NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced minutes ago the NFL playoffs schedule of sites, dates and times for the Wild Card and Divisional Playoffs on January 11-12 (all times Eastern. Nope, this site is a Midwest thing! All NFL playoffs kick times are CENTRAL
NFL Playoffs WILD CARD WEEKEND
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Saturday, January 4
AFC: 3:35 PM (CST) Kansas City at Indianapolis Colts NBC
NFC: 7:10 PM (CST) New Orleans at Philadelphia NBC
Sunday, January 5
AFC: 12:05 PM (CST) San Diego at Cincinnati Bengals CBS
NFC: 3:40 PM (CST) San Francisco at Green Bay Packers Fox Sports
NFL Playoffs divisional round
Saturday, January 11
NFC: 3:35 PM (CST) Green Bay/San Francisco/New Orleans at Seattle (FOX)
AFC: 7:15 PM (CST) Cincinnati/Indianapolis/Kansas City at New England Patriots (CBS)
Sunday, January 12
NFC: 12:05 PM (CST) Philadelphia/Dallas/Green Bay/San Francisco at Carolina (FOX)
AFC: 3:40 PM (CST) Indianapolis/Kansas City/San Diego at Denver (CBS)
In the Divisional NFL 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 NFL playoffs, positions do not change:
American Football Conference National Football Conference
1. Denver (13-3, AFC West champion) 1. Seattle (13-3, NFC West champion)
2. New England (12-4, AFC East champion) 2. Carolina (12-4, NFC South champion)
3. Cincinnati (11-5, AFC North champion) 3. Philadelphia (NFC East champion)
4. Indianapolis (11-5, AFC South champion) 4. Green Bay (8-7-1, NFC North champion)
5. Kansas City (11-5) 5. San Francisco (12-4)
6. San Diego (9-7) 6. New Orleans (11-5)
The AFC (CBS, 3:00 PM CST) and NFC (FOX, 6:30 PM CST) Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 19. Final Four of the NFL Playoffs
The 2014 Pro Bowl (NBC, 6:30 PM CST) will be played on Sunday, January 26 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, one week before Super Bowl XLVIII takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, February 2 (FOX, 5:30 PM CST).
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