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NFL Playoff Bracket 2017: Wild-Card Picture and Divisional-Round Scenarios
- Updated: January 2, 2017
It’s not unusual to see one of the teams playing on Wild Card Weekend to emerge and represent its conference and possibly win the Super Bowl.
The Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl as the fourth seed following the 2012 season, the New York Giants won the title following the 2011 season as the fourth seed and the Green Bay Packers won the title as the sixth seed after the 2010 season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs, and they appear to be a dangerous team. They have a powerful group of superstars at the skilled positions in Ben Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown, and any team that beats them is going to have to be at the top of its game.
The Steelers open up the playoffs with a home game Sunday afternoon against the Miami Dolphins. These two teams met in Week 6 at Miami, and the Dolphins came away with a 30-15 victory. However, the Steelers are a much hotter team at this point, having won seven games in a row to end the regular season.
The other AFC Wild Card Game will feature the fifth-seeded Oakland Raiders going to Houston to take on the Texans. Houston won the AFC South and is the No. 4 seed in the playoffs.
Both the Raiders and Texans have quarterback issues. The Raiders lost star quarterback Derek Carr in Week 16 to a broken fibula, and backup Matt …
