Its six games in the first round of the postseason include familiar faces and pending rematches
The Bills’ victory over the Dolphins at home in Sunday night’s game determined the AFC East champion, and with it, the final 14 invitations to the NFL postseason, seven per conference. However, before the match ended, the dates and times of the six matches that would make up the wild card round were announced.
With the result of regular season game number 272, the matchups for the first round of the playoffs were defined as follows:
Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans, Saturday, January 13, 3:30 p.m. Central Mexico time; 4:30 pm Eastern Time.
The action begins with the best of the two wild cards that qualified for the AFC North visiting the surprising divisional champions of the South, a team that was very close to being the worst in the entire NFL last year.
Miami Dolphins at Kansas City Chiefs, Saturday, January 13, 7:00 pm Central Mexico time; 8:00 pm Eastern Time.
The defending Super Bowl champions take the first step toward defending their crown in the playoffs, surprisingly earning the third seed in the American Conference, a place they are not accustomed to starting the postseason. Miami lost its last game at home, preventing it from meeting Buffalo again a week later.
Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills, Sunday, January 14, 12:00 p.m. Central Mexico Time; 1:00 pm Eastern Time.
Buffalo was crowned in the AL East with a last-minute upset, and now it’s time to return home to await a visit from the Steelers, another team that managed to sneak into the playoffs at the last minute, when it seemed far away. Mid-season post-season. Pittsburgh has won its last three meetings, while Buffalo has won its last five.
Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, January 14, 3:30 p.m. Central Mexico time; 4:30 pm Eastern Time.
One of the great classics of the game’s early modern era, the Cowboys have had some unfinished business against the Packers in recent seasons. For starters, no one can forget Dez Bryant’s denied touchdown catch in the 2014 regular-season playoffs, a play that led to a change in the wording of the NFL’s catching rule.
Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions, Sunday, January 14, 7:00 pm Central Mexico Time; 8:00 pm Eastern Time.
The return of Matthew Stafford, the team with which he won the Super Bowl, to the place where he began his career as the first overall pick in the 2009 draft, and where he did not achieve great professional success, will be the main plot. For the Sunday night meeting. However, we shouldn’t forget that Detroit’s current starting quarterback, Jared Goff, was a first-round pick who also led the Rams to the Super Bowl after being the first overall pick in the 2016 draft.
Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Monday, January 15, 7:00 pm Central Mexico Time; 8:00 pm Eastern Time.
In it “Monday Night Football“No ESPNThe reigning NFC champions travel to face the eventual Super Bowl champions of the National League, after losing their last five regular season games, it looked like they would dominate from start to finish.
