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NFL Approves 14-Team Playoffs

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2020 1:41 pm
by silverscreenselect
Beginning this season, assuming there is a season as scheduled. Under this scenario, there would be two tripleheaders on wildcard weekend, Saturday and Sunday, January 9 and 10, 2021. Only the top-seeded team in each conference would get a bye, and the remaining matchups would 2-7, 3-6, and 4-5 (with the three division champions hosting the games). If this scenario had been in effect last season, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Rams would have made the playoffs.

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