Last night, the 2025-26 NFL regular season ended in dramatic fashion as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Baltimore Ravens 26-24 to punch their ticket to the playoffs. With that game in the books, the schedule for the Wild Card Round of the 2026 NFL Playoffs has been finalized.
The Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks will have byes this week since they earned the one-seed in their respective conferences. Therefore, there will only be six contests played this week: two games on Saturday, three on Sunday, and a standalone Monday Night Football game.
The schedule for the Wild Card Round of the 2026 NFL Playoffs is as follows:
Saturday, January 10th
4:30 p.m. EDT: NFC #5 Los Angeles Rams @ NFC #4 Carolina Panthers
8:00 p.m. EDT: NFC #7 Green Bay Packers @ NFC #2 Chicago Bears
Sunday, January 11th
1:00 p.m. EDT: AFC #6 Buffalo Bills @ AFC #3 Jacksonville Jaguars
4:30 p,m. EDT: NFC #6 San Francisco 49ers @ NFC #3 Philadelphia Eagles
8:00 p.m. EDT: AFC #7 Los Angeles Chargers @ AFC #2 New England Patriots
Monday, January 12th
8:15 p.m. EDT: AFC #5 Houston Texans @ AFC #4 Pittsburgh Steelers
