The NFC half of the divisional round is taking shape after a pair of wildcard results on Sunday AEDT.
Los Angeles and Chicago progressed dramatically on the NFC side of the slate, while the AFC action doesn’t kick off until early Monday morning.
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The Rams (5) prevailed over the gallant Carolina Panthers (4) despite a massive scare from the NFC South underdogs.
Meanwhile, in an all-time playoffs comeback, the Bears (2) fought back from 21-3 down to edge the Packers (7), 31-27.
It means Chicago, which hadn’t won a playoff game in 16 years, will host a divisional round matchup against one of the Rams or Eagles next week.
That’s because the lowest remaining NFC seed, the San Francisco 49ers (6), would travel to Seattle (1) to play the Seahawks if they were to beat the Eagles on Monday morning.
And if they indeed beat Philadelphia (3), the Rams will travel to Chicago to play the Bears.
But if the Eagles were to win at home, Philadelphia would go to Chicago, and the Rams would travel to division rivals Seattle as the lowest remaining seed.
The AFC playoff action, meanwhile, starts with Buffalo (6) at Jacksonville (3) kicking off Monday’s slate at 5am AEDT.
NFL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE & RESULTS AS IT STANDS (AEDT)
Wild Card Round
Sunday January 11
No.5 Los Angeles Rams defeated No.4 Carolina
No.2 Chicago defeated No.7 Green Bay
Monday January 12
No.6 Buffalo at No.3 Jacksonville @ 5am
No.6 San Francisco at No.3 Philadelphia @ 8.30am
No.7 Los Angeles Chargers at No.2 New England @ 12pm
Tuesday January 12
No.5 Houston at No.4 Pittsburgh @ 12pm
Divisional Round
Sunday January 18 to Monday January 19
No.1 Seattle to host game, opponent/date/time TBA
No.2 Chicago to host game, opponent/date/time TBA
No.1 Denver to host game, opponent/date/time TBA
Conference Championships
Monday January 26
Super Bowl LVII
Monday February 9, Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California
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