For this year it was the New York Giant, Falcons,Saints,Lions,Broncos,Steelers,Texans,Bengals
a wild card team is the 2 teams that are below the top 4 best teams. they do not have a grantee positions in the playoffs tho. so when a team is a wild card there stats for wins and loses are lower then the top four but higher then the rest of the teams.
Four - two from each conference.
Two wild card teams make the playoffs in each conference making a total of four.
In its current structure, the NFL has 4 Wild Card (non-division winners) teams advance to the Playoffs each year, 2 from the NFC, and 2 from the AFC.
This is best answered in opposition to your question i.e. How do teams qualify for the playoffs? The 8 division winners and 2 wild card teams from each conference. Wild card teams are determined by the best overall winning percentage from the remaining (non division winning) teams.
a wild card team is the 2 teams that are below the top 4 best teams. they do not have a grantee positions in the playoffs tho. so when a team is a wild card there stats for wins and loses are lower then the top four but higher then the rest of the teams.
The Pittsburgh Steelers did in 2005.
All. The Houston Texans made the playoffs for the first time in their history in 2011. They defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Wild Card round but lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the Divisional Round.
Yes. If both wild card teams win the wild card and divisional round, then then number 5 seed will host the number 6 seed in the championship round. In that case, a wild card team will host a playoff game. This has never occured in NFL history due to the fact that many situations must coincide for it to happen.
NFL Playoffs - 2007 NFL GameDay Wild-Card Saturday was released on: USA: January 2010
NFL Playoffs - 2007 NFL GameDay Wild-Card Sunday was released on: USA: January 2010
there are 12 spots in total 8 are for the division winners 4 are for the wild card spots