2022–23 NFL playoffs
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| Dates | January 14 – February 12, 2023 | ||||
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| Season | 2022 | ||||
| Teams | 14 | ||||
| Games played | 13 | ||||
| Super Bowl LVII site | |||||
| Defending champions | Los Angeles Rams | ||||
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The National Football League playoffs for the 2022 season is scheduled to begin on January 14, 2023, and conclude with Super Bowl LVII on February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
Playoff scenarios
At the end of week 14 early (1 p.m) games, one team has qualified for the playoffs.
The following teams can clinch during week 14:[1]
- AFC
- Kansas City can clinch the AFC West division title with a win and an LA Chargers loss
Schedule overview
Participants
Within each conference, the four division winners and the top three non-division winners with the best overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–7. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the Wild Card playoffs or Super Wild Card Weekend, the second-seeded division winner hosts the seventh seed wild card, the third seed hosts the sixth seed, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth seed. The 1 seed from each conference receives a first-round bye. In the second round, the Divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the lowest-seeded surviving team from the first round (seed 4, 5, 6, or 7), while the other two surviving teams play each other, with the higher-seeded team hosting. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championships, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.[3]
| Seed | AFC | NFC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2 | to be determined | to be determined |
| 3 | to be determined | to be determined |
| 4 | to be determined | to be determined |
| 5 | to be determined (wild card) | to be determined (wild card) |
| 6 | to be determined (wild card) | to be determined (wild card) |
| 7 | to be determined (wild card) | to be determined (wild card) |
NFC: Philadelphia Eagles have clinched a playoff berth[4]
References
- ^ "2022 Week 14 Playoff Picture". nflplayoffscenarios.com. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
- ^ Teope, Herbie (May 23, 2018). "Arizona, New Orleans chosen as Super Bowl hosts". Los Angeles: NFL Media. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ "What to Know About the NFL's New Expanded Postseason Format". si.com. January 9, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ^ "NFL Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-12-11.