To open the 2022 NFL playoffs, the NFL Super Wild Card Weekend features six games. Here’s the TV schedule and bracket for all three days.
What is NFL Super Wild Card Weekend?
For the second straight year, each conference will have seven representatives in the NFL playoffs with the expansion of the wild card slots from two to three. There are six win-or-go-home NFL games scheduled from Jan. 15-17 as the playoff picture will drop from 14 to eight teams. Prior to 2020, six teams advanced to the playoffs with the division champions filling the top-four spots in each conference. The remaining two spots from each conference went to the next-best teams who didn’t win their division, or wild cards. The top-two seeds each earned a bye.
Ahead of the 2020 regular season, the NFL announced the addition of a third wild card team per conference, ending the second-seed bye.Each conference has seven teams competing in the NFL playoffs. The seedings are below.