Fourteen sides — seven from each conference — will take part in the NFL playoffs. Each will hope to lift the Lombardi Trophy come postseason's end.

Updated NFC playoff bracket, AFC playoff bracket before divisional round of NFL playoffs, scenarios for AFC championship game, NFC championship game.

Broncos cannot sign Tom Brady after Bo Nix’s season-ending injury due to NFL rules and Brady’s ownership stake in the Raiders.

The NFL reseeds teams after the wild-card round. This means that in the following divisional round, the No. 1 seed will always host the lowest remaining seed.

If his camp thinks he can be a top-50 pick, any pressure from Alabama's ability to backfill would be enough to push Simpson into the NFL Draft. This declaration suggests that Simpson was caught between several timelines: an unsteady platform season, a class in need of a quarterback, and an Alabama offense that might be better without him.

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