<span style=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;">NFL WILD CARD SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED</span>
- Commissioner ROGER GOODELL announced today the schedule of sites, dates and times for the National Football League Wild Card games of January 9-10 (all times Eastern):
NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 9
AFC: 4:30 PM (ET) New York Jets (9-7) at Cincinnati (10-6) (NBC-TV)
NFC: 8:00 PM (ET) Philadelphia (11-5) at Dallas (11-5) (NBC-TV)
Sunday, January 10
AFC: 1:00 PM (ET) Baltimore (9-7) at New England (10-6) (CBS-TV)
NFC: 4:40 PM (ET) Green Bay (11-5) at Arizona (10-6) (FOX-TV)
The NFL Divisional Playoffs will be played on Saturday and Sunday, January 16-17 (CBS-TV, FOX-TV).
The AFC (CBS, 3:00 PM ET) and NFC (FOX, 6:40 PM ET) Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 24.
The 2010 Pro Bowl (ESPN, 7:20 PM ET) will be played on Sunday, January 31 at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida, one week before Super Bowl XLIV takes place on the same field on Sunday, February 7 (CBS, 6:25 PM ET).
Once teams are ranked for the playoffs, positions do not change:
| AFC | NFC | ||||
| 1. Indianapolis | AFC South champ | 1. New Orleans | NFC South champ | ||
| 2. San Diego | AFC West champ | 2. Minnesota | NFC North champ | ||
| 3. New England | AFC East champ | 3. Dallas | NFC East champ | ||
| 4. Cincinnati | AFC North champ | 4. Arizona | NFC West champ | ||
| 5. New York Jets | Wildcard | 5. Green Bay | Wildcard | ||
| 6. Baltimore | Wildcard | 6. Philadelphia | Wildcard |
