Five of the first six NFL wild card playoff games are in the books. There were no major shakeups in the first round, and the league has already announced the pairings, times and TV channels for the divisional round for the Jan. 22-23 weekend.
Three of the four divisional round games are set. There is still one more wild card game to be played Monday night between the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams.
Here are the TV and radio options for the first-ever Monday night playoff game:
Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m.TV: ABC/ESPN/ESPN2National Radio: Westwood OneSIRIUS: 81 (AZ), 83 (LAR), 88 (National)XM: 226 (AZ), 225 (LAR), 88 (National)SXM App: 800 (AZ), 818 (LAR)
The winner of that game will travel to Tampa Bay on Sunday to face Tom Brady and the Buccaneers.
The Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans are the top seeds in each conference, and they received a first-round bye. They will each host a divisional game this Saturday, and would host a conference championship game the next weekend, should they advance.
Here are the pairings for the divisional round (All times ET):
Saturday, January 22AFC: 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans (CBS, Paramount+)NFC: 8:15 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers (FOX, FOX Deportes)
Sunday, January 23NFC: 3 p.m. Arizona Cardinals/Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers(NBC, Peacock, Universo)AFC: 6:30 p.m. Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs (CBS, Paramount+)
Through the first five wild card games, four of the home teams won. The San Francisco 49ers were the only team to win a road game as they went to Texas and knocked off the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon.
The Buffalo Bills throttled the New England Patriots, the upstart Cincinnati Bengals looked sharp in their win over the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs appear ready to defend their back-to-back AFC championship titles.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are the defending Super Bowl champions, have depth and experience for another title run, and they showed it with a convincing win over the Philadelphia Eagles. That game was the first real home playoff game at home since 2007 as Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl title won at home last season was technically a “neutral field” game.
NFL Wild Card ResultsCincinnati 26, Las Vegas 19Buffalo 47, New England 17Tampa Bay 31, Philadelphia 15San Francisco 23, Dallas 17Kansas City 42, Pittsburgh 21Arizona at Los Angeles (Monday night)
Here are the playoff dates:
Super Wild Card RoundJanuary 15-17
Divisional RoundJanuary 22-23
Conference ChampionshipsJanuary 30
Super Bowl LVIFebruary 13SoFi StadiumInglewood, California
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