Following their blowout win over the Miami Dolphins, the Patriots locked into the AFC’s No. 2 seed and will take on the Los Angeles Chargers on primetime in the wild-card round. The NFL announced that the Patriots and Chargers will occupy the 8 p.m. slot on Sunday, Jan. 11. Their game will air on NBC and Peacock.

The wild card game will mark New England’s first home playoff contest since the 2019 season, when the team went one-and-done against a Tennessee Titans squad coached by Mike Vrabel. Since then, it only returned to the postseason once, a 47-17 beatdown at the hands of the Buffalo Bills to end the 2021 campaign.

After the Patriots beat the Dolphins on Sunday, New England is set to host the Chargers in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs.

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