Teams are not selling out for PLAYOFF games...

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10. Update

Colts owner Jim Irsay announced Friday on Twitter that the final 1,200 tickets available for Saturday’s Kansas City vs. Indianapolis postseason contest had been purchased by Meijer, a supermarket chain, which planned to donate those tickets to military families. The Colts needed two extensions from the NFL to avoid the local (75-mile radius) TV blackout that comes as penalty for not selling out a game.

The Bengals, who host San Diego on Sunday afternoon, also appear to be nearing a sellout thanks to help from the business sector. Kroger, another multi-state supermarket chain, purchased “a large quantity of tickets” for the playoff game, also with the intent of providing those tickets to military families. Cincinnati originally had until 1 p.m. ET Thursday to lock in a sellout, then asked for an extension as well.

The last game of wild-card weekend, San Francisco at Green Bay, is also within striking distance of a sellout — despite wind-chill temperatures expected to dip near minus-30 around kickoff late Sunday afternoon. The Packers announced Thursday that 3,000 tickets were left for that contest, then dropped that estimated number down to about 1,000 on Friday...

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