Cowboys vs. Packers Leads Full NFL Playoff Schedule: Teams, Times, Dates, Odds
FRISCO - It's a Reunion Weekend of sorts, and it puts the Dallas Cowboys exactly where the NFL likes 'em: Right in the middle of the joyous storm.
Yes, here comes playoff football this weekend, with the Green Bay Packers coming to AT&T Stadium to play the Dallas Cowboys and their former coach Mike McCarthy ... with Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford returning to Detroit for a Wild Card round matchup at a Lions team quarterbacked by Jared Goff, a former Ram. ... with Tyreek Hill starring for the Miami Dolphins as they play at his former home with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Here’s a look at how the weekend shapes up ...
NFC PICTURE: The Packers are the No. 7 seed and will oppose No. 2 Dallas. The third-seeded Lions will play host to the sixth-seeded Rams. And the No. 5 Philadelphia Eagles will travel to face the No. 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Sitting and waiting are the San Francisco 49ers, who secured the NFC’s No. 1 seed, a first-round bye and home-field advantage.
AFC PICTURE: The Baltimore Ravens sit with the AFC No. 1 seed and sit out. The No. 2 Buffalo Bills will host the No. 7 Pittsburgh Steelers. The No. 6 Dolphins will travel to Kansas City to face the defending champs and No. 3 seed. The No. 5 Cleveland Browns are at the No. 4 Houston Texans.
Game times, TV info, Wild Card round (all times CT)
Saturday, Jan. 13 Game 1: Cleveland Browns (-2.5) at Houston Texans, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Game 2: Miami Dolphins at Kansas City Chiefs (-3.5), 7 p.m. (Peacock)
Sunday, Jan. 14 Game 3: Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills (-9.5), 12 p.m. (CBS) Game 4: Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys (-7), 3:30 p.m. (Fox) Game 5: Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions (-3), 7 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Jan. 15 Game 6: Philadelphia Eagles (-2.5) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7 p.m. (ABC, ESPN)
