"This marks the fifth season of the NFL scheduling a Monday night Wild Card game, and in each of the previous four postseasons, the winner of that game has gone on to play its Divisional Round game the following Sunday, rather than the following Saturday. Monday night's game is set to feature the No. 5 seed Houston Texans and the No. 4 seed Pittsburgh Steelers."
"Because Buffalo beat Jacksonville, a Patriots win tonight would guarantee that the Bills are the team with the lowest remaining seed in the AFC after Wild Card weekend, which would send them to Denver to take on the Broncos. The other AFC Divisional Round game would feature the Patriots and the Texans-Steelers winner, and because the latter would have played in the Monday night Wild Card game, we can assume that their game would be scheduled for Sunday rather than Saturday."
The New England Patriots will host a Wild Card game as AFC East champions and enter as the No. 2 seed against the No. 7 Los Angeles Chargers. The Patriots have not won a playoff game since winning the Super Bowl one season prior and aim to change that. Buffalo’s road win over Jacksonville makes the Bills the lowest remaining AFC seed if the Patriots win, sending Buffalo to Denver to face the Broncos. The Monday Wild Card winner between Houston and Pittsburgh has historically played its Divisional Round game on Sunday, so the Patriots would play Sunday while Bills-Broncos would likely be Saturday. The NFL typically schedules one AFC and one NFC Divisional game on both the Saturday and Sunday of the second round.
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