The 2022 NFL playoffs are here and the NFL will soon crown another champion in Super Bowl 55. That is if Tom Brady and the Buccaneers do not repeat as champions.
Brady and the Bucs hope to be the first repeat Super Bowl winners since the Brady Patriots did in 2003 and 2004. This year, Tampa Bay will enter the postseason as the winner of the NFC South (they were a wild card team last year ), but will not have the advantage of playing the Super Bowl at home.
Instead, it will be the Rams and Chargers who can rely on their turf to potentially put them on top. Of course, neither of them are the No. 1 seed in their respective conferences, which belong to the Titans and Packers respectively, but if either team goes that far, they can play in front of a friendly crowd at SoFi Stadium.
Having that goodbye has become much more critical under the NFL’s new 14-team postseason format. The No. 1 seeds in each conference are the only teams to have a bye week, so they have a significant bye (and usually health) advantage over other teams. That doesn’t mean that a team that plays Wild Card weekend can’t win; the Buccaneers proved it last year. But it makes being the No. 1 seed that much better.
The NFL playoffs are wide open this year as there is no truly dominant team in the entire league. The Packers have been the most consistent, but they haven’t had a Super Bowl since 2011. Until they get over the pothole, it’s too early to crown them the team to beat, especially with Brady’s Bucs and some other rock-solid teams. Mouse Pad.
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Here’s a look at the full playoff field and support for 2022:
NFL Playoff Group 2022
Here’s a look at the full NFL playoff group for 2022:
1. Tennessee Titans (goodbye)
2. Kansas City Chiefs vs. 7. Los Angeles Chargers
3. Cincinnati Bengals vs. 6. Indianapolis Colts
4. Buffalo Bills vs. 5. New England Patriots
1. Green Bay Packers (goodbye)
2. Los Angeles Rams vs. 7. Philadelphia Eagles
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. 6. San Francisco 49ers
4. Dallas Cowboys vs. 5. Arizona Cardinals
When do the NFL playoffs start in 2022?
- Start date: Saturday, January 15, 2022
Wild Card Weekend kicks off Saturday January 15 with two games. There will be three games on Sunday afternoon, while the sixth and final wild card game will take place on Monday night. It will mark the first “Monday Night Football” playoff game under the NFL’s 14-game expanded postseason format.
How to watch NFL playoff games on TV, live stream
- TV channels: ESPN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox
- Live broadcast: ESPN +, Paramount +, fuboTV, DAZN (Canada)
NFL playoff games will be broadcast on the same networks as regular season games. CBS, Fox and NBC will broadcast the majority of them, with NBC holding the rights to the Super Bowl in 2022, while ESPN and ABC will combine to broadcast a pair of Wild Card games, including the first Wild Card game “Monday Night Football” from all time.
Streamers will be able to watch the games in various ways. ESPN + will broadcast ESPN games, Paramount + will have CBS games, Peacock will broadcast NBC games live, and the aptly named Fox Sports app will make Fox games available to everyone.
NFL playoff games can also be streamed live online with a subscription to fuboTV, which comes with a free trial.
DAZN will broadcast NFL playoff games in Canada.
2022 NFL playoff schedule
Wild card round
Saturday, January 15
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC / NFC Wild Card Round | 4:35 pm Eastern Time | Determined | fuboTV |
| AFC / NFC Wild Card Round | 8:15 pm ET | Determined | fuboTV |
Sunday, January 16
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC / NFC Wild Card Round | 1:05 pm Eastern Time | Determined | fuboTV |
| AFC / NFC Wild Card Round | 4:40 pm Eastern Time | Determined | fuboTV |
| AFC / NFC Wild Card Round | 8:15 pm ET | Determined | fuboTV |
Monday, January 17
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC / NFC Wild Card Round | 8:15 pm ET | ESPN | ESPN app, fuboTV |
divisional round
Saturday, January 22
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC Divisional Round | to be confirmed | to be confirmed | fuboTV |
| NFC Divisional Round | to be confirmed | to be confirmed | fuboTV |
Sunday, January 23
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC Divisional Round | to be confirmed | to be confirmed | fuboTV |
| NFC Divisional Round | to be confirmed | to be confirmed | fuboTV |
conference championships
Sunday, January 30
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC Championship Game | 3:05 pm ET | CBS | supreme +, fuboTV |
| NFC Championship Game | 6:40 pm ET | Fox | fox sports app, fuboTV |
Super Bowl 56
Sunday, February 13
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| Super Bowl 56 | 6:30 pm ET | NBC | nbc sports app, fuboTV |
When is Super Bowl 56 in 2022?
- Date: Sunday, February 13
- Hour: 6:30 pm ET
- Location: SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California.
Super Bowl 56 will be played at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles for the first time in the stadium’s short history. The stadium opened on September 8, 2020, although no fans attended the first game due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Super Bowl 55 was played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida, last year. The Buccaneers became the first team to win the Super Bowl in their own territory; the Rams and Chargers expect this to happen for the second time in many years.