Summary
This year's NFL play-offs are unique because well-known teams and players are not participating as expected. New England and Chicago have improved significantly and are now top contenders. Fourteen teams are competing, and plenty of young quarterbacks have the opportunity to make a name for themselves.
Key Facts
- Kansas City Chiefs, recent regular participants, are not in this year's play-offs.
- Philadelphia Eagles, last season's champions, are not as strong as before.
- 14 teams are in the play-offs, with 11 of them achieving at least 11 wins this season.
- Five teams made the play-offs despite losing at least 11 games the previous year.
- Top-seeded Denver and Seattle have a bye in the first round, called Wildcard Weekend.
- The Super Bowl will take place at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.
- Famous quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow will not play in these play-offs.
- Denver's Bo Nix and New England's Drake Maye are emerging as new potential stars.
