Format, how 14 teams qualify, seeding, matchups, bye weeks, and path to Super Bowl. Breakdown for 2025-26 season.

Each conference will have seven playoff teams: four division winners (No. 1 through No. 4) and three at-large teams, called wild cards (No. 5 through No. 7). The division winners are ranked by best record to worst and will each host at least one playoff game.

The Patriots were on the bye in Week 14 and have a massive contest against the Buffalo at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. While that game won't flip the standings in the AFC East in the event that New England loses, a win would lock it up for Mike Vrabel's club .

Bears RB D'Andre Swift is earning national respect as Chicago inches closer to the 2025 playoffs. It seems like an awfully long time ago that Chicago Bears fans were clamoring for general manager Ryan Poles to upgrade the team's running back depth chart during the 2025 NFL offseason.

Yes, the Jaguars are absolutely, 100% for real. Alternatively they might be one of the most fraudulent teams in the NFL, destined to get obliterated in the playoffs.