how many wildcard playoff spots are there in the NFL?

Question

how many for the nfc? and how many for the afc?

Answer 1

Current playoff system

The tournament brackets are made up of six teams from each of the league's two conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC), following the end of the 16-game regular season:

The four division champions from each conference (the team in each division with the best regular season won-lost-tied record), which are seeded 1 through 4 based on their regular season won-lost-tied record.
* Two wild card qualifiers (those non-division champions with the conference's best winning percentages), which are seeded 5 and 6.

The 3 and the 6 seeded teams, and the 4 and the 5 seeds, face each other during the first round of the playoffs, dubbed the Wild Card Playoffs (the league in recent years has also used the term Wild Card Weekend). The 1 and the 2 seeds from each conference receive a bye in the first round, which entitles these teams to automatically advance to the second round, the Divisional Playoff games, to face the Wild Card survivors. In any given playoff round, the highest surviving seed always plays the lowest surviving seed . And in any given playoff game, whoever has the higher seed gets the home field advantage (i.e. the game is held at the higher seed's home field).

The two surviving teams from the Divisional Playoff games meet in Conference Championship games, with the winners of those contests going on to face one another in the Super Bowl.

If teams are tied (having the same regular season won-lost-tied record), the playoff seeding is determined by a set of tiebreaking rules.[1] (In selecting teams for the playoffs, the division winners are selected, and the remaining teams, including any which tied for 1st place in their division and lost the division championship by a tiebreaker, are then considered for the wild-card spots. It is possible for a team to tie for 1st in its division and not make the playoffs.)

A major disadvantage that critics cite in the current system is that a divisional winner could host a playoff game against a wild card team that earned a better regular season record. For example, the Jacksonville Jaguars finished the 2005 regular season with a 12-4 record, but only qualified as a wild card team (the AFC South title was claimed by the 14-2 Indianapolis Colts) and thus had to face the New England Patriots, the AFC East division champions with a record of 10-6, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. [2]

Since the 2002 expansion to 8 divisions, there have been calls to expand the playoffs to 14 or even 16 teams. Proponents of expansion note the increased revenue that could be gained from 2 or even 4 more playoff games. They also note that the 12-team playoff system was implemented when the league only had 28 teams. With expansion to 32 teams, there has been an effective loss of access to the playoff structure. The opposition to such a move notes that an expansion of the playoffs would "water down" the field by giving access to lower-caliber teams. One can point to the NBA Playoffs and the NHL Playoffs where 16 teams qualify for the post season, and there is often decreased emphasis on regular season performance.

Answer 2

It's simple. Win at least 11 games and a wildcard playoff spot is guaranteed! For your 2nd question, looking at the current league tables... Buccaneers have a better chance of winning the wildcard spot than any other teams because they are going to play 2 weak AFC West teams (Chargers and Raiders). The Cowboys have to contend with relatively strong opponents in Ravens and Eagles. The Falcons? They can win their last game against the Rams but it's a 50-50 game against the Vikings (division leaders). The Buccaneers really will have a better chance in winning their opponents, assuming all teams' strengths are consistent throughout the season. Perhaps the Falcons can squeak into the playoffs, too, if they win the Vikings. However, if the Falcons lose, it will be a different story, as the Cowboys will be more able to win a playoff spot if they win their remaining opponents. It is not entirely impossible to win Ravens and Eagles, given the Cowboys' abilities to win a few big teams like the Giants and the Eagles (earlier this season).

Answer 3

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Answer 4

There are two wildcard spots in the AFC and two in the NFC.

The four division leaders in each conference make the playoffs. Of those, the two with the worst records play in the Wildcard Round against the divisional wildcard teams.

Answer 5

Nfl Playoff Structure

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Answer 7

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Wild Cards are basically given to the best teams that don't win their respective divisions. So each conference fields six teams. Four will be from winners of their division(ex. NFC East, West, South, North) and the remaining two will be the teams with the best overall records out of those that are left over. Typically, there are numerous teams competing for these spots as they have around the same number of wins. There are tie-breakers in the case that teams 'on the bubble'(competing for wild card) have the same record.(I believe it's division record, head-to-head, conference record, i'm honestly not sure of the order). As it stands now, no, none of those 3 teams are are in the playoffs for sure. Dallas can only finish in second at best and the Falcons and Bucs are currently tied for 2nd, but could still win the division, so all of them are in a decent position but, it will likley come down to the final game of the season for everything to be settled.

Answer 10

2 for AFC
2 for NFC
The teams that get those spots are the average teams with 8-8, 9-7 or 10-6 records.