The NFL Wild Card Weekend is the first of four rounds in the NFL Playoffs. Following the conclusion of the 2010 regular season in the National Football League, the 2011 Wild Card Weekend took place on January 8, 2011, and January 9, 2011. The teams participating in the four games were determined at the conclusion of the regular season on January 2, 2011. Similarly, after the 2010-11 NFL Playoffs wild-card match-ups were known, the exact times and locations of the games were announced.http://www.nfl.com/more/nflcalendar

Played each year starting in early January, the wild card round includes the four teams with the lowest records in each the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference competing for a chance to advance in the playoffs. The teams that win the wild-card games will continue on to play in the NFL Divisional Weekend.http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures

• Saturday, January 8, 2011 - 4:30 p.m. EST on NBC
  • Seattle Seahawks defeated New Orleans Saints 41-36http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST#Week

• Sunday, January 9, 2011 - 4:30 p.m. EST on FOX
  • Green Bay Packers defeated Philadelphia Eagles 21-16http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST#Week

• • Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears received first-round byes.

• Saturday, January 9, 2011 - 8:00 p.m. EST on NBC
  • New York Jets defeated Indianapolis Colts 17-16http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST#Week

• Sunday, January 8, 2011 - 1:00 p.m. EST on CBS
  • Baltimore Ravens defeated Kansas City Chiefs 30-7http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST#Week

• • New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers received first-round byes.

At the end of each NFL regular season, the winner in each of the eight divisions across the league automatically qualifies for the NFL Playoffs. In each conference, the two teams with the best regular-season records that did not win their respective divisions also qualify as wild-card teams. If there is a tie between teams in wild-card contention, other factors such as the win-loss record within each division, the win-loss record in common games and the strength of each victory, among other things, are used to break the tie. The two wild-card teams in each conference participate in the wild-card weekend and play against the two division winners in each conference with the worst regular-season records. The two teams in each conference with the best regular-season records receive a bye and do not play in the wild-card round.http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures