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 next.

6. Los Angeles Chargers (10-6, 2nd in AFC West) The Chargers left no doubt in Week 17 as they throttled the Patriots, 40-7, to secure their spot in the AFC playoff picture. Jim Harbaugh is now ...

The playoff picture is almost set. Here’s how the NFL playoff picture ... Kansas City Chiefs (15-2): Clinched the No. 1 seed, first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. 2.

1. Kansas City Chiefs (clinched a playoff spot and the No. 1 seed in the AFC) 2. Buffalo Bills (clinched No. 2 seed) 3. Baltimore Ravens (clinched No. 3 seed) 4. Houston Texans (clinched No. 4 seed) ...

Despite back-to-back losses, the Pittsburgh Steelers continue to hold only the slimmest of leads in the AFC North. With just two games left to play and a playoff spot already clinched, it is all ...

One of the longest conference championship droughts in football has been broken. The Washington Commanders are set to compete in the NFC Championship Game ...

The Houston Texans are locked into the No. 4 seed in the AFC Playoffs regardless of Sunday's outcome against the Tennessee Titans. Their opponent? It rests in the hands of Justin Herbert.

Cincinnati Bengals path to the playoffs just got much tougher With two weeks remaining in the season, Cincinnati has a chance to get back to the AFC postseason. The Bengals are 7-8 on the campaign ...

Every week for the duration of the 2024 NFL regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the league's ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting after Sunday afternoon ...

AFC's No. 5 seed hangs in balance One of the few remaining facets yet determined in the playoff picture is the fifth seed of the AFC's side of the playoff picture. It would seem to be desirable as ...

With 272 regular-season games now in the books, the NFL playoff picture is complete. Week 18 wound down with the Detroit Lions vanquishing the Minnesota Vikings 31-9 on "Sunday Night Football ...