The revamped postseason format will feature 14 teams, with Wild Card weekend getting two extra games.
will feature a new playoffs format from next season after the 32 franchises approved the first postseason expansion in three decades.
First proposed in the new collective bargaining agreement that was ratified by both teams and the NFL Players Association, the revamped playoff format will feature 14 teams as opposed to the 12 that have qualified for the postseason each year since the league last altered its playoff format in 1990.The changes mean the wild-card weekend will feature an additional two games, while only the top seed in each conference will have the luxury of a bye in the second round.
The playoff system the 32 franchise owners agreed upon will feature 14 teams, as opposed to the 12 that made the postseason from 1990 up until last season. That means an extra team from both the NFC and the AFC will be allowed in the playoffs with a total of seven teams per conference qualifying for the postseason.
The number of wild card spots reserved for the teams with the best overall record of all the remaining teams in the conference will increase from the current two to three in both conferences, with those teams receiving the No. 5, 6 and 7 seeds. Crucially, however, while so far the top two seeds in each conference sat out the first round of the playoffs, from the 2020 season the luxury will only be afforded to the No. 1 seed in the NFC and the No. 1 seed in the AFC.
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