Fansided · Jan 9
Texans have one distinct advantage only one other AFC playoff team has
C.J. Stroud, Woody Marks, Houston Texans | Alex Slitz/GettyImagesThe NFL expanded the playoffs for the 2020 season, adding a seventh team in both the AFC and NFC to create a 14-team postseason. It eliminated a first-round bye for both conferences and resulted in Wild Card Weekend consisting of six games rather than four. Three were contested on Saturday, and the other three were contested on Sunday.
After one year of that format, the NFL made another change. They dropped the early-afternoon Saturday game and added a Monday Night Football game to Wild Card Weekend for the 2021-22 postseason instead, and that game has remained on the schedule ever since.
