Your guide to each round of NFL postseason
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Here's everything you need to know about the NFL postseason format: Fourteen teams will make the NFL playoffs — seven from both the NFC and AFC. This is an increase over the previous format, which had 12 teams. This is broken out with four division winners in each conference as well as three wild-card teams.
The NFL playoff picture is officially set. Here's everything we know about the postseason, including the bracket, matchups and schedule.
"I feel like we are very dangerous knowing that we have home-field advantage right in front of us," Pat Surtain said going into the NFL playoffs.
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