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When the 2024 NFL season started, there were 32 teams fighting to get to Super Bowl LIX at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, but now, there are only eight teams left as the divisional round kicks off on Saturday.
In the NFC, the Los Angeles Rams earned a trip to Philadelphia, where they’ll face the Eagles with a spot in the NFC Championship game on the line. In the other NFC divisional game, the Detroit Lions will be hosting a surprise Washington Commanders team that’s coming off its first playoff win in 19 years.
If the Commanders can pull off the upset in Detroit, they’d advance to the NFC title game for the first time since 1991, which is the NFC’s longest drought without a conference title game appearance.
In the AFC, there will be four familiar faces as the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans all made it to the divisional round for the second straight year. This marks just the second time since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 that a conference has sent the same four teams to the divisional round in consecutive seasons.
The Texans will be gunning to get to the AFC title for the first time in franchise history, but if they’re going to do that, they’ll have to figure out a way to beat the Chiefs on Saturday. The divisional round will end on Sunday with a huge showdown on CBS featuring Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen battling it out to get their team to the AFC Championship.
Let’s take a look at the complete 2025 NFL playoffs schedule.
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2025 NFL playoffs schedule
Wild Card Weekend
Saturday, Jan. 11
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