NFL releases Wild Card Round playoff schedule

The NFL has released their schedule for the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, with games kicking off on Saturday and finishing on Monday night. As the No. 1 seeds in their respective conferences, the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles have a bye week and will play the lowest-seeded Wild Card Round winner in the Divisional Round the following week.

With the Green Bay Packers losing to the Detroit Lions in the final game of the regular season on Sunday night, the field of 14 teams were set after a wild end to the regular season with the Seattle Seahawks advancing as the No. 7 seed in the NFC.

In the AFC, the Patriots needed the Browns to beat the Steelers and the Jets to defeat the Dolphins in order to advance — only to watch as both the Steelers and Dolphins won and Miami advanced to the playoffs. New England finished with an 8-9 record as the ninth-place team in the conference, while the Steelers finished eighth.

NFL Wild Card Round matchups

Saturday, Jan. 14

NFC Wild Card Game — No. 7 Seattle Seahawks at No. 2 San Francisco 49ers
Site: Levi’s Stadium
Time/TV: 4:30 PM (ET), FOX

AFC Wild Card Game — No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers at No. 4 Jacksonville Jaguars
Site: TIAA Bank Field
Time/TV: 8:15 PM (ET), NBC

Sunday, Jan. 15

AFC Wild Card Game — No. 7 Miami Dolphins at No. 2 Buffalo Bills
Site: Highmark Stadium
Time/TV: 1 PM (ET), CBS

NFC Wild Card Game — No. 6 New York Giants at No. 3 Minnesota Vikings
Site: U.S. Bank Stadium
Time/TV: 4:30 PM (ET), FOX

AFC Wild Card Game — No. 6 Baltimore Ravens at No. 3 Cincinnati Bengals
Site: Paycor Stadium
Time/TV: 8:15 PM (ET), NBC

Monday, Jan. 16

NFC Wild Card Game — No. 5 Dallas Cowboys at No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Site: Raymond James Stadium
Time/TV: 8:15 PM (ET), ESPN/ABC