The NFC Playoffs are set. The Green Bay Packers are the No. 1 seed, meaning that the road to Super Bowl LV runs through Lambeau Field. Here's the full NFC bracket, with Week 17 complete.
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The Packers had to play the NFC Championship Game on the road last season and lost to the San Francisco 49ers. Now, they are the only team in their conference with a first-round bye under the new NFL postseason format which has a No. 7 seed in each conference and three wild card games on both Saturday, Jan. 9, and Sunday, Jan. 10.
The No. 2 seed in the NFC Playoffs is the New Orleans Saints. They will host the No. 7 seed, the Chicago Bears. If the Bears win, they would visit the Packers in the divisional round.
The No. 3 seed in the NFC is the Seattle Seahawks, who will host the sixth-seeded Los Angeles Rams. If the Seahawks and Saints win, they will meet in New Orleans in the divisional round. If the Rams win, they would visit the Packers in the divisional round unless the Bears — the only team seeded lower than Los Angeles — upsets the Saints in the 7-versus-2 game.
The No. 5 seed Tampa Bay Buccaneers will visit the No. 4 seed and NFC East champion Washington Football Team in the remaining NFC Wild Card Game. If the Saints and Seahawks both win their wild card games, the Bucs–should they advance next weekend along with New Orleans and Seattle–will visit the Packers in the divisional round, setting up a dream NFL showdown between Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers.
If one of the Saints or Seahawks lose to their lower-seeded opponents, the Bucs would visit the winner in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game.
If, by chance, the Bears and Rams both spring upsets over the Saints and Seahawks, the Bucs would improbably host the divisional round against the sixth-seeded Rams. The seventh-seeded Bears, as mentioned above, would visit the Packers if they beat the Saints next weekend.
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