The Bucs will be facing the Washington Commanders in the opening round of the playoffs. What other matchups have formed?

Needing a win and a loss from Tampa Bay to secure the NFC South title, the Atlanta Falcons dropped their Week 18 matchup with the Carolina Panthers, ending their season. While the Bucs did win and eliminated the Falcons anyway, an overtime loss ended an up-and-down year for Atlanta.

The Denver Broncos extinguished the Cincinnati Bengals' playoff hopes, and claimed the AFC's No. 7 seed in the NFL playoffs.

Instead of kneeling, the Bucs throw to Mike Evans to get him over 1,000 yards, giving him a $3 million bonus and his 11th straight 1,000-yard season, tying Jerry Rice's record. The whole team celebrating for him is awesome. https://t.co/vqIITAfS1K

Mike Evans matching Jerry Rice's all-time record by completing his 11th consecutive 1,000-yard season on Sunday was meaningful, not just to his Tampa

Sunday schedule features playoff implications throughout. How will the games play out? Our contributors are here to pick the winners.

Week 18 is a different animal. Though a few games feature two teams at full strength with their eyes on the playoffs, there are many more that lack stakes and offer more questions than answers. But these games have point spreads and that makes everything that much more compelling.