Only two (2) total teams can earn a first-round bye week in the NFL playoffs: the No. 1-seeded team in the AFC, and the No. 1-seeded team in the NFC. Those seeds go to the teams with the best ...

When the final whistle blows on the Lions' Week 18 matchup with the Vikings, there will only be 13 games left in the NFL season. Every snap will count. Legacies are defined in the playoffs.

The 2024 NFL regular season is in the books. Now, 14 teams will look to hoist the Lombardi Trophy in New Orleans as Super Bowl LIX champions. On Sunday, the… ...

No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6, and No. 4 vs. No. 5. Yes, the NFL reseeds in the playoffs. That means the top seed in each conference will draw the lowest-seeded team to advance beyond the opening round ...

albeit at the expense of the 1-seed. Cons: There would be two fewer playoff games. The NFL would lose the $140 million in television rights fees it receives on a yearly basis from those deals ...

But, like many years in the past, the league will again review its playoff seeding format this offseason, sources tell CBS Sports. NFL team owners have long preferred the current format ...

In this article, we are going to look at all of the playoff-clinching and seeding scenarios for Week 18 of the NFL season. Kansas City Chiefs (15-1): Clinched AFC West and No. 1 seed/first-round ...