The format is slightly different this year. Two of the Wild Card games will be played on Saturday, three will be played on Sunday and there will be one Monday evening game. The first NFL Playoff game kicks off at p.
Check out the full Wild Card weekend schedule below:. Fourteen teams will make the playoffs this season. In , the NFL increased the number of playoff teams from 12 to 14 which is what led to the Super Wild Card Weekend which features three games instead of two. The expansion to a game schedule caused a big change in the NFL's preseason schedule.
Instead of each team playing four preseason games, every team will now play three save for the Hall of Fame Game participants who will participate in a fourth preseason game. That said, while the preseason is a bit shorter, it will still be a fruitful opportunity for NFL coaches to evaluate their roster depth.
In recent seasons, we've seen coaches move away from using their starters at all during the preseason. In , new Chargers coach Brandon Staley is planning on sitting quarterback Justin Herbert , among others, to ensure they stay healthy. The decreased roles for starters will provide ample opportunities for NFL coaches to evaluate the depth players on their rosters.
As such, the shortening of the preseason won't matter too much for teams and could be beneficial as teams look to avoid preseason injuries to their most consequential players. Obviously, the regular season is now one week longer than it was previously. The start of the season remains unmoved, so that means the playoffs will be pushed back a week to make room for the extra game.
As a result, the Super Bowl will take place on Feb. Additionally, schedule symmetry is gone, as some NFL teams will have nine home games and eight road games while others will play eight at home and nine on the road. That could give the teams with more home games a slight competitive advantage, though that number will shift from year to year.
Finishing with a. Doing that would require a team to notch a tie and go Technically, there are more ways for a team to go. Beyond that, the timing of this — after the COVID pandemic drove fans out of stadiums and caused many owners to lose money on lacking gate receipts and concession sales — makes the decision sensible. The expansion to a game schedule caused a big change in the NFL's preseason schedule.
Instead of each team playing four preseason games, every team will now play three save for the Hall of Fame Game participants who will participate in a fourth preseason game. That said, while the preseason is a bit shorter, it will still be a fruitful opportunity for NFL coaches to evaluate their roster depth.
In recent seasons, we've seen coaches move away from using their starters at all during the preseason. In , new Chargers coach Brandon Staley is planning on sitting quarterback Justin Herbert , among others, to ensure they stay healthy. The decreased roles for starters will provide ample opportunities for NFL coaches to evaluate the depth players on their rosters. As such, the shortening of the preseason won't matter too much for teams and could be beneficial as teams look to avoid preseason injuries to their most consequential players.
Obviously, the regular season is now one week longer than it was previously. The start of the season remains unmoved, so that means the playoffs will be pushed back a week to make room for the extra game. As a result, the Super Bowl will take place on Feb. Additionally, schedule symmetry is gone, as some NFL teams will have nine home games and eight road games while others will play eight at home and nine on the road. That could give the teams with more home games a slight competitive advantage, though that number will shift from year to year.
Finishing with a. Doing that would require a team to notch a tie and go Absolutely possible. Look, those of us who have been in NFL locker rooms in December and January know this is no small thing. These guys are badly beaten up by the end of a game season, and it's only going to be worse once it's Players are going to have to figure out the best way to manage themselves through a longer season, and it's entirely possible that extra rest along the way will be a part of it.
Coaches -- especially coaches of playoff-bound teams -- are going to have to figure out the best way to manage their players through a longer season, and of course it's possible that means more guys sitting in Weeks 17 and 18 just to make sure they're in shape to play in the postseason. There's likely going to be a lot of trial and error on this front in the first couple of years as everybody gets used to it. That, my friend, is a question for whichever team it is whose tickets you buy.
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