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NFL playoff picture: Complete AFC and NFC fields, matchups for wild-card games
The NFL playoff picture is complete. Here's how the AFC and NFC fields ended up after Week 18, with the wild-card round up next.
2025 NFL playoff picture, standings: Lions take NFC's top seed, Broncos get final AFC spot, Bucs win NFC South
NFL regular season concluded on Sunday, along with the playoff picture finally being clear. The Denver Broncos clinched a playoff berth with their win over the Kansas City Chiefs, eliminating the Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins from playoff contention.
NFL playoff picture: Week 18 finalized the AFC and NFC standings
On Saturday, the Baltimore Ravens clinched the three seed and in the process, forced the Pittsburgh Steelers into a wild card spot. The most intriguing part of the early afternoon window on Sunday is the NFC South,
NFL Playoff Picture 2025: Ravens Clinch AFC North; Updated Bracket, Standings
The Baltimore Ravens are champions of the AFC North for the second straight season. Having already secured a playoff berth, John Harbaugh's squad locked
NFL playoff scenarios for Week 18: What AFC and NFC teams need to do to clinch postseason spots?
And while the current NFL playoff picture is pretty clear in AFC (six of the seven teams have clinched spots) and the NFC (one spot is available), that means there are still squads that are very much alive heading into the final week of regular-season action.
NFL playoff bracket: Updated matchups for wild card round, playoff picture
The NFL's playoff picture will be set in stone by the end of the day on Sunday. Here's a look at how the NFL playoff bracket looks in Week 18.
NFL playoff picture: Clinching scenarios for AFC's Wild Card contenders
Here are the wild-card clinching scenarios for all three teams going into Week 18. If the Ravens beat (or tie) the Browns, Baltimore would clinch the AFC North. If the Steelers beat (or tie) the Bengals and the Ravens lose to the Browns, Pittsburgh would clinch the AFC North.
NFL playoff bracket: Chargers-Texans to open postseason while Lions get bye after winning NFC's No. 1 seed
The NFL playoffs are finally here. The league officially wrapped up its regular season on Sunday night with the Detroit Lions' commanding 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings. That gave the Lions the top seed and the bye in the NFC,
NFL playoff bracket explained: Seeding, potential divisional round games for AFC, NFC
The NFL playoff bracket has a wrinkle other tournaments don't have. How does that impact the NFC and AFC postseason divisional round games?
NFL underdog report: AFC wild-card matchups
This weekend, six NFL teams will fight to represent the AFC in Super Bowl LIX but only three will advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. Here’s how the underdogs move on.
2025 NFL playoff picture, bracket: Full Wild Card Weekend schedule for NFC and AFC after Lions destroy Vikings
Everything always gets crazy during the final week of the NFL regular season, and this year was no different. It lasted all ...
NFL playoff picture live updates: Playoff matchups set, wild-card schedule announced
Follow live updates from around the NFL today as the regular season comes to a close and the playoff matchups are set ...
AFC playoff picture: Bills clinch No. 2 seed; how Colts loss helps Dolphins, Bengals
The AFC has one playoff spot yet to be wrapped up. Here's how the NFL's Week 17 results are impacting if the Broncos, ...
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NFL playoff picture: AFC clinching scenarios for Week 18
The Ravens are among five teams with clinching scenarios in the AFC, with the Broncos, Bengals, and Dolphins vying for the ...