Pairing, Time and TV Preferences

Five of the first six NFL Wild card playoff game included in the book. There weren’t any major shake-ups in the first round, and the league has announced the matches, times, and channels for the division round, which will take place over the weekend of January 22-23.

Three of the four split circle games are set. There’s still one more wild card game to be played Monday night between the Arizona Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams.

Here are the TV and radio options for the first Monday night playoffs:

Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m.
TELEVISION: ABC / ESPN / ESPN2
National Radio: Westwood One
SIRIUS: 81 (AZ), 83 (LAR), 88 (Country)
XM: 226 (AZ), 225 (LAR), 88 (Country)
SXM Application: 800 (AZ), 818 (LAR)

The winner of that game will head to Tampa Bay on Sunday to face off brave cat and Buccaneers.

The Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans were the top seeds in each convention, and they received their goodbyes in the first round. Each team will host a squad match this Saturday, and will host a conference championship game next weekend, should they come forward.

Here are the pairs for the split round (All time ET):

Saturday, January 22
AFC: 4:30 p.m. Cincinnati Bengals at the Tennessee Titans (CBS, Paramount +)
NFC: 8:15 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers (FOX, FOX Deportes)

Sunday, January 23
NFC: 3 p.m. Arizona Cardinals / Los Angeles Rams at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
(NBC, Peacock, University)
AFC: 6:30 p.m. Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs (CBS, Paramount+)

Through the first five wilds, four of the home teams have won. The San Francisco 49ers were the only team to win the road game when they reached Texas and took down the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon.

The Buffalo Bills took down the New England Patriots, the upstart Cincinnati Bengals looked sharp in their win over the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City captains looked ready to defend their consecutive AFC championship title.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the defending Super Bowl champions, have the depth and experience for another championship, and they demonstrated it with a convincing win over the Philadelphia Eagles. That game was the first real home playoff since 2007 because Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl title won at home last season was technically a “neutral ground” game.

NFL Wild Card Results
Cincinnati 26, Las Vegas 19
Buffalo 47, New England 17
Tampa Bay 31, Philadelphia 15
San Francisco 23, Dallas 17
Kansas City 42, Pittsburgh 21
Arizona at Los Angeles (Monday night)

Here is the match day:

Super Wild Card Round
January 15-17

Split ring
January 22-23

Championship Conference
January 30

Super Bowl LVI
February 13
SoFi . Stadium
Inglewood, California