2017–18 NFL playoffs
The National Football League playoffs for the 2017 season began with the wild-card round on January 6, 2018, and concluded with Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018, when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dates
January 6 – February 4, 2018
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Several teams broke long playoff droughts, as the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans each qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1999, 2004, 2007 and 2008, respectively.
This was the first postseason since 2008–09 to not feature Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers and the first since 2001–02 without the Manning name (Peyton or Eli).
The playoffs were also notable for the Patriots reaching a seventh consecutive AFC Championship Game, extending their own NFL record,[1] and the Eagles snapping a 57-year championship drought and claiming their first in the Super Bowl era.
For the first time since 2013–14, no games went to overtime.
Television coverage[edit]
All playoff games were broadcast nationally on network television.
ABC and ESPN simulcast one AFC wild card game, while CBS broadcast all the other AFC playoff games. Coverage of the NFC Wild Card and Divisional rounds was split between Fox and NBC, with each network having coverage of one game in each of those two rounds. CBS had exclusive coverage of the AFC Championship Game. Fox had exclusive coverage of the NFC Championship Game. NBC had exclusive coverage of Super Bowl LII.[24]