NFL play-offs: Results & schedule

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NFL play-offs: Results & schedule (January 9th 2017)

The NFL post-season is here again so check out the road to Super Bowl LI, which ends on Sunday February 5 in Houston, with our special play-off guide.


Just eight teams remain in contention to reach Super Bowl LI on Sunday February 5 in Houston after the culmination of the regular season and the Wild Card round of play-off fixtures.

Now we head into the AFC and NFC Conference semi-finals on the weekend of January 14-15, with the winning teams then colliding in their respective finals on January 22.

Here, we have the full play-off fixture schedule, which will be updated with results and links to the reports as the road to Super Bowl LI continues, as well as details of the seeded teams.

Every weekend there will also be links under each fixture taking you to NFL expert David John's match-by-match predictions and detailed betting analysis so keep this page bookmarked!

NFL Play-Offs: Fixture Schedule & Results


Wild Card Weekend

Saturday January 7

AFC - Oakland 14-27 Houston

NFC - Detroit 6-26 Seattle

Sunday January 8

AFC - Miami 12-30 Pittsburgh

NFC - New York 13-38 Green Bay

Divisional Play-Offs

Saturday January 14

NFC - Seattle at Atlanta

AFC - Houston at New England

Sunday January 15

AFC - Pittsburgh at Kansas City

NFC - Green Bay at Dallas

Conference Championships

Sunday January 22
Pro Bowl

Sunday January 29



American Football Conference

1. New England (14-2, AFC East champion)

2. Kansas City (12-4, AFC West champion)

3. Pittsburgh (11-5, AFC North champion)

4. Houston (9-7, AFC South champion)

5. Oakland (12-4)

6. Miami (10-6)

National Football Conference

1. Dallas (13-3, NFC East champion)

2. Atlanta (11-5, NFC South champion)

3. Seattle (10-5-1, NFC West champion)

4. Green Bay (10-6, NFC North champion)

5. New York Giants (11-5)

6. Detroit (9-7)


New England head into the post-season as hot 7/4 favourites to win a second Super Bowl in the last three years. Their regular season record means the road to Houston next month goes through Foxboro with the Patriots traditionally a tough nut to crack at this time of year on home turf.

Dallas are next in the betting on 7/2 as they hope to continue a tremendous run of form behind star rookies Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott with Pittsburgh and Atlanta both on offer at 8/1.

Green Bay and Kansas City are dangerous teams for anyone to face and are 9/1 to go all the way with Seattle currently trading at 11/1 as they bid to repeat their triumph of 2014.
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NFL Play-off Teams Guide: At-a-glance


AFC

New England (7/4)

Super Bowl wins: 2002, 2005 and 2015

Key player: Tom Brady

Posted the best record (14-2) in the NFL and market leaders to give quarterback Brady and head coach Bill Belichick a fourth Lombardi Trophy.

Kansas City (9/1)

Super Bowl wins: 1970

Key player: Tyreek Hill

Won the AFC West after a tremendous season-long battle with Oakland and an extremely good all-round team with no glaring weakness.

Pittsburgh (8/1)

Super Bowl wins: 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 2006 and 2009

Key player: Le'Veon Bell

Plenty of Super Bowl pedigree and a dangerous offense led by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger which no rival will want to face.

Houston (50/1)

Super Bowl wins: None

Key player: Jadeveon Clowney

Huge issues at quarterback currently so a defense led by the incredibly athletic Clowney will need to continue its play at a high level if they are to make any impact.

Oakland (100/1)

Super Bowl wins: 1977, 1981 and 1984

Key player: Khalil Mack

Youthful improvers but there chance suffered a hammer blow when quarterback Derek Carr suffered a broken leg recently. Unproven rookie Connor Cook takes over.

Miami (100/1)

Super Bowl wins: 1973 and 1974

Key player: Jay Ajayi

Good effort under rookie head coach Adam Gase to reach this stage and will still have to spring another surprise or two to get to the Super Bowl

NFC

Dallas (7/2)

Super Bowl wins: 1972, 1978, 1993, 1994 and 1996

Key player: Dak Prescott

Brilliant campaign as rookie quarterback Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott proved massive hits. More unchartered territory now but have continually risen to the occasion.

Atlanta (8/1)

Super Bowl wins: None

Key player: Julio Jones

High-octane offense capable of scoring at will when the mood takes them while they have more playmakers on defense this year. Lost their only Super Bowl appearance in 1999 but every right to fancy their chances again.

Seattle (11/1)

Super Bowl wins: 2014

Key player: Bobby Wagner

Perennial contenders these days but perhaps not quite as sharp this season - still more than capable of making their presence felt.

Green Bay (9/1) -

Super Bowl wins: 1967, 1968, 1997 and 2011

Key player: Aaron Rodgers

Form dipped in mid-season but finished strongly with six straight victories. Quarterback Rodgers at the top of his game and leading candidates based on that factor alone.

New York Giants (20/1)

Super Bowl wins: 1987, 1991, 2008 and 2012

Key player: Odell Beckham Jr

Rather erratic but exciting to watch and capable of a good run in the post-season if getting up a head of steam.

Detroit (50/1)

Super Bowl wins: None

Key player: Ziggy Ansah

Lost three straight to end the regular season and their big price for the Super Bowl suggests they will be overmatched sooner rather than later.

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Now seems a suitable time to evaluate the outright betting with eight teams still standing on the road to Houston for the first Sunday of next month.

We might as well start with Oakland's conqueror's - the Texans - who still have a chance to become the first team to ever play in a Super Bowl in their own city.

Big-money quarterback Brock Osweiler delivered a controlled performance that should have done his confidence the world of good but they head on the road now to top seeds New England - the pair met at Foxboro in week three and the Patriots won 28-0 even with Tom Brady on the sidelines and a third-string quarterback at the helm.

A much tighter encounter looks on the cards when Kansas City host Pittsburgh in the other AFC Divisional round showdown but perhaps it is the NFC we should look toward for some potential value and that lies with Green Bay.

Their quarterback Aaron Rodgers is playing at an incredibly high level currently as he masterminded a surprisingly easy win against a tough NY Giants defense and his form suggests they have a better chance than the bookmakers expect of knocking off Dallas on the road in Texas next weekend.

The latter go into the game as odds-on shots but it has to be remembered this will be a first taste of the post-season for stellar rookies Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott and a 26th-ranked unit against the pass from the regular season could be diced up by Rodgers in this mood.

A victory in Arlington for Green Bay would still mean another road game at either Atlanta or Seattle before the Super Bowl but their current price in the outright betting is by far the most likely to shorten considerably from 15/2 as the contenders get whittled down to the last four.

(David John - Sporting life)
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Super Bowl 51 Outrights To Win The Super Bowl

New England Patriots 13/8

Dallas Cowboys 4/1

Atlanta Falcons 13/2

Kansas City Chiefs 7/1

Green Bay Packers 15/2

Pittsburgh Steelers 8/1

Seattle Seahawks 12/1

Houston Texans 66/1

To Win The AFC

New England Patriots 4/7

Kansas City Chiefs 3/1

Pittsburgh Steelers 100/30

Houston Texans 33/1

To Win The NFC

Dallas Cowboys 11/8

Atlanta Falcons 9/4

Green Bay Packers 100/30

Seattle Seahawks 9/2

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