post-season game

Only cities with an NFL team are considered for the Super Bowl, the only post-season game played at a neutral venue, so it would also take a UK team earning home-field advantage for a play-off game to be played in London.

Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who previously played second-fiddle to Tom Brady in New England, will play in a post-season game for the first time, along with fellow playoffs newcomer George Kittle, the league’s strongest-performing tight end.

Charlie Yoon: I can’t stomach another agonizing season of watching Dave Roberts’ post-season game management.

A new single elimination playoff format also means the top-seeded teams could have home advantage throughout while lower seeds would need to win every post-season game on the road.

Only five players in Seahawks history have thrown a touchdown pass in a post-season game — Russell Wilson, Jim Zorn, Dave Kreig, Matt Hasselbeck, and, well, Jon Ryan.