The Houston Texans took down the Los Angeles Chargers, 32-12, in the first game of the 2024 NFL playoffs, winning in the wild-card round for the second straight season. There are five remaining matchups in the first weekend of the postseason. The Detroit Lions are the 1-seed in the NFC, while the Kansas City Chiefs are the 1-seed in the AFC. Both teams have byes to the divisional round and home-field advantage throughout the postseason.
Wild-card weekend features two games on Jan. 11, three on Jan. 12 and one on Jan. 13, a “Monday Night Football” matchup between the Vikings and Los Angeles Rams. The Vikings-Rams game will be played in Arizona; it was moved in the interest of public safety as wildfires continue to ravage Southern California. Games in the divisional round will be on Jan. 18 and 19. The conference title matchups will be on Jan. 26.
Here are the AFC and NFC brackets, including seeding and the full schedule from wild-card weekend until Super Bowl LIX, which will be played Feb. 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
NFC
(7) Green Bay Packers at (2) Philadelphia Eagles
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. ET on Fox
(5) Minnesota Vikings vs. (4) Los Angeles Rams
Monday, 8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ABC/ESPN+ (in Arizona)
(6) Washington Commanders at (3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, 8 p.m. ET on NBC
Bye: (1) Detroit Lions
AFC
(7) Denver Broncos at (2) Buffalo Bills
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET on CBS
(4) Houston Texans 32, (5) Los Angeles Chargers 12
Texans ride defense to win over Chargers after slow start
(6) Pittsburgh Steelers at (3) Baltimore Ravens
Saturday, 8 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime
Bye: (1) Kansas City Chiefs
There will be four divisional-round games — two on Jan. 18 and two on Jan. 19. Game times will be announced come at a later date. Here’s what we know so far:
The NFC and AFC Championship Games will be played at the home stadiums of the highest-remaining seeds for each conference.
The Super Bowl for the 2024 season will be played at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The game will air on Fox. Kendrick Lamar will perform during the halftime show. The NFC representative will be the home team.
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