But what actually are the playoffs and how do they work? Here is all you need to know about the NFL's postseason, as well as the key dates and timings - with every game shown live on Sky Sports NFL - in the run-up to Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday, February 12. No. 1 seed: Kansas City Chiefs 14-3 — first-round bye, home-field advantage through the AFC playoffs. For the 2021 season, CBS and NBC will both broadcast two Super Wild Card Weekend games while FOX and ESPN/ABC will each have one. The broadcaster for the Monday night game of Super Wild Card Weekend is yet to be determined. The merged league consisted of two conferences each containing three divisions. The three division winners and the non-division-winning team with the best won-loss percentage qualified for the playoffs. A predetermined post-season schedule was produced that rotated the home teams based on divisions, regardless of winning percentage. While that format was short-lived ndash the league dropped it in 1975 ndash the addition of a wild card team was permanent.
