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The 2025 NFL playoff bracket will be finalized in Week 18. Here's a look at the division winners and wild cards as the playoff picture takes shape.
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NFL predictions: Each NFC team's best road to Super Bowl and the Lombardi Trophy, according to model
The SportsLine Inside the Lines team and Projection Model have crunched the numbers and identified the best and worst matchups for every NFC team, from Seattle to Carolina
There were numerous headlines throughout the regular season. The NFC North was the only division that saw each team win at least eight games. Other than the NFC West, it’s hard to argue that the NFC North wasn’t the most competitive NFL division.
The NFL Playoff Bracket is set, with 13 of 14 teams determined and all but one of the first-round match-ups determined.
The NFL playoff bracket has a wrinkle other tournaments don't have. How does that impact the NFC and AFC postseason divisional round games this week?
With one week left in the season, 12 of 14 playoff teams are set, but there's still plenty of seeding to be determined.
Athlon Sports created the Red Zone Plus/Minus as an exclusive metric that combines NFL teams' efficiency in the red zone on both offense and defense. With the 2025 NFL regular season in the books, the final red zone plus/minus rankings paint a fairly accurate picture of where teams fell in the standings.
After an up-and-down season, the Philadelphia Eagles (11-6) are again NFC East champions and are the only team in the division that finished above .500. The Cowboys (7-9-1), Washington Commanders, and New York Giants (4-13) will all now begin their offseason as they look to retool for 2026.
Here's the San Francisco 49ers' injury list going into the wild-card playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles.