A season’s worth of chaos narrows into a crowded postseason race, where shifting stakes and late surges redraw the path that leads into the NFL’s high-pressure spotlight.

If Joe Burrow and the Bengals are going to make a late charge to the postseason field, it will likely come through a division championship, with a wild card berth looking out of reach.

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Drake Maye is still on an MVP-caliber run as the face of Mike Vrabel's lineup, and the remaining slate sets them up well for the Patriots' first AFC East title since Tom Brady's final season with the club in 2019. Three of the Pats' final five opponents have losing records, and three of those five fall within the division.

There will be six games played over three days to start the postseason. This marks the fifth year of the 14-team playoff format and the fourth year that one wild card game will be played on Monday night.

Five current playoff outsiders face soft schedules and late-season sparks that could yet thrust them into the 2025 postseason picture

Three years since they last made it to the playoffs and five since they won the division title, the Seahawks are poised to return to the big party. Garrett Podell of CBS Sports sees Seattle as the best wild-card contender in the NFL.

After Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers fell 26-7 to Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills at home on Sunday, Pittsburgh dropped to 6-6, allowing the Baltimore Ravens to take first place in the AFC North.

This shocking result delivers massive ramifications within the NFL playoff picture, including pushing the Rams out of the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The new top dog in the conference