Is the NFL’s playoff format broken? Barnwell offers six fixes
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2025 NFL playoffs: Ranking all six wild-card round QB matchups, including Jalen Hurts vs. Jordan Love rematch
Which first-round game has the best signal-caller showdown?CBS Sports - 6d -
2025 NFL playoffs QB confidence meter: Patrick Mahomes in tier of his own, rookies offer big questions
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2025 NFL Wild Card Weekend: League to review seeding format as three teams with better record face road game
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NFL wild-card previews: Predictions and breaking down all six matchups as the playoffs begin
Which teams will advance? What will be the X factors? How can you watch each game? Find out right here, courtesy of Yahoo Sports NFL writer Frank Schwab.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 8 -
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Asked & Answered: Week 18 is broken. Is there any way to fix it?
When the most compelling element of your regular season’s final week is which chump team is going to chump the hardest, something is definitely off.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 6 -
Is It Time for the N.F.L. to Rethink Its Playoff Format?
On Sunday, the Lions and Vikings face off to determine the N.F.C. No. 1 seed. The loser plays the first round on the road.The New York Times - Jan. 4 -
Lions star wants NFL to modify this one part of the playoff format: 'The rule should be changed'
The Lions-Vikings loser will be the first 14-win wild-card team in NFL historyCBS Sports - Jan. 3 -
The NFL's best players at every position: Barnwell picks a 50-man All-Pro team
Who have been the league's actual best players this season? Bill Barnwell makes his first- and second-team All-Pro picks for 2024.ESPN - Jan. 3
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