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NFL playoffs: The easiest path to get to New Orleans and win Super Bowl LIX for each NFC team
Here's who NFC teams want to see—and don't want to see—for their best chance at lifting the Lombardi Trophy next month.
NFL playoff predictions: Experts pick who will win AFC, NFC championship, Super Bowl 59
The NFL playoffs kick off this weekend and we asked USA TODAY Sports' staff for their top picks to win the AFC, NFC and Super Bowl 59.
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 2025 Playoffs: Schedule, how byes and seeding works and road to Super Bowl 59
The NFL playoffs begin this weekend, and the Kansas City Chiefs are aiming for a historic three-peat. But who will be playing this weekend, and how does the schedule work?
NFL playoff power rankings: Ranking all 14 postseason teams based on Super Bowl odds
Super Bowl odds are out for all 14 NFL playoff teams. Here's a full power ranking for all postseason squads using their Super Bowl odds.
Why each NFC playoff team will win the Super Bowl, and why they won’t
The Detroit Lions are the team to beat in the NFC, but this conference's wild-card teams put up more fight than their AFC counterparts.
Why all 14 NFL playoff teams can win Super Bowl 59 (even you, Texans)
NFL regular season has arrived at its final destination. For the majority of the league's teams, that meant collap
Who will win Super Bowl 59? Odds to win, and Super Bowl MVP as NFL playoffs begin
The NFL playoffs have officially arrived. Here are the betting odds for all 14 teams to win the big game, plus the favorites to win Super Bowl 59 MVP.
NFL Playoff Predictions: MMQB Staff Picks for Super Bowl LIX
Which teams are in line to play for it all? Our writers and editors fill out their brackets and pick a champion, a final score and an MVP for the big game.
Top 5 Non-Playoff NFL Teams Who Could Make it in 2025
After sticking behind Kirk Cousins for most of the season, Michael Penix Jr. took the starting spot and made a show of it. In ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Crimson Tide Players Land All-Pro Honors: Bama In NFL, Wild-Card Playoff Tracker
Although there were two unanimous selections (Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson), Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain ...
NFC playoff bracket 2025, standings, full NFL schedule for wild-card weekend
What's the playoff schedule for the Packers? Here's a look at the full NFC playoff bracket and wild card games.
2025 NFL Wild Card playoff predictions: Our expert picks for first round of AFC, NFC games
The NFL playoffs have arrived with Super Wild Card weekend upon us beginning Saturday. Here are our staff picks for every ...
NFL Playoff Picture, Week 18: Lions Secure NFC's Top Seed, Bucs Win NFC South
Detroit dominated Minnesota to win the NFC North and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, and Tampa Bay clinched ...
NFL playoff picture: NFC clinching scenarios for Week 18
Detroit (14-2) will host Minnesota (14-2) at Ford Field for a winner-take-all battle that’ll see the winner land the No. 1 ...
Rivals Steelers, Ravens Meet Again When NFL Playoffs Begin Saturday
NFC North 1-2 finishers Baltimore and Pittsburgh Steelers meet for third time in nine weeks in a wild card game Saturday, one ...