Nine teams have earned playoff spots, with five playoff spots still up for grabs. Here's what the NFL playoff picture looks like heading into Week 18:
NFC playoff picture
Department leaders
1. 49 (12-4): Clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
2. Cowboys (11-5): Clinched a playoff berth, owning tiebreakers over both the Lions and Eagles.
3. Black (11-5): Clinched the NFC North.
4. Pirates (8-8): Despite losing to the Saints, the NFC South is the Bucs' team to take.
Wild cards
5. Eagles (11-5): Clinched a playoff berth.
6. Rams (9-7): Clinched a playoff berth.
7. Packing (8-8): It will be a wild card if they beat the Bears on Sunday. Owned the strength of a tiebreaker victory over the Seahawks and a conference record in a tiebreaker over the Saints.
Looking outside
8. Seahawks (8-8): The loss to the Steelers hurts, but a wild card berth is still in play.
9. Saints (8-8): Clinging to their playoff hopes.
10. Vikings (7-9): Not out of it, but need to win and get a lot of help.
11. Bears (7-9): He was mathematically eliminated.
12. Falcons (7-9): Still holding on to NFC South hopes.
13. Giants (5-11): He was mathematically eliminated.
14. Leaders (4-12): He was mathematically eliminated.
15. Cardinals (4-12): He was mathematically eliminated.
16. Panthers (2-14): He was mathematically cut out for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, which the Panthers traded to the Bears.
AFC playoff picture
Department leaders
1. Crows (13-3): Clinched the No. 1 seed in Asia.
2. Dolphins (11-5): Earned a playoff berth, and will win the AFC East if they beat the Bills next week.
3. Presidents (10-6): It clinched the AFC West, and is trapped in the No. 3 seed in AFC.
4. Jaguar (9-7): Own a head-to-head tiebreaker over the Colts and Texans in the AFC South.
Wild cards
5. Brown (11-5): He was locked into the No. 5 seed in the AFC.
6. Bills (10-6): They will win the AFC East if they beat the Dolphins next week.
7. Colts (9-7): A big confrontation is coming with Texas.
Looking outside
8. Texas (9-7): Big showdown coming up with the Colts.
9. Steelers (9-7): He could benefit from playing with a Ravens team that will rest its starters in Week 18.
10. Broncos (8-8): He was mathematically eliminated.
11. Bengals (8-8): He was mathematically eliminated.
12. Raiders (7-9): He was mathematically eliminated.
13. Airplanes (6-10): He was mathematically eliminated.
14. Titans (5-11): He was mathematically eliminated.
15. Chargers (5-11): He was mathematically eliminated.
16. Patriots (4-12): He was mathematically eliminated.
Week 18 Decisive scenarios
The Packers clinch a wild card with the win.
The Vikings clinch a wild card with a win, a Packers loss, a Saints loss, and a Seahawks loss.
The Cowboys clinch the NFC East Championship with a win or the Eagles lose.
Eagles clinch NFC East with a win and a Cowboys loss.
The Buccaneers clinched the NFC South with a win.
Saints-Falcons winner clinches NFC South with Buccaneers loss.
The winner of Dolphins-Bills clinch the AFC East title.
The Jaguars clinch the AFC South title with a win.
The Colts-Texans winner clinches a playoff berth, clinching the AFC South title with a loss to the Jaguars.
The Steelers clinch the wild card with a win and a Bills or Jaguars loss.
The full official playoff scenarios will be distributed by the NFL this week.
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