2025 NFL season Week 18: everything that can happen

It is different consequential last week successful the NFL, with teams playing for their playoff lives, seeding and draught positioning. 

Here's a breakdown of everything that volition beryllium determined. 

The AFC North

The biggest crippled of the play features the arch-rival Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens battling for the AFC North rubric and the last disposable playoff spot successful the league. The pseudo-playoff matchup volition instrumentality spot successful Pittsburgh connected Sunday Night Football. Ravens prima backmost Lamar Jackson volition instrumentality to his squad from wounded for the game, portion Steelers seasoned Aaron Rodgers volition beryllium playing for what could beryllium his last changeable astatine the postseason. 

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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf (4) catches a walk against Baltimore Ravens cornerback Nate Wiggins (2) during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, successful Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

The NFC South

The NFC South champion volition beryllium either the Tampa Bay Buccaneers oregon Carolina Panthers, but neither squad has immoderate accidental successful last standings astatine this point. The part victor volition beryllium determined by a conflict betwixt 2 eliminated rivals erstwhile the Atlanta Falcons instrumentality connected the New Orleans Saints. A Saints triumph volition clinch the part for Tampa Bay by virtuousness of a tiebreaker scenario. The Panthers volition request the Falcons to triumph to assertion the division. 

The AFC South 

The Jaguars tin clinch the AFC South with a triumph implicit the Titans, but the Houston Texans would person a changeable astatine the part rubric if the Titans tin upset Jacksonville and Houston takes attraction of concern against the Indianapolis Colts. 

Top effect successful the AFC

The Denver Broncos person the wrong way to claiming the apical effect successful the AFC and tin clinch it with a triumph implicit the part rival Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers, meanwhile, are playing for a higher chaotic paper seed. If the Broncos lose, the New England Patriots tin assertion the apical effect with a triumph implicit the eliminated Miami Dolphins. If some the Patriots and Broncos lose, the Jaguars tin swoop successful and instrumentality the apical effect with a triumph implicit Houston. 

New England Patriots backmost Drake Maye (10) runs to the extremity portion to people against the Buffalo Bills during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.  (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The little seeds successful the AFC

The Jacksonville Jaguars tin leap up to the 2nd effect successful the AFC with a triumph implicit the Tennessee Titans oregon a nonaccomplishment by either the Broncos oregon Patriots. The victor of the Ravens-Steelers matchup is locked into the 4th seed. However, the Texans (or Jaguars), Bills, and Chargers are each playing for their seeding successful the chaotic paper picture, with aggregate scenarios determining the fifth, sixth and seventh seeds. 

The little seeds successful the NFC

The Seattle Seahawks locked up the apical effect successful the NFC with a triumph implicit the San Francisco 49ers connected Saturday, and the victor of the NFC South is locked into the 4th seed. 

The Chicago Bears tin clinch the 2nd effect with a triumph implicit the eliminated Detroit Lions, but a Bears nonaccomplishment would springiness the Philadelphia Eagles a accidental to clinch the 2nd effect with a triumph implicit the also-eliminated Washington Commanders. 

Members of the Chicago Bears observe aft an interception against the Philadelphia Eagles with teammates during the 3rd 4th of a crippled astatine Lincoln Financial Field.  (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

The LA Rams' crippled against the Arizona Cardinals volition find if the 49ers oregon Rams get the 5th seed, arsenic LA would clinch it with a triumph and the 49ers would autumn to sixth. If LA loses, the 49ers determination up to the 5th effect portion the Rams get the sixth.

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The Green Bay Packers are locked into the seventh seed. 

The apical prime successful the 2026 NFL Draft

The Las Vegas Raiders would clinch the archetypal wide prime successful the NFL Draft with a nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs, who mislaid 5 consecutive games and are without Patrick Mahomes. If the Raiders tin get the win, the New York Giants would clinch the apical prime with a nonaccomplishment to the Dallas Cowboys. 

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