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Updated at 6:26 p.m., Sunday, December 30, 2007

NFL: Redskins at Seattle in first playoff game Saturday

Associated Press

The Washington Redskins will play the Seattle Seahawks at 4:30 p.m. EST next Saturday afternoon in an NFC wild-card game that will open the NFL playoffs.

That will be followed by Jacksonville at Pittsburgh at 8 p.m. Saturday night in an AFC game.

The New York Giants will play Tampa Bay at 1 p.m. EST Sunday, followed by Tennessee at San Diego at 4:30 p.m.

The second round will start at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 at Green Bay (13-3), with unbeaten New England at home at 8 p.m.

Indianapolis (13-3) will be home for the first game Sunday, at 1 p.m. That will be followed by a 4:30 p.m. game Sunday, with Dallas (13-3) as the host.

Washington (9-7) wrapped up the final NFC playoff spot Sunday by beating Dallas 27-6. The Redskins will meet Seattle (10-6) the champion of the West, with both teams having a short week because they played on Sunday.

The Giants (10-6) are the fifth-seeded team and the Bucs (9-7) are the fourth-seeded team as the South champions. The Giants played on Saturday night and will have a seven-day layoff, an extra day of rest.

Jacksonville (11-5) is the fifth seed in the AFC and Pittsburgh (10-6) is the North champion.

San Diego (11-5) is the West champion and has the third seed. The Titans would earn the sixth seed if they beat Indianapolis on Sunday night.

The Titans became the last AFC wild-card team by beating Indianapolis, which played mostly with backups, in the final regular-season game Sunday night.

In the second round, Green Bay can play any of the other first-round NFC teams except Washington. Dallas can play any except Seattle.

In the AFC, the Patriots can play anyone but San Diego, and the Colts anyone but the Titans.