The NFL is expanding the playoffs for this upcoming season.
NFL owners approved the plan to expand the postseason from 12 to 14 teams, beginning with the 2020 season.
Under the changes, there will be a total of three wild-card teams per conference, up from two.
The No. 2 seed in each conference will host the new No. 7 seed in the wild-card round, meaning that only the No. 1 seeds will have first-round byes.
INTERESTING… An NFL Playoff Game Will Air on Nickelodeon
The National Football League is officially expanding its postseason — and the number of networks carrying games.
Wild card weekend just got a whole busier, since there will be an extra game in each conference now. CBS and NBC are the big winners here — the networks each get one of the new games. And as a result of CBS’ pickup, a surprising television channel is also now set to broadcast a game.
The CBS game will simultaneously air on Nickelodeon, of all places, in a separate production geared toward younger audiences.
