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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?

CBSSports.com · 10h

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 the way until the final game of Week 18 to determine what the 2025 NFL playoff picture would look like with Wild Card Weekend ahead.

USA Today · 1d

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.

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USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 14m

Which NFL playoff team is biggest Super Bowl threat? Ranking all 14 based on title chances

The NFL playoff field is set, but not all 14 teams look like legitimate Super Bowl threats. We ranked each based on their shot at winning a title.

Yahoo! Sports · 1h

Will Lions win Super Bowl 2025? Predictions for every NFL playoff game

Detroit Lions must win 3 games in NFL playoffs 2025 to win the franchise's first-ever Super Bowl. Here are our game picks through the entire bracket.

Sporting News on MSN · 6h

NFL playoff power rankings: Where Detroit Lions rank among all 14 teams

With their victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night, the Detroit Lions notched a 15-2 record for the 2024 regular season and now turn their attention to the playoffs. Here's where experts place the Lions in their NFL power rankings of all 14 playoff teams.

NFL Refs Accused Of 'Rigging' Sun. Night Football Game

USA Today · 1d

NFL Sunday schedule: TV channels, how to watch NFL Week 18 games on television today

There are 14 games on the NFL Week 18 schedule today, with some of them impacting the NFL playoff picture. Here's what you need to know about how to watch the NFL Week 18 games on Sunday, including times,

CNN on MSN · 1d

2024 NFL Week 18: Sunday’s standout games and what to look out for

It is the final week of the 2024 NFL regular season and there is still plenty to play for with some playoff spots up for grabs, including the NFC’s No. 1 seed.

The Spun on MSN · 20h

NFL Refs Accused Of 'Rigging' Sunday Night Football Game

The Detroit Lions are taking on the Minnesota Vikings in a pivotal Week 18 game on Sunday Night Football. The winner wins the NFC North and gets the No. 1 overall seed in the conference. The loser has to play in Wild Card Weekend as the No.

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NFL playoff field set after Lions rout Vikings to earn NFC's top seed; Patriots fire Jerod Mayo

THE DETROIT LIONS ... No team is more intense, and, conversely, no team needs a break more. The Lions claimed the NFC's No. 1 ...

Odds to Win the NFC Ahead of the NFL Playoffs (NFC Playoffs are Wide Open)

The Detroit Lions took down the Minnesota Vikings in the final game of the 2024 NFL regular season, earning themselves the right to the No. 1 seed and the perks ...

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Lions celebrate franchise milestones, rest up for NFC playoffs

The Detroit Lions and their ear-ringing fans celebrated a feat that the franchise pulled off for the first time.

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2025 NFL draft: Bucs priority of their first-round pick identified

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 10 games in 2024 and secured their fourth straight division title in the process. They are now ...

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Detroit Lions' Amon-Ra St. Brown Makes NFL History In Win Over Minnesota Vikings

The Detroit Lions, propelled by an explosive second-half showing, throttled the Minnesota Vikings 31-9 to clinch the NFC North division crown, the No. 1 seed in ...