The National Football League playoffs for the 2022 season are going to begin on January 14, 2023, and will end with Super Bowl LVII on February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
| Dates | January 14 – February 12, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 2022 | ||||
| Teams | 14 | ||||
| Games played | 13 | ||||
| Super Bowl LVII site | |||||
| |||||
Playoff qualifying
As of the end of the 4pm Week 18 Sunday games, the following teams have qualified for the playoffs:
- AFC
- Baltimore Ravens[1]
- Buffalo Bills, AFC East division champions[2]
- Cincinnati Bengals, AFC North division champions[3]
- Kansas City Chiefs, AFC West division champions and first round bye[4][5]
- Jacksonville Jaguars, AFC South division champions[6]
- Los Angeles Chargers[7]
- Miami Dolphins
- NFC
- Dallas Cowboys[8]
- Minnesota Vikings, NFC North division champions[9]
- New York Giants[10]
- Philadelphia Eagles, NFC East division champions and first round bye[11]
- San Francisco 49ers, NFC West division champions[12]
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers, NFC South division champions[13]
Participants
Seeds are based off a team's placement in their conference.
| Seed | AFC | NFC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City Chiefs (West winner) | Philadelphia Eagles (East winner) |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills (East winner) | San Francisco 49ers (West winner) |
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals (North winner) | Minnesota Vikings (North winner) |
| 4 | Jacksonville Jaguars (South winner) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (South winner) |
| 5 | Los Angeles Chargers (wild card) | Dallas Cowboys (wild card) |
| 6 | Baltimore Ravens (wild card) | New York Giants (wild card) |
| 7 | Miami Dolphins (wild card) | Seattle Seahawks (wild card) |
Bracket
| Jan. 15 – Paycor Stadium | Jan. 22 – Highmark Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Baltimore | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cincinnati | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 29 – Arrowhead Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 15 – Highmark Stadium | 2 | Buffalo | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| AFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Miami | 31 | 3 | Cincinnati | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Jan. 21 – Arrowhead Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Buffalo | 34 | 1 | Kansas City | 23 | |||||||||||||
| AFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 14 – TIAA Bank Field | 4 | Jacksonville | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kansas City | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | LA Chargers | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Divisional playoffs | Feb. 12 – State Farm Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wild Card playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Kansas City | |||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 16 – Raymond James Stadium | Jan. 22 – Levi's Stadium | N1 | Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||
| Super Bowl LVII | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dallas | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Tampa Bay | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dallas | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 29 – Lincoln Financial Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 14 – Levi's Stadium | 2 | San Francisco | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| NFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Seattle | 23 | 2 | San Francisco | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Jan. 21 – Lincoln Financial Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San Francisco | 41 | 1 | Philadelphia | 31 | |||||||||||||
| NFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jan. 15 – U.S. Bank Stadium | 6 | NY Giants | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Philadelphia | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | NY Giants | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
References
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