The schedule for Wild Card Weekend in the NFL is set.
It took the final game of the regular season between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings to determine who is the NFC North Champion, and the NFC’s No. 1 seed. The Lions pulled away in the second half to pull out the win, and earn the NFC’s only bye week.
That may be critical for the Lions, who have been beleaguered by injuries throughout the season.
As for the Vikings, they’ll head west to take on the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football to close out Wild Card Weekend.
Here is the full slate of games for the first weekend of the NFL playoffs.
Saturday, January 11
Los Angeles Chargers (5) at Houston Texans (4)
4:30 p.m. Eastern, CBS/Paramount+
With the Pittsburgh Steelers losing on Saturday night, and the Los Angeles Chargers defeating the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, Jim Harbaugh and company clinched the No. 5 seed in the AFC. They’ll head to Houston to take on the Texans to start Wild Card Weekend.
Pittsburgh Steelers (6) at Baltimore Ravens (3)
8:00 p.m. Eastern, Amazon Prime Video
These AFC North rivals will square off for the the third time this season on Saturday night. The Ravens and the Steelers split the season series, but Pittsburgh enters the playoffs on a four-game losing streak.
This game is also exclusive to Amazon Prime Video.
Sunday, January 12
Denver Broncos (7) at Buffalo Bills (2)
1:00 p.m. Eastern, CBS/Paramount+
Sunday’s tripleheader of NFL playoff games gets underway with the Denver Broncos making the trip to upstate New York to take on Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. Denver clinched the final playoff spot in the AFC with their blowout win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, while the Bills clinched the No. 2 seed in the conference with a blowout win over the New York Jets in Week 17.
Green Bay Packers (7) at Philadelphia Eagles (2)
4:30 p.m. Eastern, FOX/FOX Deportes
Week 1 of the 2024 NFL regular season featured the first NFL game in Brazil … between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers. The Eagles won that game in São Paulo by a final score of 34-29.
As luck would have it, those teams will meet again in the Wild Card Round, with the Packers making the trip to Philadelphia. Starting quarterback Jordan Love left Sunday’s loss to the Chicago Bears — which prevented Green Bay from potentially clinching the No. 6 seed — with an elbow injury but is expected to be ready for next weekend.
Washington Commanders (6) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3)
7:30 p.m. Eastern, NBC/Peacock
Sunday’s tripleheader comes to a conclusion with a game between Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders against Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. While the Commanders clinched a playoff spot with their win over the Atlanta Falcons in Week 17, the Buccaneers did not clinch a playoff spot until Week 18, when they won the NFC South after defeating the New Orleans Saints.
Monday, January 13
Minnesota Vikings (5) at Los Angeles Rams (4)
8:00 p.m. Eastern, ESPN/ESPN+
Wild Card Weekend draws to a close with the Los Angeles Rams — who fell to the No. 4 seed when they lost to the Seattle Seahawks — hosting the 14-win Vikings.
