Every 2018 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.
New England Patriots won the 2018 title from a regular season record of 11-5. 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 | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-15 | Chicago Bears | January 6, 2019 |
| Wild Card Round | Los Angeles Chargers | 23-17 | Baltimore Ravens | January 6, 2019 |
| Wild Card Round | Indianapolis Colts | 21-7 | Houston Texans | January 5, 2019 |
| Wild Card Round | Dallas Cowboys | 24-22 | Seattle Seahawks | January 5, 2019 |
| Divisional Round | Los Angeles Rams | 30-22 | Dallas Cowboys | January 12, 2019 |
| Divisional Round | New Orleans Saints | 20-14 | Philadelphia Eagles | January 13, 2019 |
| Divisional Round | Kansas City Chiefs | 31-13 | Indianapolis Colts | January 12, 2019 |
| Divisional Round | New England Patriots | 41-28 | Los Angeles Chargers | January 13, 2019 |
| Conference Championship | Los Angeles Rams | 26-23 | New Orleans Saints | January 20, 2019 |
| Conference Championship | New England Patriots | 37-31 | Kansas City Chiefs | January 20, 2019 |
| Super Bowl | New England Patriots | 13-3 | Los Angeles Rams | February 3, 2019 |
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