The wait is over as NFL fans try to figure out how to plan their weekends. The league has released its schedule for the Divisional Round of the 2023 playoffs.
Six games over the course of three days is still a relatively new phenomenon for round 1. With only four games on the docket in round two, the league has built its TV schedule around putting big names and big markets in prime time.
Both top seeds will play on Saturday. The first game belongs to NBC. Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth will call the Chiefs and Jaguars in Kansas City at 4:30 PM. That will be followed by an NFC East showdown on FOX between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles.
The NFL is giving the winner of the final contest on Super Wild Card weekend as fair of a schedule as possible. Either the Dallas Cowboys or Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday’s late game on FOX. Tony Romo and Jim Nantz will be on the call of the day’s earlier game, which sees a rematch between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills.
Emotions will certainly be running high for the early contest. It was a Monday Night Football matchup between the Bengals and Bills in week 16 when Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and had to be revived by first responders.
Championship matchup details have also been released by the NFL. The NFC will play in the early game on January 29 with the AFC Championship game closing out the night.
