The NFL Wild Card Weekend is the first round of the NFL Playoffs. It features four games, with two on Saturday and two on Sunday. The winners advance to play in the NFL Divisional Weekend.http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST&season=2010
In the 2010-11 NFL Playoffs, the NFL Wild Card Weekend takes place between Saturday, January 8, 2011, and Sunday, January 9, 2011.http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST&season=2010 Saturday's games will feature the New Orleans Saints against the Seattle Seahawks and the New York Jets against the Indianapolis Colts. On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens will play the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers will play the Philadelphia Eagles. The winners of the 2011 NFL Wild Card Weekend, along with the two teams in each conference that received first-round byes in the postseason, will play in the NFL Divisional Weekend on Saturday, January 15, 2011, and Sunday, January 16, 2011.http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST&season=2010
2010-11 NFL Playoffs
The 2010-11 NFL Playoffs began on Saturday, January 8, 2011. The Saints will visit the Seahawks at 4:30 Eastern time in the first game on Saturday. In Saturday's second game, the Jets will visit the Colts at 8:00 Eastern time. Both games will be televised on NBC.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5981573
On Sunday, the Ravens will visit the Chiefs at 1:00 Eastern. That game will be televised on CBS. The second Sunday game will feature the Packers visiting the Eagles at 4:30 Eastern. That game will be televised on FOX.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5981573
2009-10 NFL Wild Card Weekend
In the 2009-10 NFL Playoffs, the wild-card games were played on Saturday, January 9, 2010, and Sunday, January 10, 2010. In the American Football Conference, the New York Jets defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 24-14 and the Baltimore Ravens defeated the New England Patriots 33-14, while the Indianapolis Colts and San Diego Chargers had first-round byes. In the National Football Conference, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 34-14 and the Arizona Cardinals defeated the Green Bay Packers 51-45 as the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings had first-round byes. The postseason concluded on February 7, 2010, when the Saints defeated the Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.http://www.nfl.com/schedules?seasonType=POST&season=2009
2010-11 NFL Wild Card Weekend Predictions
Prior to the 2010 NFL Wild Card Weekend, a computer simulation called WhatIfSports provides predictions for the winners of the wild-card games. In the NFC, the computers predicted that the Saints would beat the Seahawks 26-17 and the Eagles would beat the Packers 21-15. In the AFC, the computers predicted that the Colts would beat the Jets 21-20 and the Chiefs would beat the Ravens 21-19.