The Chiefs rolled into New Orleans and beat the Saints on Sunday while the Packers held off the Carolina Panthers on Saturday. Now, Kansas City (13-1) and Green Bay (11-3) lead their conferences with two games remaining in regular season.
The Cleveland Browns won their 10th game of the season on Sunday night, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers kept their playoff hopes intact with a comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks held off a pesky Washington squad. The Dallas Cowboys, at 5-9 now, are still in contention for a playoff spot and the New England Patriots have been knocked from the playoffs for the first time since the 2008 season.
San Francisco, which won the NFC last season before losing in the Super Bowl, got eliminated from playoff contention on Sunday.
Then there are the New York Jets, who could cruise and lose their final three games and then choose quarterback Trevor Lawrence as the No. 1 overall pick next spring. The Jets may have messed that up by winning, 23-20, on Sunday against the Rams in Los Angeles. So, for now, the Jacksonville Jaguars would have the No. 1 overall pick. They, too, need a quarterback.
Here are the NFL Playoff teams, records and seedings after Sunday night;
AFC Playoff Standings No. 1 Kansas City (13-1) No. 2 Pittsburgh (11-2) — Monday night at Cincinnati No. 3 Buffalo (11-3) No. 4 Tennessee (10-4) No. 5 Cleveland (10-4) No. 6 Indianapolis (10-4) No. 7 Miami (9-5)
Outside looking in No. 8 Baltimore (9-5) No. 9 Las Vegas (7-7) Eliminated: New England (6-8), Denver (5-9), LA Chargers (5-9), Houston (4-10), Cincinnati (2-10-1), Jacksonville (1-13), NY Jets (1-13)
AFC Wild Card Round if it ended today (top seed gets home game) No. 1 Kansas City, bye No. 2 Pittsburgh vs. Miami No. 3 Buffalo vs. Indianapolis No. 4 Tennessee vs. Cleveland
NFC Playoff Standings No. 1 Green Bay (11-3) No. 2 New Orleans (10-4) No. 3 Seattle (10-4) No. 4 Washington (6-8) No. 5 Los Angeles Rams (9-5) No. 6 Tampa Bay (9-5) No. 7 Arizona (8-6)
Outside looking in No. 8 Chicago (7-7) No. 9 Minnesota (6-8)
Eliminated: Detroit (5-9), San Francisco (5-9), Atlanta (4-10), Carolina (4-10)
NFC East teams still in contention for division title (no other playoff possible for teams in this division) Dallas (5-9) NY Giants (5-9) Philadelphia (4-9-1)
NFC Wild Card Round (top seed gets home game)
No. 1 Green Bay, bye No. 2 New Orleans vs. Arizona No. 3 Seattle vs. Tampa Bay No. 4 Washington vs. LA Rams
The NFL season still has two more weeks of regular season, and then the subsequent playoffs. The Super Bowl is scheduled to be played in Tampa, Florida, in February.
