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NFL playoff schedule: 49ers vs. Packers date and kickoff time set

The #49ers and Packers kickoff date and time is set:

The 49ers and Packers have a kickoff time.

San Francisco will host Green Bay at Levi’s Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 5:00pm Pacific Time.

They’ll follow the 1:30pm Pacific Time kickoff between the Houston Texans and either Baltimore or Kansas City.

On Sunday it’s the Philadelphia-Tampa Bay winner at Detroit for a 12:00pm Pacific Time kickoff. Then the late kickoff Sunday will be either the Chiefs at Bills, or Pittsburgh at Baltimore. That late kickoff is at 3:30pm Pacific Time.

If the 49ers beat the Packers and move on to the NFC championship game, they’ll host the winner of the Lions vs. Buccaneers/Eagles game at 3:30pm on Sunday, Jan. 28.

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NFL Playoffs: Packers Blow Out Cowboys

The D stands for Done.

The NFL season came to an end for the Dallas Cowboys as “America’s Team” was embarrassed on their home field by the Green Bay Packers, 48-32.

Green Bay jumped out to a 27-0 lead before the Cowboys got on the scoreboard to end the first half. It was on cruise control the rest of the way for the Packers.

The loss sends Dallas home after the Cowboys after they were fantastic in the regular season, winning the NFC East and securing the second seed in the NFC playoffs.

The loss also eliminates a pair of former Notre Dame players from postseason play. Offensive guard Zack Martin and kicker Brandon Aubrey were both eliminated with the loss while Green Bay moved on without a former Golden Domer on the roster.

The Packers will play at San Francisco against the top-seeded 49ers next weekend with a spot in the NFC championship on the line.

49ers to host Packers in divisional round after Cowboys choke in playoffs again

The Cowboys choked again, which means the 49ers will host the Packers — who they’ve beaten in four consecutive playoff matchups:

Death, taxes and the Dallas Cowboys face-planting in January. This time they didn’t even need to face the 49ers to do so. Dallas got dismantled at home 48-32 by the No. 7 seed Green Bay Packers on Sunday, ending all questions about who San Francisco will host in the divisional round.

The 49ers hold the No. 1 seed in the NFC, meaning they’d host the lowest seed to make it out of the wild card round. Green Bay is the lowest seed at No. 7, so it removes all qualifiers about San Francisco’s opponent. The outcomes of Rams-Lions and Eagles-Buccaneers no longer matter.

It’s unclear at this point when the 49ers and Packers will play. When they do face off it will be the 10th playoff meeting all-time between the teams. San Francisco is 5-4 in those games, including each of the last four. Green Bay hasn’t beaten the 49ers in the postseason since their wild card win in January of 2002.

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Which losses should the Saints regret most from the 2023 season?

The Saints were one win away from making the playoffs. Which losses should they regret the most from the past season?

The New Orleans Saints missed the playoffs by one game. Their 9-8 record put them just one win outside of both the NFC South title race and the competition for a wild-card seed. If the Saints were 10-7, they wouldn’t even have to worry about any tiebreakers. They’d be hosting a home playoff game.

While their record is a good reflection of exactly how the team performed this season, which losses should the Saints look back at with the most regret? It’s easy to point to defeats to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers early in the 2023 season. Those are the teams who were directly ahead of the Saints in the playoff race. However, the Buccaneers were simply the better team when they travelled to New Orleans. The 26-9 final tally speaks for itself.

The Saints should regret the Green Bay Packers game more, though. New Orleans had a large lead headed into the fourth quarter. Even with Derek Carr’s injury, the Saints should have won that game. The struggling offense may have been the story of the year, but the normally-reliable defense was its backbone. Losing that game was on Dennis Allen’s defense, which allowed back-to-back 80-yard touchdown drives. The quarterback doesn’t play on that side of the ball.

The team should also regret their midseason loss to the Minnesota Vikings. I don’t think this one takes much explanation. Losing to Joshua Dobbs was bad. At the time, it seemed to be a part of Dobbs’ story of beating the odds. Less than a month later he was on the bench. New Orleans shouldn’t have lost that game. If the Saints defeat the Packers or Vikings they’re in the playoffs. Instead, they’re watching the postseason from home for another January.

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5 free agents Saints fans should watch in Cowboys vs. Packers

5 pending free agents New Orleans Saints fans should watch in Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers playoff game:

The New Orleans Saints are stuck watching the playoffs from home, but it’s a good opportunity for fans to scout some of the top players headed for free agency — and both the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers have some playmakers who could interest the Saints if they hit the open market.

Here are five pending free agents we’ll be looking for on Sunday afternoon:

NFL reschedules Bills-Steelers playoff game due to dangerous weather in Buffalo

The NFL reschedules its playoff game between the Bills and Steelers due to dangerous weather. Here’s the updated wild-card round schedule:

You don’t see this too often: the NFL rescheduled its wild-card round playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills due to a dangerous weather event closing in on western New York — the area around already-snowbound Highmark Stadium is expected to receive another foot or two of snow over the next 24 hours.

It’s a serious situation. Gusting winds and bands of snow rolling in from Lake Erie are dropping visibility to near-zero, per the National Weather Service.

Hopefully everyone can stay safe and weather the storm. So instead of kicking off in the middle of all that, the Bills and Steelers will square off after the worst has blown over on Monday. The end result? Three days of doubleheaders. Here’s what the NFL wild-card round schedule looks like now:

Saints officially eliminated from playoff contention

The New Orleans Saints have been officially eliminated from playoff contention:

Here’s the hole the New Orleans Saints dug for themselves. They didn’t get the help they needed from the Chicago Bears, who lost to the Green Bay Packers, securing the seventh and final NFC playoff seed for Green Bay.

This means the Saints are officially eliminated from playoff contention. Their season is over. An early-season loss to the Packers where Dennis Allen’s defense allowed back-to-back 80-yard scoring drives in the fourth quarter looms large. They have no one to blame but themselves.

So the Saints will be watching the playoffs from home while better teams advance; they’re in the same position now that they were a year ago, before they doubled down on Allen’s vision for the team and signed quarterback Derek Carr to a $150 million contract. But at least they’re 9-8 instead of 7-10 again, right?

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Jaguars’ 2024 opponents finalized after 2nd place finish

The Jaguars’ list of 2024 opponents is officially set.

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ slate of 2024 opponents is officially set after the team finished second in the AFC South with a 9-8 record.

Next season, the Jaguars will play the entire AFC East and NFC North along with one opponent each from the AFC North, AFC West, and NFC East.

The entire schedule with the dates of those games won’t be announced until later in the offseason, as the NFL typically waits until May to reveal the entire slate.

It’s also a guarantee that the Jaguars will play at least one game in London. Last year, the league announced the list of teams that would play overseas in January, so it may not be long before Jacksonville can get the first puzzle piece in place for its 2024 schedule.

Here’s every team the Jaguars will face next season:

Bucs win the NFC South, here’s how Saints can reach playoffs

The New Orleans Saints won against the Falcons and even though the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the NFC South, are still alive in the playoff hunt. Of course, to make it at this point they would need some serious help in the afternoon window.

The game that they have the best chance of getting to fall their way is the Chicago Bears (7-9) over the Green Bay Packers (8-8). The Packers are three-point favorites at home, but the Bears will have some motivation as Justin Fields fights to show the team that he is the quarterback of the future.

The less-likely one that they also need to have happen is the Arizona Cardinals (4-12) over the Seattle Seahawks (8-8). The Cardinals are home underdogs by three points, but are coming off of a big win against the Philadelphia Eagles.

If the Bears and Cardinals win, the Saints make the playoffs as a wild card. If either team loses, their season is over.

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Rife with playoff implications, Saints-Falcons is drawing a lot of attention in Week 18

Rife with playoff implications, Sunday’s Saints-Falcons matchup is drawing a lot of attention in Week 18. Will your local TV station have the game?

We’ve got a heated rivalry game in Week 18, with the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons matching up and a lot on the line. This could be the last game of the 2023 season for either team with a loss. Long-shot playoff implications, coaches on the hot seat, and decades-old bragging rights are all at stake. They’re playing for more than their pride.

And it’s a game rife with playoff implications. Five teams are still in contention for the final wild-card seed, including the Saints and Falcons — but fans of the Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, and Minnesota Vikings will be tuning in. So will Los Angeles Rams fans, who could end up being the sixth or seventh seed depending on other games’ results. Dallas Cowboys faithful are going to be watching, too, seeing as they’ll likely be hosting the seventh-seed team.

That’s why coverage is so fragmented for the Saints-Falcons matchup. In addition to both teams’ home markets in the Gulf South, CBS affiliate stations in each of those playoff teams’ locales will be carrying the game. Check the broadcast map from 506 Sports embedded below:

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