The NFL playoff picture will finalize after the NFL Week 18 schedule. The top seeds in both the AFC and NFC are still at stake, as is who is going to take the NFC South and AFC North title and the playoff spot that comes with it.

Two win-or-go-home games. Two games to decide the AFC South champs. And a Seahawks-49ers game will determine the NFC's top seed. Nice.

Florio’s pick: 49ers 27, Seahawks 24. Simms’s pick: Seahawks 28, 49ers 24. A meaningless game will have plenty of meaning, if Tampa wins on Saturday. Florio’s pick: Saints 23, Falcons 20. Simms’s pick: Falcons 24, Saints 17.

The NFL playoff matchups will take shape in NFL Week 18. The top seeds in both the AFC and NFC are still at stake, as is who is going to take

Before the 2025 season began, GM Chris Ballard traded away a sixth-round pick to Minnesota for cornerback Mekhi Blackmon. The Colts then acquired cornerback Sauce Gardner prior to the trade deadline for a 2026 first-round pick and a 2027 first-round pick.

The Raiders secured the No. 1 pick before even playing Sunday, while the Giants could fall out of the top five.