What channel are the saturday nfl games on

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The 2021 NFL regular season has officially drawn to a close and all eyes now turn to Super Wild Card Weekend. 

With all but two of the 14 playoff-eligible teams competing next weekend, football fans will have no shortage of entertainment to kick off the postseason. The wild cards, or non-division champions, will face off against division champions, with the No. 1 seed from each conference earning the lone bye.

Here is what you need to know ahead of Super Wild Card Weekend.

What is NFL Super Wild Card Weekend?

For the second straight year, each conference will have seven representatives in the NFL playoffs with the expansion of the wild card slots from two to three. There are six win-or-go-home NFL games scheduled from Jan. 15-17 as the playoff picture will drop from 14 to eight teams.

Prior to 2020, six teams advanced to the playoffs with the division champions filling the top-four spots in each conference. The remaining two spots from each conference went to the next-best teams who didn’t win their division, or wild cards. The top-two seeds each earned a bye. 

Ahead of the 2020 regular season, the NFL announced the addition of a third wild card team per conference, ending the second-seed bye.

What are the NFL playoff seedings?

Each conference has seven teams competing in the NFL playoffs. The seedings are below. 

NFC:

AFC:

1. Tennessee Titans (12-5)
2. Kansas City Chiefs (12-5)
3. Buffalo Bills (11-6)
4. Cincinnati Bengals (10-7)
5. Las Vegas Raiders* (10-7)
6. New England Patriots*(10-7)
7. Pittsburgh Steelers* (9-7-1)

* = Wild card

 What's the NFL playoff bracket?

Here's a look at the wild card matchups and full playoff bracket:

What's the NFL Super Wild Card Weekend TV schedule?

Super Wild Card Weekend runs from Saturday, Jan. 15 to Monday, Jan. 17. This postseason will feature the first-ever Monday night playoff game in NFL history. TV and streaming information for all Super Wild Card Weekend matchups are listed below.

Saturday, Jan. 15

No. 4 Cincinnati Bengals 26, No. 5 Las Vegas Raiders 19

No. 3 Buffalo Bills 47, No. 6 New England Patriots 17

Sunday, Jan. 16

No. 7 Philadelphia Eagles vs. No. 2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. ET, Fox (Stream)

No. 6 San Francisco 49ers vs. No. 3 Dallas Cowboys, 4:30 p.m. ET, CBS (Stream)

No. 7 Pittsburgh Steelers vs. No. 2 Kansas City Chiefs, 8:15 p.m. ET, NBC (Stream)

Monday, Jan. 17

No. 5 Arizona Cardinals vs. No. 4 Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC (Stream)

What channel are NFL playoff games on?

NBC, CBS, Fox and ESPN will air games on Super Wild Card Weekend. CBS and FOX will be covering the AFC and NFC Championship Games, respectively. Super Bowl LVI will be streamed exclusively on NBC.

If you felt like three days of NFL football a week wasn't enough, then you are going to absolutely love Week 15 of the 2021 NFL season.

With bye weeks over and a 16-game slate back again, the NFL is beginning its annual, late-year Saturday football games. The league no longer has to compete with the college football regular season, so it will take this opportunity to broadcast a couple of solid games to wider audiences and lighten the load of the Sunday slate.

There is only one Saturday game after the NFL's wave of postponements due to COVID-19, but it features two AFC teams fighting for playoff position.

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The Patriots (9-4) will head to Indianapolis for a meeting with the Colts (7-6). The Patriots ended Week 14 as the No. 1 seed in the AFC, but they will need to keep pace with the Chiefs down the stretch to keep it. As for Indy, they need a win as they look to emerge as one of the top Wild Card contenders, or as a potential challenger to the Titans for the AFC South title. Browns vs. Raiders, orginally scheduled to kick off Saturday afternoon, will be played Monday instead.

Here's what you need to know about Week 15's Saturday NFL game, including a full schedule, TV channels and more for the two Week 15 battles. 

What NFL games are on today?

Below is the full schedule for the NFL Saturday slate in Week 15.

MORE: Why was Browns vs. Raiders postponed?

What time is Saturday NFL game on?

Here's how to watch each of the Saturday NFL game in Week 15.

Patriots vs. Colts

• Kickoff: 8:15 p.m. ET
• TV channel (national): NFL Network
• Live stream: fuboTV

The Patriots will look to earn their 10th win in Week 15 as they try to separate themselves from the pack in the AFC and take a bigger lead on the Bills in the AFC race. They are traveling to Indianapolis to take on the Colts, who will test the Patriots' below-average run defense with Jonathan Taylor, the NFL's leading rusher.

The Colts (7-6) are fighting for a playoff spot so their running game and defense will come ready to play in this one. Whether they can win will depend on how much they can get out of Carson Wentz in a tough matchup. Both teams are coming off bye weeks so they will be fresh and well-rested.

Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen will serve as the play-by-play announcer and color commentator in this game. Pam Oliver and Kristina Pink will be on the broadcast as well, and each will be a sideline reporter.

In Canada, the Patriots-Colts can be watched on CTV2, TSN1/5, and RDS, as well as streamed on DAZN, which offers every NFL game.

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NFL live stream for Saturday NFL games

Streamers will be able to view both of the Saturday football for free with a cable subscription by using either the NFL App or the Yahoo! Sports App. You must enter cable/satellite subscription credentials to access it.

Meanwhile, cord-cutters will have plenty of options to watch each game. They are as follows.

NFL schedule Week 15

Thursday, Dec. 16

Saturday, Dec. 18

Sunday, Dec. 19

Monday, Dec. 20

Tuesday, Dec. 21