NFL playoffs

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National Football League competition postseason tournament single-elimination tournament

The NFL playoffs are the National Football League’s postseason elimination tournament that determines which teams advance to and ultimately compete in the Super Bowl.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Football League competition → postseason tournament → single-elimination tournament →
byeTeamsPerConference	1 →
conferences	AFC → NFC →
country	United States →
currentNumberOfTeams	14 →
divisionWinnersPerConference	4 →
expandedToFourTeams	1970 →
expandedToFourteenTeams	2020 →
expandedToTenTeams	1978 →
expandedToTwelveTeams	1990 →
firstSeasonWithPlayoffs	1933 NFL season →
follows	NFL regular season →
format	single-elimination →
hasFinal	Super Bowl →
hasStage	Conference Championships → Divisional round → Wild Card round →
homeFieldDeterminedBy	seeding →
numberOfConferences	2 →
occursDuring	February → January →
organizer	National Football League →
originalFormat	single championship game between division winners →
overtimeRules	NFL postseason overtime rules →
partOf	National Football League season →
purpose	determine NFL champion → determine Super Bowl participants →
relatedCompetition	AFC Championship Game → NFC Championship Game → Super Bowl →
seedingBasis	regular-season record →
sport	American football →
teamsPerConference	7 →
televisionCoverage	ABC → CBS → ESPN → FOX → NBC → NFL Network →
tieBreaker	conference record → division record → head-to-head record →
usesHomeFieldAdvantage	yes →
usesSeeding	yes →
wildCardTeamsPerConference	3 →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AFC Championship Game → AFC playoffs ("National Football League postseason") → George Halas Trophy → NFC playoffs ("National Football League postseason") → Wild Card round →	partOf
Terry McAulay ("NFL postseason") → Thomas Brady →	participantIn
Pat Tilley ("NFL postseason") → Roger Wehrli →	playedInCompetition
Super Bowl ("NFL regular season") → Super Bowl →	precededBy
AFC vs NFC → Wild Card round ("NFL Divisional round") →	relatedTo
Wild Card round ("NFL Wild Card Weekend") →	alsoKnownAs
AFC North →	divisionWinnerAdvancesTo
Inside the NFL →	focusesOn
AFC playoffs ("NFL regular season") →	follows
Sean McDermott →	hasExperienceIn
Good Morning Football →	hasTopic
NFL Commissioner →	jurisdiction
Terry McAulay ("NFL playoff games") →	notableWork
Chris Simms ("NFL postseason") →	playedIn
NFC →	playoffStructure
Pro Bowl →	relatedEvent
NFC Championship ("NFL postseason") →	seasonContext
NFC Championship →	stageOfSeason
AFC West →	winnerQualifiesFor