NFL standings: Updated AFC, NFC playoff pictures for Week 16 of 2024 season
Who would be in the 2024-2025 NFL playoffs ahead of Super Bowl 59 based on the current AFC and NFC standings?
With fewer than three weeks left in the regular season, here's an updated look at who would be in, who would be out, and where all the potential postseason teams would be seeded going into the late Sunday and Monday games of Week 16:
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AFC playoff picture
1. Kansas City Chiefs 14-1 (champions, AFC West)
2. Buffalo Bills 12-3 (champions, AFC East): The Bills survived a challenge from the Patriots to keep pace with the Chiefs and also pick up a game on the losing Steelers in the quest for the No. 2 seed.
3. Pittsburgh Steelers 10-5 (first place, AFC North)
4. Houston Texans 9-6 (champions, AFC South) The Texans have clinched a second consecutive division title and will just use the final two weeks to tune up for the playoffs ahead of likely hosting the North runner-up in the wild-card round.
5. Baltimore Ravens 10-5 (second place, AFC North)
6. Los Angeles Chargers 9-6 (second place, AFC West): The Chargers jumped the Broncos by rallying big-time and completing a season sweep on Thursday night. They can clinch a playoff spot should the Dolphins and Colts lose in Week 16.
7. Denver Broncos 9-6 (third place, AFC West): The Broncos lost a heartbreaker on the road to fall behind the Chargers but can still clinch a playoff berth with losses by Dolphins, Colts, and Bengals.
Who's in the hunt?
8. Indianapolis Colts 7-8 (second place, AFC South)
9. Miami Dolphins 7-8 (second place, AFC East)
10. Cincinnati Bengals 7-8 (third place, AFC North)
Who's out?
11. New York Jets 4-11 (third place, AFC East)
12. Cleveland Browns 3-12 (fourth place, AFC North)
13. Jacksonville Jaguars 3-12 (third place, AFC South)
14. Tennessee Titans 3-12 (fourth place, AFC South)
15. Las Vegas Raiders 3-12 (fourth place, AFC West)
16. New England Patriots 3-12 (fourth place, AFC East)
All of these teams were eliminated from playoff contention before Week 16.
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NFC playoff picture
1. Detroit Lions 13-2 (first place, NFC North): The Lions have clinched a return to the playoffs, but their hopes of repeating in the division are on hold as they lead by only a head-to-head tiebreaker over the Vikings ahead of the teams playing each other in Week 18. At least the win over the Bears in Week 16 gave them a game cushion over the Eagles.
2. Philadelphia Eagles 12-3 (first place, NFC East): The Eagles failed to clinch the division title by blowing a lead in Washington and losing to the Commanders. They will try to take care of that business next week against the Cowboys, maybe without a concussed Jalen Hurts.
3. Los Angeles Rams 9-6 (first place, NFC West) (first place, NFC West): The Rams lead the division by a half-game and a head-to-head tiebreaker over the Seahawks after beating the Jets in Week 16.
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-6 (first place, NFC South): The Buccaneers have a one-game lead over the Falcons but lose the head-to-head tiebreakers because they were swept in that series earlier in the season. They have a better conference record than the Rams.
5. Minnesota Vikings 13-2 (second place, NFC North): The Vikings have clinched a playoff berth and kept the pressure on the Lions in the division race by beating the Seahawks in Week 16.
6. Green Bay Packers 10-4 (third place, NFC North): The Packers can clinch a playoff berth with a win over the Saints on Monday night or before with a loss by the Falcons coupled with a loss from either the Rams or Seahawks.
7. Washington Commanders 10-5 (second place, NFC East): The Commanders came back to beat the Eagles to stay in the hunt of the division title. They didn't clinch at least a wild-card berth yet but would do so by beating the Falcons at home next Sunday night in Week 17.
Who's in the hunt?
8. Seattle Seahawks 8-7 (second place, NFC West)
9. Atlanta Falcons 8-7 (second place, NFC South)
Both teams' chances are coming down to a division title minor miracle.
Who's out?
10. Arizona Cardinals 7-8 (third place, NFC West)
11. Dallas Cowboys 6-8 (third place, NFC East)
12. San Francisco 49ers 6-9 (fourth place, NFC West)
13. New Orleans Saints 5-9 (third place, NFC South)
14. Chicago Bears 4-11 (fourth place, NFC North)
15. Carolina Panthers 4-11 (fourth place, NFC South)
16. New York Giants 2-13 (fourth place, NFC East)
All these teams were eliminated from the playoffs during or before Week 16.
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