 | As a compromise, the current naming convention for all articles on the NFL playoffs after the 1970 AFL-NFL merger take the form of XXXX–YY NFL playoffs. In the 1970s and early 1980s, most of the playoff games were in December. Today, they are mostly held in January. As a result, a number of fans and media, for example, still consider the playoffs leading to Super Bowl XLIX (to determine the champion of the 2014 NFL season) as the 2014 playoffs, while others may call it the 2015 playoffs (because they are held in January-February 2015). |
