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NFL officially approves 14-team playoff field, Nickelodeon to televise wild card game

It’s been 30 years since the NFL last expanded its playoff field, and after years of speculation, this latest expansion is now official.

League owners approved a 14-team postseason effective this upcoming season, with only the NFC and AFC #1 seeds set to have a first-round bye. Everyone else plays on wild card weekend in a #2 vs. #7, #3 vs. #6, and #4 vs. #5 format, with tripleheaders tentatively set for January 9th and 10th. I think you can figure out that there will still be the standard four division winners, but three wild card teams instead of two.