Participants
| Playoff seeds |
| Seed | AFC | NFC |
|---|
| 1 | Kansas City Chiefs (West winner) | Green Bay Packers (North winner) |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills (East winner) | New Orleans Saints (South winner) |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers (North winner) | Seattle Seahawks (West winner) |
Raiders reportedly won't trade Derek Carr, but are not interested in contract extension.
How many teams make the NFL playoffs in 2021? The 2020 NFL playoffs will feature 14 teams overall, seven from the AFC and seven from the NFC. That's a new expansion for the 2020 season that means each conference gets three wild-card teams in addition to the four division winners.
NFL Regular SeasonAcross the AFC and NFC, each winner of the four divisions qualifies, making up 8 places. Then in each conference, two of the second-placed teams with the next best records progress; these are known as the wildcard teams.
What division are Raiders in?
Last season, the Raiders were still alive in the AFC wild-card race until Week 17, but their 7-9 final record wasn't good enough to get the second wild card. Now that the NFL has expanded to a seventh team in each conference, they have extra life.
The Seahawks came into the postseason with high hopes, but instead they made a quick exit with a 30-20 loss to the Rams. The Seahawks accomplished a lot in the 2020 season, both on an off the field.
The Dolphins now have an 86% chance to make the playoffs.
Game Recap: Bears make playoffs despite loss. Despite losing Sunday's season finale to the Packers 35-16 at Soldier Field, the Bears secured the third and final wild card berth in the NFC playoffs by virtue of the Cardinals' 18-7 loss to the Rams in Los Angeles.
Raiders finish 2020 season with wild win over BroncosOn the brink of losing the season finale to the Denver Broncos on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High, the Raiders rallied and pulled out an incredible 32-31 win to finish the season 8-8.
2019 Oakland Raiders Statistics & Players
- Record: 7-9-0, 3rd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)
- Coach: Jon Gruden (7-9-0)
- Points For: 313 (19.6/g) 24th of 32.
- Points Against: 419 (26.2/g) 24th of 32.
- Expected W-L: 5.3-10.7.
- Offensive Coordinator: Greg Olson.
- Defensive Coordinator: Paul Guenther.
As of the end of the NFL's 2020 season, the Raiders have an all-time regular season record of 481 wins, 440 losses, and 11 ties; their all-time playoff record currently stands at 25 wins and 19 losses.
With the Raiders missing the playoffs following their season finale on December 29, 2019, this was the final time the Oakland-based Raiders qualified for the playoffs as they relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada starting in the 2020 NFL season.
The Las Vegas Raiders last made the playoffs in 2016, when they lost the Wild Card Round. They've been in the playoffs a total of 22 times in their 55 seasons.
1st Round, No. 27 overall (from Dallas) | Johnathan Abram, S, Mississippi State.
The Raiders last reached the playoffs in the 2002 season. Their path started in front of their home fans with a 30-10 win over the Jets in the Divisional Round.
The Raiders finished the 2019 season with a 7–9 record and lost their last game at the Oakland Coliseum to the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-16, giving up a late touchdown in the closing seconds. The team was booed off the field as they left.
STANDINGS
| AFC EAST | PCT |
|---|
| 1 | Bills Y | .812 |
| 2 | Dolphins | .625 |
| 3 | Patriots | .438 |
| 4 | Jets | .125 |
The division winner with the best record from each conference receives a bye which automatically advances them to the second round, dubbed the divisional round and hosts the lowest-remaining seed from the first round, and the other two winners from the wild-card round play each other with the higher seed hosting.
HOW DO THE NFL PLAYOFFS WORK? The NFL expanded its playoffs for 2020, adding a seventh team in each conference. The number one seed in the AFC and NFC earns a bye while the #2 seed plays #7, #3 plays #6 and #4 plays #5 in the wildcard round.
How many wins does a team need to guarantee playoffs?
| Wins | Playoffs | % |
|---|
| 13 | 35 | 100% |
| 12 | 44 | 100% |
| 11 | 58 | 98% |
| 10 | 70 | 90% |
The Chiefs will join the Chicago Bears (twice), New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Football Team as playoff teams on the Packers' schedule in 2021. Seven of the 10 teams finished above .
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Vikings finished a disappointing 2020 regular season 7-9 and out of the NFC Playoff picture, and we now know their 2021 opponents and draft position.
The NFL wanted to add two games to the postseason schedule, one game (and one team) per conference. "Add two games to the postseason schedule," of course, is slang for "add chances to collect more bread."
