The Cardinals are already locked into a playoff spot, and they are still alive in the NFC West title race. 4 seed, which could come with a rematch against Arizona if the Cardinals do not win the NFC West next week. The Cowboys already have the NFC East title wrapped up, and it looks like they are set for the No. The Dallas Cowboys failed to keep pace with the Rams and Bucs, as they fell at home to the Arizona Cardinals. Head coach Bruce Arians confirmed after the game that Brown is "no longer a Buc." Brown took off his jersey and exited the field during the third quarter. Tampa Bay lost wide receiver Antonio Brown during the victory. The Rams went into M&T Bank Stadium to beat the Baltimore Ravens, while the Bucs used a second-half comeback to knock off the New York Jets. The Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers remained in second and third place, respectively, with their wins on Sunday afternoon. Green Bay earned the only first-round bye in the NFC and it has two weeks to get healthy ahead of a Super Bowl push that runs through Lambeau Field. 1 seed in the NFC with their Sunday night win over the Minnesota Vikings. Pittsburgh needs two wins and a lot of help to get into the playoffs.īaltimore is still alive as well in the wild-card hunt, but like Pittsburgh, it needs a Week 18 victory combined with a lot of help elsewhere to sneak into the seven-team field. The Browns can play spoiler on Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Los Angeles' victory eliminated the Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns and Broncos from playoff contention. Indianapolis possesses a better conference record than the Chargers, which is why it leapfrogged the AFC West squads into the No. Las Vegas can change that math with a victory over Los Angeles in Week 18. The Chargers own a head-to-head win over the Raiders. The divisional tiebreakers come into play first in three-way ties. 8 after the Los Angeles Chargers defeated the Denver Broncos. The Indianapolis Colts finished Sunday in sixth place despite losing to the Las Vegas Raiders. The rest of the wild-card contenders will be playing for two spots in Week 18. New England is the only team in an AFC wild-card position that has clinched a playoff spot. Buffalo plays the New York Jets at home, while the Patriots visit the Miami Dolphins. The Bills hold the first tiebreaker of division record over the Patriots. The Bengals will fight for seeding against the Cleveland Browns in Week 18.īuffalo is tied with the New England Patriots at 10-6. 1 seed.Ĭincinnati also owns a conference-record tiebreaker over the Buffalo Bills. A Texans win over the Titans combined with a Chiefs victory over the Broncos would put Andy Reid's team into the No. 2 seed if they beat the Denver Broncos next week. The Chiefs can finish no lower than the No. The Titans own a better record in AFC play over the Chief, and they can lock up home-field advantage with a victory over the Houston Texans in Week 18. The Titans moved into the top spot in the AFC through their win over the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs' loss in Cincinnati. The Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens are still alive as well. The Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders won Sunday to put themselves into great position ahead of their Week 18 matchup. The Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots are both still alive in the AFC East title race.įive franchises are still in contention for the final two playoff spots in the AFC. Tennessee, Kansas City and Cincinnati will go into Week 18 as division champions. The Tennessee Titans took over that position through a better conference record. McPherson's kick clinched the AFC North for the Bengals, and it moved the Chiefs out of the No. The Cincinnati Bengals flipped the AFC playoff picture around with an unusual end-of-game sequence that resulted in a game-winning field goal.Ĭincinnati ran nine plays inside the Kansas City Chiefs' 10-yard-line in the final two-and-a-half minutes before Evan McPherson knocked in the division-clinching 20-yard field goal. The New Orleans Saints are the only other franchise that can earn a berth out of the NFC. The San Francisco 49ers come into Week 18 in need of a victory to fill the final NFC playoff spot. 1 seed for the NFC North winner and secured a postseason spot for the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Green Bay Packers' win over the Minnesota Vikings clinched the No. The NFC filled its sixth playoff spot at the end of Sunday's Week 17 schedule.
Eleven of the 14 NFL postseason berths have been handed out.