The National Football League playoffs for the 1987 season began on January 3, 1988. The postseason tournament concluded with the Washington Redskins defeating
compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Northwest
January, after which that season's playoffs tournament begins. It consists of 272 games, with each of the NFL's 32 teams playing 17 games during an 18-week
overall regular season records qualified for the playoffs. The NFL did not use a fixed-bracket playoff system. The three division winners were seeded 1–3
1987, the professional American footballteam now known as the Arizona Cardinals played in St. Louis, Missouri, as the St. Louis Cardinals. The team moved