NFL Playoff: Post-Season Dates and Latest Wild-Card Scenarios for 2014 [VIDEO & REPORT]

By Jobs & Hire Staff Reporter | Dec 30, 2013 10:54 AM EST

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NFL's Week 17 was full of wild action that cemented the fate of teams hoping to get into the playoffs, according to the Bleacher Report.

Although the NFC action was the most chaotic from top to bottom, AFC had the most insane matchups throughout most of the day. The Pittsburgh Steelers made an improbable, but remote run against teams they needed to lose, the Bleacher Report said.

Below are the upcoming dates of matches which include the Wild Card Weekend en route to the Superbowl.

                                                Post-Season Dates

                                                AFC Wild-Card Picture

In the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs have entered Week 17 with a sureshot No.5 feed. According to analysts, the Chief's seed was the catalyst that allowed the San Diego Chargers to land the sixth seed.

To make it to the playoffs, the Chargers needed a win over the Chief's backups including losses by the Miami Dolphins and the Baltimore Ravens.

However, the Chargers, led by Philip Rivers went into the afternoon game and held their part of the bargain. Rivers charged and threw for 229 yards and three scores to give the Chargers a 27-24 win.

However, the Miami Dolphins lost to the New York Jets with a final score of 20-7, while the defending champions were defeated in Cincinnati by a Bengals blowout of 34-17.

The results mean that the Chargers will take a trip across the country, which is never simple, and will face-off against the Bengals, a team that won 8-0 this year at Paul Brown Stadium.

On the other side of the AFC wild-card matches, the Chiefs will take on the Colts in Indianapolis. The Colts will not take the No. 2 seed even if it wins against the Chiefs because of head-to-head win percentage.

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