The top seed in the AFC and NFC gets a first-round bye. Here's what to know about the playoff format for the 2024-25 playoffs. Fourteen teams, seven in each conference, make the postseason.
Until then, a single-elimination tournament in each conference will narrow the field down to two teams, one from the AFC and one from the NFC ... part of the playoffs work: Four division winners ...
The Detroit Lions earned the NFC's No. 1 seed for the 2025 NFL playoffs and the home-field advantage that comes with it. It didn't take them long to squander it. Here's what to know about the NFC ...