NFL Playoffs 2020: Wild Card weekend matchups, TV schedule, start times
By Josh Hill
The NFL playoffs are finally here, and Wild Card weekend is shaping up to be an overstuffed load of football fun.
With the regular season officially in the books, it’s time to look ahead to one of the most exciting postseasons we’ve seen in a while. Not only is the talent across the board absolutely insane, making for some delicious Wild Card matchups, but the new format means a slate of games unlike we’ve ever seen before.
This year only one team in each conference gest a first-round bye which means we will have 12 teams playing over the course of two days to determine who moves on to the Divisional Round.
Two different playoff droughts will end when Wild Card weekend kicks off. For the first time since 2002, the Cleveland Browns are in the playoffs, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are returning for the first time since 2008.
We’ll see a handful of rematches as well. The Browns and Steelers will meet for the third time, and the second time in two weeks, while the Titans and Ravens will meet in the playoffs in a rematch of last year’s Divisional Round game in which Tennessee upset Lamar Jackson and Baltimore.
The only two playoff teams that won’t be playing on Wild Card weekend are the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs, the No. 1 seeds in their respective conferences.
2020 NFL Wild Card Weekend TV Schedule
Here’s the complete rundown of who plays on what days and where to watch:
Saturday, January 9th
- Bills vs. Colts – 1:05pm ET on CBS
- Seahawks vs. Rams – 4:40pm ET on FOX
- WAS/NYG vs. Buccaneers – 8:15pm ET on NBC
Sunday, January 10th
- Titans vs. Ravens – 1:05pm ET on ABC/ESPN
- Saints vs. Bears – 4:40pm ET on CBS/Nickelodeon
- Steelers vs. Browns – 8:15pm ET on NBC