{"id":33831,"date":"2025-05-08T13:47:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/33831\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:47:40","slug":"nfl-playoff-divisional-schedule-dates-potential-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/33831\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL playoff divisional schedule: Dates, potential matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/77555527007-mahomes-1-usatsi-25061572.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/icon-play-alt-white.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Who is the most dangerous player in the NFL playoffs this year?<\/p>\n<p>USAT NFL Reporter Tyler Dragon shares who NFL teams should look out for this postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Seriously<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/graphics\/2025\/01\/06\/nfl-playoff-bracket-matchups-schedule\/77406233007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NFL playoffs<\/a> are in full swing. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/scores?week=19&amp;season=2024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wild card weekend<\/a> features six games across three days with action in both the conferences. Twelve of the 14 playoff total teams took to the field to determine who advances to the next stage of the postseason: the divisional round.<\/p>\n<p>With the current playoff format, only one team in each conference earns a first-round bye. In the AFC, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> had the week off by way of securing the No. 1 seed. In the NFC, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Detroit Lions<\/a> had a week off after winning the NFC North title in Week 18 of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Chiefs and the Lions will be back in action for the divisional round of the playoffs. The winners from wild card weekend advance in each conference as the field narrows from 14 to eight teams.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the schedule for the NFL divisional playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">NEED HELP MAKING PICKS?: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Today&#8217;s NFL picks: Unlock exclusive data-driven predictions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AFC<\/p>\n<p>NFC<\/p>\n<p>NFL playoffs scheduleDivisional round: Jan. 18-19Conference championships: Jan. 26Super Bowl 59: Feb. 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who is the most dangerous player in the NFL playoffs this year? 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