Wild card playoff schedule: Cowboys-Bucs will play on Monday Night Football

Posted by Charean Williams on January 8, 2023, 11:43 PM EST
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Only minutes after the Seahawks clinched the final wild-card playoff berth, the NFL announced the wild card weekend schedule.

Tom Brady and the Bucs face the Cowboys on Monday Night Football. He is 7-0 all-time against Dallas, including a season-opening win over them in September.

Saturday, January 14

NFC: 4:30 PM (ET) 7 Seattle at 2 San Francisco (FOX, FOX Deportes)

AFC: 8:15 PM (ET) 5 Los Angeles Chargers at 4 Jacksonville (NBC, Peacock, Universo)

Sunday, January 15

AFC: 1:00 PM (ET) 7 Miami at 2 Buffalo (CBS, Paramount+)

NFC: 4:30 PM (ET) 6 New York Giants at 3 Minnesota (FOX, FOX Deportes)

AFC: 8:15 PM (ET) 6 Baltimore at 3 Cincinnati (NBC, Peacock, Universo)

Monday, January 16

NFC: 8:15 PM (ET) 5 Dallas at 4 Tampa Bay (ESPN/ABC, ESPN2-Manningcast, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes)

The NFL will announce the divisional playoff schedule next weekend.

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74 responses to “Wild card playoff schedule: Cowboys-Bucs will play on Monday Night Football”

  3. Santa Clara getting roughed up and knocked out in the WC round should really make things interesting in the NFC.

  5. Trevor “The Chosen One” Lawrence will Lead the Jags to a Wild Card Playoff win by a score of 30-27 over the L A Chargers!!!
    Book It Baby!!!
    #JAGSNATIONRISEUP🏈

  7. Only one west coast game and they put them in the early window? The league doesn’t like the 9ers. I hope they use it as motivation.

  8. This is great news for Dak Prescott. Hopefully he uses the extra day or two to learn to throw a football.

  9. It’s very possible that San Francisco will get to host a Dallas or Tampa Bay team that has over 2 fewer days of rest and has to travel across country on top of it.

  10. Great now I know I can do something else next monday night. I for one am so sick of brady on my tv every single week. Grandpa retire already please!

  11. Expected to be at or below freezing in Buffalo next Sunday at game time – The Fish better pack some extra socks for this trip!

  14. It doesn’t that mean whoever wins the Monday night game has a shorter week?
    What if one of them plays SF or SEA that could be a two day difference.

  15. Only one west coast game and they put them in the early window? The league doesn’t like the 9ers. I hope they use it as motivation.

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    Early playoff games are an advantage.

  16. Great line up of games. The Monday night game could get the biggest rating for a Monday night game ever. Cowboys and Tom Brady both box office. NFL playoffs are the best.

  19. I’m not a fan of any of the playoff teams, but I see the Giants over Vikings as the likeliest upset possibility, followed by the Bucs over Dallas.

  23. Gotta give Jerry that prime time audience. Sure would like to know what he has on the NFL. He gets a lot of Sunday night and late afternoon games and yet Dallas, Vikes, Packers and several other teams are in Central time zone and their games start at noon.

  24. Once again Brady in the playoffs with yet another head coach/system while Bill continues to maintain his perpetual LOSING record as a head coach sans Brady. Time to go Bill.

  28. Glad to see the Fins/Bills on Sunday. Hopefully Tua can get in some work and have a chance at starting. If not we’ll be throwing Teddy out there coming off a dislocated pinkie or a 7th round rookie. Last time the Fins went into the playoffs with a backup it didn’t end well. And that was the last time we made it. Seems like the Fins and Bills were meant to battle it out all year. Best of health to both teams. Fins Up!

  29. Nice to see the top-seeded team of the weekend get a short week and the first game of the first round.

    This playoff format is garbage.

  31. I am stunned ESPN would get the Tampa-Dallas game. I thought for sure that was going to NBC.

  32. Can they do a coin flip to determine the location of the Miami-Buffalo game?

    Asking for some friends…

  34. Huge disadvantage for the winner as they get at least one less day to prepare and possibly two less days if their opponent played Saturday. Much better with 6 teams in each Conference and two bye teams as it was. Adding an extra game to the season, then modifying the playoffs to 7 of 16 teams making the playoffs is moving more and more to an NBA style setup where the regular season does not matter. Absurd to have teams under .500 in the playoffs.

  35. If it was GB SF it’s another Sunday night or Monday night game next week.

    The Lions ignoring the disrespectful scheduling (to them and Seattle) and beating the Packers on Sunday on prime time TV, maybe ending Rogers career in GB, should be thanked by everyone else in the league to get that franchise off prime time games.

  37. I know it’s a holiday but the wildcard is really stretching two days’ worth of games into three.

  39. Expected to be at or below freezing in Buffalo next Sunday at game time –

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    That’s the forecast in Buffalo 6 months a year

  40. why do people act like they HAVE to watch? If you don’t like something or someone, simply don’t watch- would you watch a movie you hate simply because it’s on? the product now is barely even football, and clearly things are manipulated by “the league”, so really why bother unless you are addicted to gambling and lies

  41. Reckon they put chargers Jags in prime time just to annoy all the Jags fans in the UK. 0115 kickoff, again.

  42. Is a Monday night game really necessary? I’m not a fan of either team, but it seems like they’re almost being punished for being the game that will likely draw the most viewership. Fortunately it’s the 2 teams that I dislike the most, but it still doesn’t make it right.

  43. Interesting that the Manning bros, who are 5-1 against Brady in super bowls and conference championship games, will be doing a simulcast of the MNF game…

  46. The Seahawks will probably be blown out of the air next week.

    But on a good note, we will all get to see the Cowboys choke and lose on MNF

  49. Monday Night Playoff is no good. The old 12 game system was much better. I’m sure this is the first of many Lawrence vs Hebert games.

  50. Tom Brady is undefeated against the Cowboys

    Dak is good for at least one game changing pick

    Cowboys DBs are too small to match up against Evans

    It’s almost Sean Payton time in Dallas

  51. 9ersruledude says:
    January 8, 2023 at 11:52 pm
    Only one west coast game and they put them in the early window? The league doesn’t like the 9ers. I hope they use it as motivation.
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    The “early window” is a 1:30 pm kickoff for your team. Quit whining.

  53. I think ESPN had first pick if earlier reporting was correct. No surprise they took Americas Team VS Americas QB

  54. The preseason favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl finished with a losing record. Way to go Green Bay!

  55. Countdown to CMC’s Season Ending Injury says:
    January 8, 2023 at 11:47 pm
    Santa Clara getting roughed up and knocked out in the WC round should really make things interesting in the NFC.
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    You’re more likely to see the 49ers hold the Seahawks to one score and a while 36 yards rushing. Oh wait. Already happened once.

  57. fmlizard says:

    It’s very possible that San Francisco will get to host a Dallas or Tampa Bay team that has over 2 fewer days of rest and has to travel across country on top of it.
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    The winner of the Dallas/TB game will likely go play the #1 seeded Eagles who had the bye, not the #2 seeded 49ers.

    Try winning your game on Saturday before trying to figure out who you MIGHT play in the second round.

  58. No complaints about a team with a losing record getting a home game??? Or reseeding that team because they didn’t deserve to be there with an 8-9 record??

  59. cmeyer49er says:
    January 9, 2023 at 12:51 am
    Nice to see the top-seeded team of the weekend get a short week and the first game of the first round.

    This playoff format is garbage.
    __________________________________________________________
    While I can’t disagree with this completely, I think it actually is a HUGE advantage for them.
    1 – If they can’t beat Seattle regardless of time and location then they really aren’t that good in the first place.
    2 – If they do take care of business which they should easily, they have MASSIVE ADVANTAGE going into the next week. You know the week where as of last year would have been their first playoff game given the bye. That massive advantage is 2 more days off than their opponent AND their opponents have to fly west, potentially 4000 miles so.

    So, all in all, I think that’s actually a benefit to the 49ers. It’s not a bye week, but it’s as close to that as possible given the situation.

  60. Sorry, I should have mentioned I think the Giants are going to win. But if they don’t, it’s still one more day of rest than opponents.

  62. Trevor “The Chosen One” Lawrence will Lead the Jags to a Wild Card Playoff win by a score of 30-27 over the L A Chargers!!!
    ________

    I’ll be surprised if it’s that close. Chargers are an underperforming, poorly coached team.

  63. Division winners with a losing record don’t deserve a home Playoff game.

  65. The Cowboys started this season with a loss to Tampa and they will finish their playoffs with a loss to Tampa.

  66. Having a Monday night playoff game is absurd. How is that fair to the ‘winning’ team, who now has a short week to get ready for their next opponent? This game looks like a yawner in any case, two very unlikeable teams with head coaches who may not even be there next season.

  68. For those of you who constantly brought up the eagles schedule this year…next year is brutal & includes bills & chiefs because that’s how this league works, complicated, I know. Won’t hear me complain though, always happy to play whoever the schedule says unlike so many babies on here

  69. bmcelvan, that is an excellent point especially with the Seahawks having to go to OT and then sweat out the GB debacle- that’s a long day physically & even longer mentally after an especially emotional week for the entire league. I’d argue they’re in the best scenario possible short of getting the bye. To me, it’s more Seattle having to play in the earliest game then SF drawing the short stick. Neither team can really catch its breath but if I’m the niners, I’m all for it

  70. Oh & not to be forgotten, they’re on a 10 game heater. They probably want to get started as quickly as possible.

    Side note, that’s something to keep an eye on. SF hasn’t had to play a lot of tight games recently and that was talked about at nauseam when it came to Philly in the first part of the season. If Seattle can keep that game close late, maybe they could steal the win. I wouldn’t hold my breath on that happening but it’s something they can potentially rally around

  71. The Chiefs didn’t earn the Number 1 seed, they simply benefitted from a tragedy that befell the Bills.

  72. SF 31 vs Seattle 17
    NYG 26 vs Minnesota 23
    TB 27 vs Dallas 21
    Jax 27 vs LAC 24
    Buffalo 33 vs Miami 20
    Cincinnati 28 vs Baltimore 21

    Philly 35 vs NYG 21
    SF 34 vs TB 22
    Cincinnati 31 vs Buffalo 30
    KC 27 vs Jax 17

    SF 24 vs Philly 21 (as an eagles fan, ugh! I hate objectivity)
    Cincinatti 24 vs KC 30

    KC 28 vs SF 24

  73. As if you’re an Eagle fan rooting against the Eagles. That would never happen.

  74. trumpsgottago4386 says:
    January 9, 2023 at 11:58 am
    For those of you who constantly brought up the eagles schedule this year…next year is brutal & includes bills & chiefs because that’s how this league works, complicated, I know. Won’t hear me complain though, always happy to play whoever the schedule says unlike so many babies on here

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    What position do you play? Asking for a friend.

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