Predict when Pats will play wild-card weekend
 

I am going with Saturday night.

Hope sat afternoon, travelling on Sunday.

I am hoping for Sunday (I wish we would find out soon.) I am hoping to make plans for a Saturday trip to NYC. I can't go to NYC if the game is on Saturday.

I'd love a Saturday night primetime game, but something tells me that would most likely go to a Bengals/Steelers possible matchup.

My guess that the Giants will play the prime time game. I say the Pats go Saturday afternoon which will be fine with me.

The least desirable time. It's the least interesting nationally of all the potential wild card games (not to us, of course).

I think I saw an ABC promo during MNF talking about how they would carry both AFC games on Saturday the 7th.

I'm fairly sure that the Pats will either have to play the Saturday or Sunday 4 PM slot. Last year's wild-card weekend was an NFC game at 4 on Saturday (Seahawks/Rams), an AFC game at 8 (Jets/Chargers), an AFC Game at 1 Sunday (Broncos/Colts) and an NFC Game at 4 (Packers/Vikings), and these alternate yearly. So this year's wild card weekend will be AFC-NFC-NFC-AFC, the divisional round will be NFC-AFC-AFC-NFC (opposite of last year), and the conf. championships will be AFC-NFC

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/785806#matchups

NFC Playoff Matchups (if season ended today)

WILD-CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 7: No. 5 Panthers at No. 4 Giants
Sunday, January 8: No. 6 Redskins at No. 3 Bucs

DIVISIONAL ROUND
Saturday, January 14: TBD at No. 2 Bears
Sunday, January 15: TBD at No. 1 Seahawks

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sunday, Jan. 22: TBD

AFC Playoff Matchups (if season ended today)

WILD-CARD WEEKEND
Saturday, January 7: No. 5 Jaguars at No. 4 Patriots
Sunday, January 8: No. 6 Steelers at No. 3 Bengals

DIVISIONAL ROUND
Saturday, January 14: TBD at No. 2 Broncos
Sunday, January 15: TBD at No. 1 Colts

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sunday, Jan. 22: TBD

SUPER BOWL XL
Sunday, Feb. 5: Ford Field, Detroit, MI

If the Pats make it to the AFC title game I dodged a bullet. I'm at a wedding on the 21st! Man that would have sucked..