Tag: NFL Wild Card

The NFL now has six playoff games during Wild Card Weekend with one moving to Monday Night Football. (Image: Troy Taormina/USA Today Sports)

NFL Wild Card Playoffs to Include a Monday Night Football Game

Are you ready for some playoff football? Last season, the NFL expanded the playoffs to include six wild-card games and the league announced that one of those games will be played on Monday evening for the first-ever playoff edition of Monday Night Football. The NFL hasn’t determined which network will […]

NFL Wild-Card Weekend Ratings Sag Despite Expanded Format

NFL Wild-Card Weekend Ratings Sag Despite Expanded Format

The NFL’s expanded slate on wild-card weekend, with several networks opting to expand their footprint by simultaneously broadcast on alternate networks or streaming, did not yield a ratings bonanza. Instead, overall viewer numbers were down year over year and in some cases were the lowest in five years or more. […]

The Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans during a 2018 AFC South game in Nashville, TN. (Image: Andy Lyons/Getty)

AFC Playoff Picture: Four 6-5 Teams Fighting for Wild Card

The NFL playoff race is heating up, and the AFC picture features four teams with a 6-5 record – the Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, Indianapolis Colts, and Tennessee Titans – fighting for one of two wild-card berths. The New England Patriots (10-1) currently have the #1 seed locked up in […]