2022 NFL Playoff Schedule: AFC Details, NFC Support & Latest Picks | Launderer report

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Aaron Gash / Associated Press

The 2021-22 NFL playoffs are almost here. There is only one game week left in the regular season and only three playoff spots are still available. After the next 16 games, two Saturdays and 14 Sundays, the field for the playoffs will be set.

The playoff table is clear, as six of the eight divisions have been dropped. The Green Bay Packers also own the No.1 seed and an NFC first-round pass.

The AFC’s race for the seed is undecided, however, with four teams still on the line. AFC East and NFC West have yet to crown champions.

Which teams still have a chance? How could the playoffs go? What are the most important matches of week 18? We will take a look.

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Roger Steinman / Associated press

Saturday 8 January

Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos, 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN

Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN

Sunday January 9

Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions, 1 p.m. ET on Fox

Washington Football vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m. ET on Fox

Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m. ET on Fox

Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. ET on Fox

Indianapolis Colts vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m. ET on CBS

Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Texans, 1 p.m. ET on CBS

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m. ET on CBS

San Francisco 49ers at the Los Angeles Rams, 4:25 p.m. ET on Fox

Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m. ET on Fox

New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons, 4:25 p.m. ET on Fox

Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS

New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins, 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS

New York Jets at Buffalo Bills, 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS

Los Angeles Chargers at the Las Vegas Raiders, 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC

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Wade Payne / Associated press

AFC

Tennessee Titans 11-5 (Z)

Kansas City Chiefs 11-5 (Z)

Cincinnati Bengals 10-6 (Z)

Bison Bills 10-6 (X)

New England Patriots 10-6 (X)

Indianapolis Colts 9-7

Los Angeles Chargers 9-7

Las Vegas Raiders 9-7

Pittsburgh Steelers 8-7-1

The Tennessee Titans can clinch the AFC seed with a win or loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots. Kansas City can claim the top spot with a win and a loss or a tie for the Titans.

The Bengals and Patriots are on the line for the AFC’s No.1 seed, although they need help. The Buffalo Bills can win the AFC East with a victory or a loss for the Patriots. New England need a win and a loss for the Bills, or losses for both teams.

In the AFC wild card race, the Indianapolis Colts need only beat the Jacksonville Jaguars to enter. The Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders, meanwhile, will face off in a win-win game to close the regular season. .

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens are still mathematically alive. However, they need a lot of help, including Jacksonville upsetting Indianapolis.

NFC

Green Bay Packers 13-3 (Z, Y)

Los Angeles Rams 12-4 (X)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12-4 (Z)

Dallas Cowboys 11-5 (Z)

Arizona Cardinals 11-5 (X)

San Francisco 49ers 9-7

Philadelphia Eagles 9-7 (X)

New Orleans Saints 8-8

With the No.1 seed already decided, the Packers, Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers don’t have much to play in Week 18, although Dallas and Tampa are still battling for it. first in the series. The Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals, however, are fighting for the division.

A Rams victory or a loss to the Cardinals would put NFC West in Los Angeles. A Rams or Cardinals tie would do the same. Arizona needs a victory and a loss for the Rams to win the division.

The Philadelphia Eagles are already the No.6 or No.7 seeds. The San Francisco 49ers will be seeded No.6 with a win, draw or loss to the New Orleans Saints. The Saints will be the No. 7 seed with a win over the Atlanta Falcons or loss to San Francisco.

* A full scenario breakdown is available at NFL.com.

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Ashley Landis / Associated Press

Obviously the elimination games are going to be huge in Week 18. The Colts, Raiders, Chargers, 49ers and Saints all face some must-see virtual scenarios. The Steelers-Ravens tilt will only become significant if the Colts can’t handle the business against the modest Jacksonville, a team perhaps more interested in securing the No.1 pick in the 2022 NFL Draft than playing the spoiler.

Chances are, when the Raiders and Chargers take the field for the final game of the regular season, the winner will head to the playoffs while the loser returns home. There is a scenario where a tie could send both teams to the playoffs, but it would also require a Colts loss.

It’s extremely unlikely, however, that the Raiders and Chargers will simply go to their knees. if it happens.

“This game means too much to too many people, and we want to do our best and be proud of the result somehow,” Chargers coach Brandon Staley told the Rich Eisen Show.

Colts-Jaguars, Chargers-Raiders, 49ers-Rams, Saints-Falcons, and Steelers-Ravens are the critical games when it comes to wild card racing.

Those following the AFC East will want to watch both the Bills-New York Jets contest and the Patriots’ showdown with the Miami Dolphins. The Rams-49ers game and the Arizona-Seattle Seahawks game will decide NFC West.

Games between the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans, the Chiefs and the Denver Broncos, the Patriots and Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns will be the key to the AFC’s No.1 seed, although the Bengals still don’t start quarterback Joe Burrow.

“Rest me this week and get my body back to where it needs to be so I can regain all my strength by running the right way for week one of the playoffs,” Burrow said Wednesday, according to NFL Media’s. Chase Bon Pain.

Cincinnati will also be without running back Joe Mixon, who landed on the reserve / COVID-19 list.

Latest Super Bowl Odds

Green Bay Packers 19-5

Kansas City Chiefs 5-1

Bison Bills 15-2

Los Angeles Rams 17-2

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-1

Dallas Cowboys 11-1

Tennessee Titans 12-1

New England Patriots 16-1

Indianapolis Colts 18-1

Arizona Cardinals 20-1

Cincinnati Bengals 20-1

San Francisco 49ers 35-1

Los Angeles Chargers 40-1

Philadelphia Eagles 50-1

Las Vegas Raiders 100-1

New Orleans Saints 130-1

Pittsburgh Steelers 400-1

Baltimore Ravens 400-1

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Emilee Chinn / Associated press

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saturday january 15

4:35 p.m. ET: TBD

8:15 p.m. ET: TBD

Sunday January 16

1:05 p.m. ET: TBD

4:40 p.m. ET: TBD

8:15 p.m. ET: TBD

Monday January 17th

8:15 p.m. ET: TBD on ESPN

Division round

saturday 22 january


4:25 p.m. ET: TBD

8:15 p.m. ET: TBD

Sunday 23 January

3:05 p.m. ET: TBD

6:40 p.m. ET: TBD

Championship weekend

Sunday January 30


3:05 p.m. ET: AFC on CBS

6:40 p.m. ET: NFC on Fox

Super Bowl LVI

Sunday, February 13 at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC

Wild Card Weekend Predictions

AFC

Goodbye: 1. Tennessee Titans

No.7 Los Angeles Chargers vs. No.2 Kansas City Chiefs

No.6 Indianapolis Colts vs. No.3 Cincinnati Bengals

5th New England Patriots vs. 4th Buffalo Bills

NFC

Goodbye: 1 Green Bay Packers

No.7 New Orleans Saints vs. No.2 Los Angeles Rams

No.6 Philadelphia Eagles vs. No.3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

No.5 Arizona Cardinals vs. No.4 Dallas Cowboys

Game scheduled for Super Bowl LVI

Tennessee Titans vs. Green Bay Packers

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