NFL Adds Monday Night To Wild Card Weekend
Sep 24, 2021, 4:05 PM
Sione Takitaki #44 of the Cleveland Browns is pursued by Alejandro Villanueva #78 of the Pittsburgh Steelers while returning an interception during the second half of the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at Heinz Field on January 10, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)
(Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is adding Monday night to its Wild Card Weekend. The league says it will play one of its first six playoff games on Monday night, beginning with this season.
The NFL added a third wild-card team in each conference last season, and then played three wild-card games on Saturday and three on Sunday during its first weekend of the playoffs.
Official 2021-2022 NFL Super Wild Card weekend schedule:
Saturday, January 15th:
Game 1: 4:35 PM ET
Game 2: 8:15 PM ETSunday, January 16th:
Game 1: 1:05 PM ET
Game 2: 4:40 PM ET
Game 3: 8:15 PM ETMonday, January 17th:
Game 1: 8:15 PM ET— Field Yates (@FieldYates) September 24, 2021
The new schedule means the league will play two games on Saturday, three on Sunday and one on Monday night.
Wild Card Weekend for this postseason runs from Jan. 15-17.
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