NFL Playoff Schedule, Where and When To Watch: Is It Drake Maye's Time?

Patriots QB Drake Maye prepares for an NFL football game.
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After 272 regular season NFL games — most of which were cool, unless you’re a Las Vegas Raiders fan or you selected disappointing Vikings WR Justin Jefferson in the first round of your fantasy draft — we’re finally staring down the 2025 Playoffs. And with the NFL Playoffs comes an NFL Playoff schedule. 

So as a public service announcement, here’s where and when you can watch 12 NFL teams try to claw their way out of Wild Card Weekend and into the Divisional Round.

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NFL Playoff Schedule: Where and When To Watch

Saturday, January 10, 2026

Los Angeles Rams vs. Carolina Panthers

4:40 p.m. ET (FOX)

  • MVP hopeful QB Matthew Stafford and his Ram buddies travel the 2,430.9 miles between L.A. and Charlotte to face a Panthers team that few, if any expected to win six games, let alone the NFC South.

Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears

8:00 p.m. ET (Prime Video)

  • The NFL’s oldest rivalry reignites for the third time in a month. Neither bookmakers nor PrizePicks have odds on fisticuffs, but if they did, you’d probably want to take the over.

Sunday, January 11, 2026

Buffalo Bills vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

1:00 p.m ET (CBS)

  • Led by reigning MVP, QB Josh Allen, the Bills aim to overcome what appears to be some semblance of a postseason jinx. They have to deal with a Jags unit that wrapped up the campaign on an 8-0 heater.

San Francisco 49ers vs. Philadelphia Eagles

4:30 p.m. ET (FOX)

  • The NFC East finished with a combined record of 27-40. The NFC West finished with a combined record of 43-27. So who’s better prepped for a long playoff run? Hmm…

Los Angeles Chargers vs. New England Patriots

8:00 p.m. ET (NBC, Peacock)

  • Like their fellow Angelinos, the Bolts have to make a cross-country trek to face a theoretically superior team. (FWIW, their trip clocks out at 2,987 miles.)

Monday, January 12, 2026

Houston Texans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

8:15 p.m. ET (ABC, ESPN)

  • The hottest team in the league — the Texans have won nine wins in a row and 12 of their last 14 — look to do bad things to the AFC playoff team with the fewest wins (ten).
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about the author

Alan Goldsher has written about sports for Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Apple, Playboy, NFL.com, and NBA.com, and he’s the creator of the Chicago Sports Stuff Substack. He’s the bestselling author of 15 books, and the founder/CEO of Gold Note Records. Alan lives in Chicago, where he writes, makes music, and consumes and creates way too much Bears content.

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