NFL team owners have voted to expand the playoffs by one team in each conference for a total of 14 next season. During a conference call to discuss league business after the annual meetings were canceled because of the new coronavirus, the owners also awarded one of those extra games to CBS and one to NBC. Only the teams with the best record in the AFC and NFC will get a bye under the new format. The top two teams in each conference skipped wild-card weekend in the past.
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Two more teams per year will enter the NFL playoffs, vying to be the one at the end to hoist the Lombardi Trophy like the Kansas City Chiefs did earlier this year. File: Kansas City Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt, right, hands the trophy to head coach Andy Reid after the chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Posted at 1:05 PM, Mar 31, 2020
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