With Week 17 completed, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has announced the schedule of sites, dates, and times for the league's Wild Card Playoffs on January 3-4, and the Divisional Playoffs on January 10-11 (all times Eastern).
Of course, the one glaring absurdity in the schedule is the NFL's insistence on giving all division winners a home game, as the winner of the weak NFC South, the 7-8-1 Carolina Panthers, will get to host a playoff game on their home field against Arizona.
Here is the NFL Playoff schedule:
NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 3
NFC: 4:35 PM (ET)
Arizona at Carolina (ESPN)
AFC: 8:15 PM (ET)
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (NBC)
Sunday, January 4
AFC: 1:05 PM (ET)
Cincinnati at Indianapolis (CBS)
NFC: 4:40 PM (ET)
Detroit at Dallas (FOX)
NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Saturday, January 10
AFC: 4:35 PM (ET)
Indianapolis/Cincinnati/Baltimore at New England (NBC)
NFC: 8:15 PM (ET)
Carolina/Arizona/Detroit at Seattle (FOX)
Sunday, January 11
NFC: 1:05 PM (ET)
Dallas/Carolina/Arizona at Green Bay (FOX)
AFC: 4:40 PM (ET)
Pittsburgh/Indianapolis/Cincinnati at Denver (CBS)
In the Divisional Playoffs, the division champion with the best record in each conference will host the lowest seeded Wild Card survivor. Once teams are seeded for the playoffs, positions do not change:
American Football Conference
1. New England (12-4, AFC East champion)
2. Denver (12-4, AFC West champion)
3. Pittsburgh (11-5) (AFC North champion)
4. Indianapolis (11-5, AFC South champion)
5. Cincinnati (10-5-1)
6. Baltimore (10-6)
National Football Conference
1. Seattle (12-4, NFC West champion)
2. Green Bay (12-4, NFC North champion)
3. Dallas (12-4, NFC East champion)
4. Carolina (7-8-1, NFC South champion)
5. Arizona (11-5)
6. Detroit (11-5)
The NFC (FOX, 3:05 PM ET) and AFC (CBS, 6:40 PM ET) Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 18.
The 2015 Pro Bowl (ESPN, 8:00 PM ET) will be played on Sunday, January 25 and Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, February 1 (NBC, 6:30 PM ET), both at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
By Staff of TheDailySportsHerald.com and news services
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