2008 NFL Playoffs First Round Schedule
June 9, 2008
The postseason it’s here and we are here to take a look at the 2008 NFL first round playoff schedule. There are some interesting matchups and some rematches of games played earlier in the year, so don’t plan on missing out on any of this NFL betting action even with the league’s top four teams taking the weekend to rest up. The games will be taking place on Saturday January 7th and Sunday January 8th and will decide who advances to the divisional round.
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The first game taking place will be on NBC with the 9-7 Washington Redskins heading to Seattle to take on the 10-6 Seahawks. The game will be played on Saturday at 4:30 EST. Washington played well down the stretch to lock up the Wild Card and sealed the deal with a 21-point win over the top seeded Dallas Cowboys in week 17. Seattle won the NFC West rather easily and are the three seed in the NFC.
The 8 EST game on Saturday will be aired on NBC as well. It’s the AFC-North champion Pittsburgh Steelers taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Even though Pitt stands at 10-6 and Jacksonville is 11-5, the Steelers get this game at home since they won the division and the Jags dominated the rest of the conference in winning the Wild Card. The Steelers have lost three of their final four games which left them as the four-seed and gave them this matchup against the Jags that everyone wanted to avoid.
Sunday at 1 PM EST airing on FOX will see the top Wild Card in the New York Giants heading down to Tampa Bay to take on the 9-7 Buccaneers. This is another game in which the home team has a worse record as the Giants finished 10-6, but were in the same division as the top seeded Cowboys. The Bucs surprised a lot of people this season, and are excellent on the defensive side so this should be a good one.
The last game of the weekend is Tennessee visiting San Diego. The Titans came in at the six seed with a 10-6 record while the Chargers were hot down the stretch in winning six straight to end up 11-5 and finish with the three seed. Tennessee squeaked in over the Browns by beating the Colts in their season finale 16-10 in Indianapolis. This game will take place at 4:30 PM EST.