Ok, playoff schedule is in. NBC has a very good Wild Card doubleheader on Saturday, January 4. It will have Kansas City-Indianapolis in the early game with New Orleans at Philadelphia in the nightcap.
CBS has the early game on Sunday, January 5 with San Diego at Cincinnati at 1 p.m. ET. Fox will have the late game between San Francisco at Green Bay at 4:30 p.m.
Then in the Divisional Round, CBS gets the late games on both Saturday and Sunday which is a rarity.
New England would host the primetime game on Saturday, January 11 and Denver will host the late Sunday, January 12 afternoon game.
On Fox, Seattle hosts the 4:30 p.m. ET game on Saturday, January 11 and Carolina hosts the early 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 12.
Here’s the press release from the National Football League
NFL WILD CARD & DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
Commissioner ROGER GOODELL announced today the schedule of sites, dates and times for the National Football League Wild Card Playoffs on January 4-5 and Divisional Playoffs on January 11-12 (all times Eastern):
NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 4
AFC: 4:35 PM (ET) Kansas City at Indianapolis (NBC) NFC: 8:10 PM (ET) New Orleans at Philadelphia (NBC) Sunday, January 5
AFC: 1:05 PM (ET) San Diego at Cincinnati (CBS) NFC: 4:40 PM (ET) San Francisco at Green Bay (FOX)
NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Saturday, January 11
NFC: 4:35 PM (ET) New Orleans at Seattle (FOX) AFC: 8:15 PM (ET) Indianapolis at New England (CBS) Sunday, January 12
NFC: 1:05 PM (ET) San Francisco at Carolina (FOX) AFC: 4:40 PM (ET) San Diego at Denver (CBS) In the Divisional Playoffs, the division champion with the best record in each conference will host the lowest seeded Wild Card survivor. Once teams are seeded for the playoffs, positions do not change:
American Football Conference
National Football Conference
1. Denver (13-3, AFC West champion) 1. Seattle (13-3, NFC West champion) 2. New England (12-4, AFC East champion) 2. Carolina (12-4, NFC South champion) 3. Cincinnati (11-5, AFC North champion) 3. Philadelphia (10-6) (NFC East champion) 4. Indianapolis (11-5, AFC South champion) 4. Green Bay (8-7-1, NFC North champion) 5. Kansas City (11-5) 5. San Francisco (12-4) 6. San Diego (9-7) 6. New Orleans (11-5) The AFC (CBS, 3:00 PM ET) and NFC (FOX, 6:30 PM ET) Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 19.
The 2014 Pro Bowl (NBC, 7:30 PM ET) will be played on Sunday, January 26 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, one week before Super Bowl XLVIII takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, February 2 (FOX, 6:30 PM ET).
That is all.
