NFL Playoff Schedule

NFL Playoff Schedule, The NFL Playoffs begin this weekend with the Wild Card Round. Eight teams will be in action to try to advance to the Divisional Round.

In the AFC, the Cincinnati Bengals will face the Houston Texans on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. PT. The game will be televised on NBC. The Bengals are seeking their first playoff victory in 21 years. This game will be a battle of rookie quarterbacks with the Bengals’ Andy Dalton starting and the Texans’ T.J. Yates expected to start.

The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos meet in the AFC’s other Wild Card round match-up. Sunday’s kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. PT; the game will be televised on CBS. The Steelers will be without starting running back Rashard Mendenhall who is out for the rest of the playoffs after tearing his ACL in week 17’s game against the Browns.

In the NFC, the Detroit Lions face off against the New Orleans Saints on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. PT. The game will be televised on NBC after the Bengals-Texans game. Saturday’s game will likely be the highest scoring of all four Wild Card match-ups. The Saints come in averaging 34.2 points per game while the Lions are averaging 29.6 points per game.

The Atlanta Falcons take on the New York Giants in the NFC’s other Wild Card game on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. PT. FOX will cover the game. Giants defensive end Justin Tuck took a shot at the Falcons’ offensive line on Wednesday ,citing the unit’s “dirtbag” reputation. Fans should expect a close game with solid offense on both teams.

Nfl Playoffs Schedule

Nfl Playoffs Schedule, Tim Tebow, Ben Roethlisberger, Andy Dalton, and T.J. Yates will lead teams in the AFC Wild Card round of the 2011 NFL playoffs. The 2011 NFL playoffs are one week away, and the NFL playoff schedule is almost set. The AFC Wild Card round will feature one team making its playoff debut, one two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback taking on Tim Tebow, and two AFC North teams.

The No. 3 seed and AFC South champion Houston Texans will take on the No. 6 seed Cincinnati Bengals in one AFC Wild Card match-up. That game will take place at Reliant Stadium on Saturday, January 7 at 4:30 p.m. on NBC, and will be the first-ever playoff game for the Texans franchise. The Bengals will be playing their first playoff game since 2009.

In the other AFC Wild Card game, the AFC West champion and No. 4 seed Denver Broncos will play the defending AFC champion and No. 5 seed Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, January 8 at 4:30 p.m. on CBS. Denver’s popular quarterback, Tebow, will be making his first playoff start in the Broncos’ first playoff appearance since winning the AFC West in 2005. The Steelers, led by Ben Roethlisberger, will be making their eighth playoff appearance since 2001, and will be a Wild Card team and the No. 5 seed.