Dante said:
MY guess is ABC gets to pick the 2 "sexiest" matchups and go from there. also keep in mind the location of the teams who would play the next day. if you had, say, Seattle, SD, SF and Steelers hosting first round playoff games you can see a problem come Sunday if you have 2 WC teams playing for it would be tough to have them play something like 11A games
as always TV dictates EVERYTHING
Fox Sports has ABC getting the 4-5 seed matchups on Wildcard Saturday if playoffs started today
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/785806
NFC Playoff Matchups (if season ended today)
WILD-CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 7: No. 5 Panthers at No. 4 Giants
Sunday, January 8: No. 6 Redskins at No. 3 Bucs
DIVISIONAL ROUND
Saturday, January 14: TBD at No. 2 Bears
Sunday, January 15: TBD at No. 1 Seahawks
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sunday, Jan. 22: TBD
AFC Playoff Matchups (if season ended today)
WILD-CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 7: No. 5 Jaguars at No. 4 Patriots
Sunday, January 8: No. 6 Steelers at No. 3 Bengals
DIVISIONAL ROUND
Saturday, January 14: TBD at No. 2 Broncos
Sunday, January 15: TBD at No. 1 Colts
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sunday, Jan. 22: TBD
SUPER BOWL XL
Sunday, Feb. 5: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/785806
NFC Playoff Matchups (if season ended today)
WILD-CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 7: No. 5 Panthers at No. 4 Giants
Sunday, January 8: No. 6 Redskins at No. 3 Bucs
DIVISIONAL ROUND
Saturday, January 14: TBD at No. 2 Bears
Sunday, January 15: TBD at No. 1 Seahawks
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sunday, Jan. 22: TBD
AFC Playoff Matchups (if season ended today)
WILD-CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 7: No. 5 Jaguars at No. 4 Patriots
Sunday, January 8: No. 6 Steelers at No. 3 Bengals
DIVISIONAL ROUND
Saturday, January 14: TBD at No. 2 Broncos
Sunday, January 15: TBD at No. 1 Colts
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sunday, Jan. 22: TBD
SUPER BOWL XL
Sunday, Feb. 5: Ford Field, Detroit, MI
bucsfan67 said:
There used to be just one wildcard game in each conference and all 3 division winners received byes and the 2 wildcard teams played and they had that rule that wildard winner could not play team in its own division until conference championship game.
But when they expanded the playoffs from 5 teams to 6 in each conference then they changed it to hi seed plays low seed no matter what division teams were from
I could be wrong here, but when there were 5 playoff teams from each conference, didn't the #1 seed get a bye and the other 4 teams played in the first week? I do remember that the wildcard team(s) couldn't play their respective division winners, but I don't remember ALL 3 division winners getting a bye for some reason.
So Wildcard weekend only used to have 2 games, not 4??? Strange that I'm not remembering this. Does this mean I'm getting old?
So Wildcard weekend only used to have 2 games, not 4??? Strange that I'm not remembering this. Does this mean I'm getting old?
Actually, I KNOW that I'm wrong now -- for this simple reason: If both wildcard teams were ever from the same division (which did happen on occasion), then one of them would HAVE TO play their division winner in the first round (unless the div. winner was the #1 seed and had a bye).
Wow! 3 byes......that seems excessive to me now, but that's the way it really was.
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Wow! 3 byes......that seems excessive to me now, but that's the way it really was.
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