The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are an annual single-elimination tournament that determines the league champion, culminating in the Super Bowl—and it stands as the only major U.S. pro sports league to use single-elimination in every round. Since the 2020 season, seven teams from each of the two conferences (the AFC and NFC) qualify, consisting of four division winners and three wild-card teams, with the top seed earning a first-round bye. The four-round tournament progresses through the wild-card round, divisional round, conference championships, and finally the Super Bowl, which is played at a predetermined site. Historically, the playoffs began with just a single NFL Championship Game in 1933, expanding to four teams in 1967, eight in 1970, and reaching the current 14-team field in 2020 (with a temporary 16-team format in 1982 due to a players' strike). A unique scheduling rule exists because the New York Giants and New York Jets share MetLife Stadium, forcing them to play on different days if both host games on the same weekend.