Dates | January 13 – February 11, 2024 | ||||
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Season | 2023 | ||||
Teams | 14 | ||||
Games played | 13 | ||||
Super Bowl LVIII site | |||||
Defending champions | Kansas City Chiefs | ||||
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The National Football League playoffs for the 2023 season began on January 13, 2024, and will conclude with Super Bowl LVIII on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. This is the first postseason since 1998 not to feature quarterbacks Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, as they both played their final NFL games in the 2015 and 2022 seasons, respectively.
In the Wild Card round, the #7 seed Green Bay Packers defeated the #2 seed Dallas Cowboys, becoming the first #7 seed ever to win a playoff game. The Detroit Lions won their first playoff game since 1991 by defeating the Los Angeles Rams.
Participants
Within each conference, the four division winners and the top three non-division winners with the best overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The four division winners are seeded 1–4 based on their overall won-lost-tied record, and the wild card teams are seeded 5–7. The NFL does not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there are no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. In the first round, dubbed the Wild Card playoffs or Super Wild Card Weekend, the second-seeded division winner hosts the seventh seed wild card, the third seed hosts the sixth seed, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth seed. The 1 seed from each conference receives a first-round bye. In the second round, the Divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosts the lowest-seeded surviving team from the first round (seed 4, 5, 6, or 7), while the other two surviving teams play each other, with the higher-seeded team hosting. The two surviving teams from each conference's divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championships, hosted by the higher seed. Although the Super Bowl, the championship round of the playoffs, is played at a neutral site, the designated home team is based on an annual rotation by conference.[1]
Seed | AFC | NFC |
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1 | Baltimore Ravens (North winner) | San Francisco 49ers (West winner) |
2 | Buffalo Bills (East winner) | Dallas Cowboys (East winner) |
3 | Kansas City Chiefs (West winner) | Detroit Lions (North winner) |
4 | Houston Texans (South winner) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (South winner) |
5 | Cleveland Browns (wild card) | Philadelphia Eagles (wild card) |
6 | Miami Dolphins (wild card) | Los Angeles Rams (wild card) |
7 | Pittsburgh Steelers (wild card) | Green Bay Packers (wild card) |
Bracket
Jan. 15 – Raymond James Stadium | Jan. 21 – Ford Field | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Philadelphia | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Tampa Bay | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
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Jan. 14 – Ford Field | 3 | Detroit | ||||||||||||||||
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6 | LA Rams | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
Jan. 20 – Levi's Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Detroit | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
NFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
Jan. 14 – AT&T Stadium | 7 | Green Bay | ||||||||||||||||
1 | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Green Bay | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
Divisional playoffs | Feb. 11 – Allegiant Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Dallas | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
Wild Card playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
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Jan. 13 – Arrowhead Stadium | Jan. 21 – Highmark Stadium | A | ||||||||||||||||
Super Bowl LVIII | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Miami | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Kansas City | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Kansas City | |||||||||||||||||
Jan. 28 – TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
Jan. 15 – Highmark Stadium | 2 | Buffalo | ||||||||||||||||
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7 | Pittsburgh | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Jan. 20 – M&T Bank Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Buffalo | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
AFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
Jan. 13 – NRG Stadium | 4 | Houston | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Baltimore | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Cleveland | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Houston | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
Schedule
The playoffs began with Wild Card Weekend on January 13–15, 2024. The Divisional round is scheduled for January 20–21, with the winners of those games advancing to the Conference Championship games on January 28. Super Bowl LVIII is scheduled for February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.[2]
Away team | Score | Home team | Date | Kickoff (ET / UTC–5) | National TV Network(s)[2] | Streaming | Viewers (millions)[3] | TV rating[3] |
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Wild Card playoffs[4] | ||||||||
Cleveland Browns | 14–45 | Houston Texans | January 13, 2024 | 4:35 p.m. | NBC | Peacock | 25.9[5][6] | 12.6[6] |
Miami Dolphins | 7–26 | Kansas City Chiefs | 8:10 p.m. | —[lower-alpha 1] | Peacock | 23.0[5] | N/A | |
Green Bay Packers | 48–32 | Dallas Cowboys | January 14, 2024 | 4:35 p.m. | Fox | — | 40.2[7][8] | 19.1[8] |
Los Angeles Rams | 23–24 | Detroit Lions | 8:15 p.m. | NBC | Peacock | 32.1[9][8] | 15.6[8] | |
Pittsburgh Steelers | 17–31 | Buffalo Bills | January 15, 2024 | 4:35 p.m.[lower-alpha 2] | CBS | Paramount+ | 31.1[11] | 15.7[11] |
Philadelphia Eagles | 9–32 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8:15 p.m. | ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 | ESPN+ | 29.2[11] | ||
Divisional playoffs[12] | ||||||||
Houston Texans | Baltimore Ravens | January 20, 2024 | 4:35 p.m. | ABC/ESPN | ESPN+ | |||
Green Bay Packers | San Francisco 49ers | 8:15 p.m. | Fox | — | ||||
Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Detroit Lions | January 21, 2024 | 3:05 p.m. | NBC | Peacock | |||
Kansas City Chiefs | Buffalo Bills | 6:40 p.m. | CBS | Paramount+ | ||||
Conference Championships | ||||||||
Winner of KC@BUF or HOU | BAL or Winner of KC@BUF | January 28, 2024 | 3:05 p.m. | CBS | Paramount+ | |||
Winner of TB@DET or GB | SF or Winner of TB@DET | 6:40 p.m. | Fox | — | ||||
Super Bowl LVIII Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada | ||||||||
NFC Champion | AFC Champion | February 11, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. | CBS/Nick | Paramount+ |
Wild Card playoffs
Saturday, January 13, 2024
AFC: Houston Texans 45, Cleveland Browns 14
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Browns | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Texans | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
at NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
- Date: January 13, 2024
- Game time: 4:35 p.m. EST/3:35 p.m. CST
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 71,946
- Referee: Clay Martin
- TV announcers (NBC/Peacock): Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge and Kathryn Tappen
- Recap, Game Book
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This was the first postseason meeting between the Browns and Texans. During the regular season, the Browns defeated the Texans 36–22 in Houston in Week 16. Deshaun Watson, who was the starting quarterback for Cleveland since 2022, suffered a season-ending injury in Week 10. He was the starting quarterback for Houston from 2017 to 2020. In the third quarter, Joe Flacco threw back-to-back interceptions that were returned for touchdowns.[13] This was the Texans' first playoff win since the 2019 season.
AFC: Kansas City Chiefs 26, Miami Dolphins 7
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Dolphins | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Chiefs | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
- Date: January 13, 2024
- Game time: 8:10 p.m. EST/7:10 p.m. CST
- Game weather: −4 °F (−20 °C)
- Game attendance: 71,492
- Referee: Brad Rogers
- TV announcers (Peacock[lower-alpha 1]): Mike Tirico, Jason Garrett, and Kaylee Hartung
- Recap, Game Book
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This was the fourth postseason matchup between the Dolphins and Chiefs, with Miami winning all three previous contests. The most recent playoff meeting between these two teams was in the 1994–95 Wild Card round, which Miami won 27–17.[14] It was the first postseason clash between the two teams in Kansas City since Christmas Day 1971, which remains the longest NFL game played; the Dolphins won that game 27–24 after two overtime periods. During the regular season, the Chiefs defeated the Dolphins 21–14 in a neutral-site game in Frankfurt, Germany in Week 9. This was the first game where Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill returned to Arrowhead; the last time that he played in Arrowhead was in the 2021 AFC Championship Game, in which the Chiefs lost 27–24 to the Bengals in overtime. With a kickoff temperature of −4 °F (−20 °C), this became the fourth coldest NFL game in history.[15] With the Lions winning their playoff game against the Rams the next day, Miami now holds the longest playoff game win drought.[16][17][18]
Sunday, January 14, 2024
NFC: Green Bay Packers 48, Dallas Cowboys 32
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Packers | 7 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 48 |
Cowboys | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 |
at AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
- Date: January 14, 2024
- Game time: 4:35 p.m. EST/3:35 p.m. CST
- Game weather: None (retractable roof closed)
- Game attendance: 93,799
- Referee: Ronald Torbert
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews, and Tom Rinaldi
- Recap, Game Book
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Coming in as huge underdogs, the Packers stunned the Cowboys and won 48–32.
After getting the ball first after electing to receive the opening kickoff, the Packers drove 75 yards in almost 8 minutes, capping the drive with an Aaron Jones touchdown run from 3 yards out to go up 7–0. After the teams traded punts, cornerback Jaire Alexander intercepted a ball off of Dak Prescott deep in Cowboys' territory. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Packers cashed in on the turnover with another Aaron Jones touchdown run, which came from one yard out, to go up 14–0. Following a Cowboys' punt, the Packers drove 93 yards and capped it when Dontayvion Wicks caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love, although the extra point was missed, leaving the score at 20–0. On the next drive, Prescott threw another interception that was returned 64 yards for a touchdown by Darnell Savage with 1:50 remaining in the 1st half to extend the Packers' lead to 27–0. The Cowboys did rebound to score a touchdown on the last play of the half when Jake Ferguson caught a 1-yard pass from Prescott, cutting the lead to 27–7.
In the second half, Packers extended their lead to 32 points, 48–16, with 10:23 left in the 4th quarter, before Cowboys managed to score back-to-back touchdowns and two successful 2-point conversions to reduce the deficit to 16 points. However, the Cowboys eventually turned the ball over on downs on the last drive with less the :20 left, sealing the Packers victory. With the win, the Packers improved to 6-0 at AT&T Stadium all-time (which included their win in Super Bowl XLV) and becoming the first seventh seed to beat a two-seed since the playoffs expanded to 14 teams in the 2020 season. [19] The loss snapped the Cowboys' streak 16 straight wins at home.
This was the ninth overall postseason matchup in the rivalry between the Cowboys and Packers. The postseason series between the two teams is tied 4–4, with the most recent meeting being in the 2016 NFC Divisional Playoffs, which the Packers won 34–31 in Arlington.[20] The teams did not meet in the 2023 regular season. The last time these teams met was week 10 during the 2022 NFL season, with the Packers winning 31–28 in overtime.
NFC: Detroit Lions 24, Los Angeles Rams 23
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rams | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
Lions | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
at Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
- Date: January 14, 2024
- Game time: 8:15 p.m. EST
- Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
- Game attendance: 66,367
- Referee: Craig Wrolstad
- TV announcers (NBC/Peacock): Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, and Melissa Stark
- Recap, Game Book
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This was the second overall postseason meeting between the Rams and Lions. The first came in the 1952 National Conference Championship, which the Lions won 31–21 in Detroit.[21] It was the Lions' first home playoff game since 1993 and only their third since winning their last NFL title in 1957. It was also their first playoff game at Ford Field.[22] This game was also notable for being the first postseason clash between Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff, the starting quarterbacks for the Rams and Lions respectively. Each had previously played for the other team before being traded for each other prior to the 2021 season.[23] The Rams and Lions did not meet during the regular season. The last time they met was during the 2021 NFL season, with the Rams defeating the Lions 28–19.
The Lions wound up victorious by a final score of 24–23, their first victory in a postseason game in 32 years.[16][24] In his first game in Detroit as an opposing player, Stafford completed 25 of 36 passes for 367 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Goff completed 22 of 27 passes for 277 yards and a touchdown. Los Angeles Pro Bowl receiver Puka Nacua set a rookie record for receiving yards in a postseason game with nine catches for 181 receiving yards while also scoring a touchdown. Amon-Ra St. Brown was Detroit's leading receiver with seven catches for 110 receiving yards. Although neither team turned the ball over, the Rams were undone by an ineffective red zone offense: zero touchdowns in three red zone trips, while Detroit converted all three of its red zone trips into touchdowns.[25]
Monday, January 15, 2024
AFC: Buffalo Bills 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 17
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Steelers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
Bills | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
at Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
- Date: January 15, 2024
- Game time: 4:35 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Partly cloudy, 17 °F (−8 °C)
- Game attendance: 70,040
- Referee: Carl Cheffers
- TV announcers (CBS/Paramount+): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, and Jay Feely
- Recap, Game Book
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This was the fourth playoff matchup between these two teams; Pittsburgh won two out of the first three. The most recent playoff meeting occurred during the Divisional Round of the 1995–96 postseason, which Pittsburgh won 40–21.[26] The Steelers and Bills did not meet during the regular season. The last time the Steelers and the Bills met each other was week 5 in the 2022 NFL season, with the Bills defeating the Steelers 38–3 in Buffalo. The game was originally scheduled to be played on January 14 at 1:05 p.m. EST, but was delayed due to a state of emergency and travel ban declared in Western New York as a result of a massive snowstorm, marking the first time a NFL playoff game was postponed since the 2016–17 playoffs, a game that also featured the Steelers.[27][10]
The first half was dominated by Buffalo, with a Josh Allen touchdown pass to both Dawson Knox and Dalton Kincaid respectively. Allen also had a career-long and franchise playoff record 52-yard touchdown run to put the Bills up 21-0. The Steelers made it a closer game in the second half, getting as close as 24-17 off of a blocked field goal and several touchdowns, before the Bills took a two score lead on a Khalil Shakir touchdown grab to secure the victory, 31-17.[28]
NFC: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32, Philadelphia Eagles 9
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Buccaneers | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 32 |
at Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
- Date: January 15, 2024
- Game time: 8:15 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Cloudy, 67 °F (19 °C)
- Game attendance: 63,397
- Referee: Adrian Hill
- TV announcers (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN+): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge
- Recap, Game Book
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This was the sixth postseason meeting between the Eagles and Buccaneers, with the Buccaneers winning three of the previous five. The most recent postseason meeting between two teams came in the 2021 NFC Wild Card Game, which the Buccaneers won 31–15 in Tampa. In the regular season, the Eagles defeated the Buccaneers in Tampa by a score of 25–11 during Week 3.[29]
The Buccaneers made the only scoring plays in the first quarter, off a Chase McLaughlin field goal and David Moore touchdown for 10 unanswered points. The Buccaneers and Eagles traded field goals in the second quarter, after which Dallas Goedert scored a touchdown for Philadelphia. The Eagles attempted a two-point conversion using their signature "tush push", but the Buccaneers were able to pull them away. Tampa Bay's defense prevented the Eagles from scoring for the rest of the game, with the Buccaneers scoring two times in the third quarter off a safety on Jalen Hurts and a touchdown from Trey Palmer, in which the Eagles' poor tackling efforts facilitated his 56-yard run to the end zone. Chris Godwin scored a touchdown for Tampa Bay in the fourth quarter as the Buccaneers completed their 23-point blowout of the defending NFC Champions.[30]
Divisional playoffs
This will be the first time that a team seeded below #2 (in this case, the #3 Detroit Lions) has hosted a divisional playoff game.
Saturday, January 20, 2024
AFC: Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Texans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ravens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland
- Date: January 20, 2024
- Game time: 4:35 p.m. EST
- Referee: John Hussey
- TV announcers (ABC/ESPN/ESPN+): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge
- Preview
This will be the second postseason meeting between the Ravens and Texans. The Ravens won the first matchup, the 2011 AFC Divisional Game, by a score of 20–13 in Baltimore. In the regular season, the Ravens defeated the Texans by a score of 25–9 in Baltimore in Week 1.
NFC: Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Packers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49ers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
- Date: January 20, 2024
- Game time: 8:15 p.m. EST/5:15 p.m. PST
- Referee: Alex Kemp
- TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
- Preview
This will be the tenth postseason meeting in the rivalry between the Packers and 49ers, an NFL record for the most playoff matches between two teams in the Super Bowl Era.[31] The most recent postseason matchup came in the 2021 NFC Divisional Game, which the 49ers won 13–10 in Green Bay. The 49ers and Packers did not meet in the regular season.
Sunday, January 21, 2024
NFC: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Detroit Lions
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
- Date: January 21, 2024
- Game time: 3:05 p.m. EST
- Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
- Referee: Bill Vinovich
- TV announcers (NBC/Peacock): Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark and Kaylee Hartung
- Preview
This will be the second postseason meeting between the Buccaneers and Lions. The Buccaneers won the first meeting, which came in the 1997 NFC Wild Card Game, by a score of 20–10 at Houlihan's Stadium in Tampa. In the regular season, the Lions won the meeting between the two teams by a score of 20–6 in Week 6 in Tampa.
AFC: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
- Date: January 21, 2024
- Game time: 6:40 p.m. EST
- Referee: Shawn Hochuli
- TV announcers (CBS/Paramount+): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, and Jay Feely
- Preview
This will be the sixth postseason meeting in the rivalry between the Bills and Chiefs. The Chiefs lead the postseason series 3–2 against the Bills. The most recent meeting between the two came in the 2021 AFC Divisional Game, which the Chiefs won 42–36 in overtime in Kansas City after the Chiefs offense drove down the field in the final 13 seconds of regulation to score the game–tying field goal. In the regular season, the Bills defeated the Chiefs 20–17 in Kansas City during Week 14.
Media coverage
Three of the Wild Card games aired on NBC this postseason, which held the rights to the Saturday afternoon game under its annual rotation with CBS and Fox since 2020, the Sunday night game under the third year of a separate seven-year deal, and the Saturday night game, which was streamed exclusively by Peacock under a one-year deal.[lower-alpha 1] Peacock's game was sold on a stand-alone basis, as the league separated it from the broader TV rights deals that began this season.[33][34][35] This marked the first time that an NFL playoff game was exclusively carried nationally by a streaming platform.[36][37][38] ESPN is entering its third year of their five-year deal for the Monday night Wild Card game, which was simulcast on ABC and the Manningcast alternative telecast on ESPN2.[39][40][41] The remaining two afternoon games were carried by CBS and Fox.[39][40][42][43]
Under the new TV deals, the four broadcast television partners will now each air one Divisional Playoff game per season, with ESPN/ABC taking over the slot that was previously rotated between CBS and Fox.[39][44] CBS and Fox retain the exclusive rights to broadcast the AFC and NFC Championship Games, respectively.[43]
CBS will televise Super Bowl LVIII this season, followed by Fox, NBC, and ESPN/ABC under a new annual Super Bowl rotation.[39][45] Nickelodeon will also have a youth-friendly broadcast of the game.[46] CBS also has sub-licensed the Spanish-language rights for Super Bowl LVIII to TelevisaUnivision, replacing ESPN Deportes, who held the agreement for the three previous Super Bowl games aired by CBS.[45]
In addition to having exclusive coverage of the Saturday night Wild Card game, Peacock will also stream NBC's other games. All of CBS' games will stream on Paramount+, and all ESPN/ABC's games will stream on ESPN+.[39][43] The league's streaming service NFL+ will stream every postseason game on mobile devices only, regardless of broadcaster.[47]
International coverage
Prior the 2023 season, DAZN signed a ten-year agreement to distribute the NFL Game Pass International service, which offers live NFL playoff games.[48] In select countries, the NFL has also signed local media rights deals as follows:
- Australia: ESPN[49]
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia: Arena Sport
- Canada: TSN/CTV[50]
- Denmark: TV 2[51]
- Finland/Sweden: TV4[52]
- France: beIN Sports, W9[53]
- Germany: RTL[54]
- Japan: Nippon TV[55]
- Mexico: Canal 5, ESPN/Star+, Fox Sports[56]
- New Zealand: TVNZ[57]
- Norway: VGTV[58]
- South Korea: Coupang Play[59]
- Spain: Movistar Deportes[60]
- Taiwan: ELTA Sports[61]
- United Kingdom: Sky Sports[62]
Notes
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