Full NFL Playoff Schedule
The AFC Championship Sport is first up on this season’s conference-championship weekend schedule and might be performed at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 28. It is going to air on CBS. Because the profitable group collects the Lamar Hunt Trophy on a celebratory stage, the NFC Championship Sport will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX.
The 58th Tremendous Bowl might be performed on Sunday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET. The most important sport on the sports activities calendar is in Las Vegas this 12 months and can air on CBS.
Who’s Favored to Win the Tremendous Bowl?
The 49ers (+175) are the betting favorites to win the Tremendous Bowl, in accordance with DraftKings Sportsbook, going into the second weekend of playoff motion. The highest seed within the different convention, the Ravens (+290) have the next-best odds, adopted by the Payments (+500) in a distant third place. Kansas Metropolis (+700) and Detroit (+900) are subsequent in line.
The Bucs (+2500), Packers (+2500), and Texans (+2800) have long-shot probabilities at hoisting the Lombardi Trophy, per DraftKings.
All 4 residence groups are favored on this weekend’s video games as of Tuesday afternoon. The 49ers have the largest predicted benefit as 9.5-point favorites over the underdog Packers, whereas the closest betting line is Buffalo’s 2.5-point edge over Kansas Metropolis.
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