#NFL playoff schedule and new expanded format in 2021

Everything has been different during this 2020 NFL season and that won’t change in the playoffs.

As part of a new collective bargaining agreement agreed to with the NFLPA in April, the NFL added a seventh playoff team in each conference.

This new format eliminates a bye and adds two extra games to wild-card weekend, setting up triple-headers on Saturday and Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs got the bye in the AFC and the Green Bay Packers in the NFC.

The Washington Football Team claimed the final playoff spot — and the NFC East title — by beating the Eagles on Sunday night. The Browns ended their 17-year playoff drought by defeating the rival Steeler en route to a wild-card spot and a rematch with Pittsburgh next week.

The Tennessee Titans, having already secured a playoff berth with a Miami Dolphins loss, won the AFC South with a 41-38 victory over the Texans on a game-winning field goal by Sam Sloman that clanged off the upright. The Ravens and Rams also clinched playoff spots on the final day of the regular season.

Wild-Card Round

Saturday, January 9

1:05 p.m. — (7) Indianapolis Colts at (2) Buffalo Bills (CBS)

4:40 p.m. — (6) Los Angeles Rams at (3) Seattle Seahawks (Fox)

8:15 p.m. — (5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Washington Football Team (NBC)

Sunday, January 10

1:05 p.m. — (5) Baltimore Ravens at (4) Tennessee Titans (ABC, ESPN)

4:40 p.m. — (7) Chicago Bears at (2) New Orlean Saints (CBS/Nickelodeon/Amazon Prime)

8:15 p.m. — (6) Cleveland Browns at (3) Pittsburgh Steelers (NBC)

Divisional Round

Saturday, January 16

AFC Divisional Round game

NFC Divisional Round game

Sunday, January 17

AFC Divisional Round game

NFC Divisional Round game

The Divisional Round schedule will be announced once all wild-card games have been played.