Does the NFL reseed in the playoffs after the Wild Card round? Here’s the answer

We have an answer for you.

Let’s say you’re here because you just watched an NFL playoff game and saw a big upset — say the No. 7 team in the AFC beat the No. 2 team.

Now you’re wondering: Does that No. 7 team move on to play whoever was next in the NFL playoffs bracket? Or does the NFL reseed so it plays the teams with the best records?

The answer is: The latter. The NFL doesn’t have a traditional bracket format like other sports do. So the No. 1 teams after the Wild Card round who got a bye play the worst remaining seeds in their conference (whether that’s the No. 7 or 6 or 4) and the top seeds go from there to play the worse-seeded teams.

There’s your answer!