Every 2010 NFL playoff game, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Green Bay Packers won the 2010 title from a regular season record of 10-6. 12 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every game below is taken from the nflverse open data project; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Card Round | Baltimore Ravens | 30-7 | Kansas City Chiefs | January 9, 2011 |
| Wild Card Round | Seattle Seahawks | 41-36 | New Orleans Saints | January 8, 2011 |
| Wild Card Round | New York Jets | 17-16 | Indianapolis Colts | January 8, 2011 |
| Wild Card Round | Green Bay Packers | 21-16 | Philadelphia Eagles | January 9, 2011 |
| Divisional Round | New York Jets | 28-21 | New England Patriots | January 16, 2011 |
| Divisional Round | Green Bay Packers | 48-21 | Atlanta Falcons | January 15, 2011 |
| Divisional Round | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-24 | Baltimore Ravens | January 15, 2011 |
| Divisional Round | Chicago Bears | 35-24 | Seattle Seahawks | January 16, 2011 |
| Conference Championship | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-19 | New York Jets | January 23, 2011 |
| Conference Championship | Green Bay Packers | 21-14 | Chicago Bears | January 23, 2011 |
| Super Bowl | Green Bay Packers | 31-25 | Pittsburgh Steelers | February 6, 2011 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.
The races that filled this bracket: AFC Wild Card NFC Wild Card