The NFL playoffs are just about set. There are still seeds to be determined, including the No. 1 seed in the NFC, which will go to the winner of the Week 18 contest between the Lions and Minnesota Vikings in Detroit.
The AFC North and NFC South remain up for grabs, as does the seventh and final playoff spot in the AFC. But Week 17 cleared things up somewhat. Atlanta's Sunday night loss to the Washington Commanders put the latter in the postseason and put the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the driver's seat in the NFC South.
The Seattle Seahawks downed the Chicago Bears in a hideous Thursday night affair, but a win by the Los Angeles Rams and myriad tiebreaks handed the NFC West to the Rams. The Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins are still alive in the AFC, but they need help to get in—help that includes the Denver Broncos losing again to a Kansas City Chiefs team that locked up the AFC's No. 1 seed.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, the league tomato cans are vying for the first overall pick in the 2025 draft. But some aren't doing it right—wins by the New York Giants, Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Raiders have put the New England Patriots in control of who gets first dibs on their choice of rookies come April. With two sets of teams jockeying for two different things, the NFL's pecking order got the snowglobe treatment again in Week 17.
And as the flakes settle to the bottom, Bleacher Report NFL Analysts Gary Davenport , Kristopher Knox , Maurice Moton and Brent So.
