NFL Playoffs 2023-24 dates, format, and predictions
By Matt Conner
Interested in knowing the latest playoff dates and information for the coming NFL season? You must be a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Or maybe not, but Chiefs Kingdom would do well to go ahead and take note of the calendar ahead for the 2023 season—not just the regular-season slate but the full postseason run as well.
The schedule for the new season has been set, and we've already covered all manner of angles on the regular-season calendar as laid out by the league in mid-May. If you need to see the regular-season schedule, you can do so here. If you need the preseason games, we've got you covered there, too. And once you're ready, you can see below for the latest updated information on this year's NFL playoff dates, format, and more!
Dates for 2023-24 NFL Playoffs
- Wild Card Round: January 13-15, 2024
- Divisional Round: January 20-21, 2024
- Conference Championships: January 28, 2024
- Super Bowl LVIII: February 11, 2024
Format for 2023-24 NFL Playoffs
The format for the NFL playoffs has changed a bit in the last couple of years. In 2020, the NFL negotiated with the Player's Association to make some major schedule changes that added a 17th game to the regular season, removed a preseason exhibition, and invited one more team from each conference to participate in the postseason.
The shift in the collective bargaining agreement brought the total number of teams to 14, which means 7 franchises from the AFC and another 7 from the NFC willl make it to postseason contention. From there, the bottom six teams will battle it out in the Wild Card round with only the top seed in each conference earning a first-round bye.
Predictions for 2023-24 NFL Playoffs
The Chiefs will win it all.
Did you expect anything else from a site dedicated to covering all things Chiefs? Even if that were not the case, however, the Chiefs are the defending champs who return all of the core pieces from a Super Bowl run. They did so with a load of freshmen on defense and that bodes well for the future ceiling of a unit that will see Trent McDuffie, George Karlaftis, Nick Bolton, Bryan Cook, Willie Gay Jr., Jaylen Watson, Joshua Williams, and more make leaps in their performances with more experience.
The Eagles came out losers last year and they might do so again since a rematch seems like the best bet, especially for Philly given the fairly easy path through the NFC. As for the AFC, the Chiefs will face stiff competition but they've proven their ability to knock off the contenders already. No reason to doubt them now.