No, an NFL playoff game cannot end in a tie. In the preseason and regular season, games can end in ties. However, with the league needing a team to move on to the next round of the playoffs, there is no possibility of a tie in the postseason.

As the regular season of 2025 comes to an end, the NFL playoffs, the league's most grueling and merciless time, take center stage. The postseason rewa.

The NFL playoffs start Saturday as 14 teams look to make Super Bowl LX {60} next month in Santa Clara, California. NPR's A Martinez talks to Martenzie Johnson of ESPN and Andscape about what to watch.

The NFL postseason gets underway this Saturday with Wild Card weekend, featuring six matches across three days as 14 teams begin their pursuit of the Lombardi Trophy. For the first time in over a decade,

Star receiver Nico Collins explained why quarterback CJ Stroud is built for the playoffs as the Texans gear up for their playoff journey.

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What just happened? What does it mean? What are the pertinent factors (and, perhaps, tiebreakers) prominently in play as each conference's seven-team bracket begins to crystallize? All will be explained and analyzed up to the point when the postseason field is finalized Sunday,