Printable 2023 Nfl Playoff Bracket (2024)

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Who is in the NFL playoffs 2023 bracket? ›

Both of the NFL's two conferences –– the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) –– send seven teams to the playoffs, for a grand total of 14 competitors in the postseason.

The NFL does not use a fixed bracket system; the outcome of the Wild Card games determine the matchups of the Divisional playoffs games, with the lowest remaining seed in each conference traveling to the first seed, and the second-lowest remaining seed traveling to the second-highest remaining seed.

On Conference Championship weekend, there's four teams remaining in the 2023-24 NFL Playoffs: In the NFC, it's the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers. On the AFC side, it's the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens.

3 seed Detroit Lions will face off against the No. 1 seed San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game while No. 1 seed Baltimore Ravens will host the No. 3 seed Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.

The NFL expanded its current playoff format to 14 teams in 2020. Seven teams from the AFC and seven from the NFC will make up the field. The previous system saw six teams from each conference qualify. Now, three wildcard teams will join the four divisional winners.

The Kansas City Chiefs, to the surprise of nobody, lead the NFL Super Bowl odds in their quest to defend their Lombardi Trophy. The San Francisco 49ers (+560) and Baltimore Ravens (+900) are hot on their heels with odds shorter than 10/1.

The San Francisco 49ers might have lost Super Bowl LVIII to the Kansas City Chiefs, but they enter 2024 as the best team in football and favorites to win Super Bowl LIX, according to ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI).

The top seed in each conference gets a bye in the Wild Card round of the NFL postseason and the other division winners get the No. 2 through No. 4 seeds.

Who does the 1 seed play in the NFL playoffs? ›

The number one seeded team will face the worst remaining team in their respective conference in the divisional playoffs, and once this matchup is confirmed, the remaining two teams in each conference (second best and second-worst seeds) will go head-to-head.

As of the 2021–22 playoffs, there has never been a meeting of two wild card teams in the Super Bowl; the closest that came to happening was in the 2010–11 playoffs, when the Green Bay Packers and New York Jets went on Cinderella runs after finishing as the second wild card team in each of their conferences (the NFC and ...

The Kansas City Chiefs (+550) are the favorite to win Super Bowl LIX based on betting markets, followed by: San Francisco 49ers (+600) Baltimore Ravens (+900) Detroit Lions (+1200)

Which teams are playing in the Super Bowl 2024? The 58th Super Bowl will be contested by the reigning champions, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

Which NFL teams are playing on Christmas Day 2023? The four NFL teams to play on Christmas in 2024 are the Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans.

The Chiefs, Ravens, Dolphins, and Bills are the teams who will be returning to the playoffs, as all have now clinched. The Browns, Texans, and Steelers will be new faces, as they all have now clinched following the Jaguars' Week 18 loss. The top seven seeds in the NFC will make the playoffs.

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