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Patriots Drake Maye, TreVeyon Henderson dominated over NY Jets<\/p>\n
Patriots fans got a show on thursday night with standout performances by Drake Maye, TreVeyon Henderson and Stefon Diggs.<\/p>\n
Every week for the duration of the 2025 NFL regular season<\/a>,\u00a0USA TODAY Sports<\/a>\u00a0will provide timely updates to the league’s ever-evolving playoff picture \u2212 typically starting after Sunday afternoon’s late games and then moving forward for the remainder of the week (through Monday’s and Thursday’s games or Saturday’s, if applicable. And, when the holidays roll around, we’ll be watching then, too.)<\/p>\n What just happened? What does it mean? What are the pertinent factors (and, perhaps, tiebreakers) prominently in play as each conference’s seven-team bracket begins to crystallize? All will be explained and analyzed up to the point when the postseason field is finalized on Sunday, Jan. 4.<\/p>\n Here’s where things stand with Week 11<\/a> of the\u00a02025 season<\/a>\u00a0underway:<\/p>\n AFC playoff picture<\/p>\n 1. New England Patriots<\/a> (9-2), AFC East leaders: The first team in the league to reach nine wins, they’re in prime position to win the division for the first time since Tom Brady led them to first place in 2019 and maybe their first No. 1 playoff seed since 2017. Thursday night’s defeat of the Jets moved the Pats past the idle Colts, but New England will need help to hang on to it into Week 12. Remaining schedule: at Bengals, vs. Giants<\/a>, BYE, vs. Bills<\/a>, at Ravens<\/a>, at Jets, vs. Dolphins<\/p>\n 2. Indianapolis Colts<\/a> (8-2), AFC South leaders: The schedule’s been soft, but you can’t control whom you play \u2212 though the second-half lineup seems much less forgiving. A last-second Week 2 defeat of the Broncos<\/a> gives the Colts the tiebreaker for second place at this point in time. Remaining schedule: BYE, at Chiefs, vs. Texans<\/a>, at Jaguars<\/a>, at Seahawks<\/a>, vs. 49ers, vs. Jaguars, at Texans<\/p>\n 3. Denver Broncos<\/a> (8-2), AFC West leaders: They’re also winning a lot of ugly games \u2212 as they did last week against Las Vegas<\/a>. But wins are wins \u2212 and if the Broncos get one in Sunday’s AFC West showdown with Kansas City, they’ll overtake the Pats for the conference’s top spot by virtue of a better record in AFC games. Remaining schedule: vs. Chiefs, BYE, at Commanders<\/a>, at Raiders, vs. Packers, vs. Jaguars, at Chiefs, vs. Chargers<\/p>\n 4. Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> (5-4), AFC North leaders: Don’t look now, fellas, but you’re only one game up on Baltimore for the division lead. Remaining schedule: vs. Bengals, at Bears<\/a>, vs. Bills, at Ravens, vs. Dolphins, at Lions<\/a>, at Browns<\/a>, vs. Ravens<\/p>\n 5. Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> (7-3), wild card No. 1: Spirited defensive play has provided fresh evidence that maybe they can overcome their litany of offensive injuries. Remaining schedule: at Jaguars, BYE, vs. Raiders, vs. Eagles, at Chiefs, at Cowboys, vs. Texans, at Broncos<\/p>\n 6. Buffalo Bills<\/a> (6-3), wild card No. 2: They’re starting to lose sight of the Patriots<\/a> atop the AFC East after a pathetic performance at Miami in Week 10 \u2212 and the Bills have a much tougher schedule to finish out. Remaining schedule: vs. Buccaneers<\/a>, at Texans, at Steelers, vs. Bengals, at Patriots, at Browns, vs. Eagles, vs. Jets<\/p>\n 7. Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> (5-4), wild card No. 3: Tough loss at Houston on Sunday. But their Week 5 defeat of the Chiefs, who are also 5-4, could eventually loom large for both teams. Remaining schedule: vs. Chargers, at Cardinals, at Titans, vs. Colts, vs. Jets, at Broncos, vs. Colts, at Titans<\/p>\n NFC playoff picture<\/p>\n 1. Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> (7-2), NFC East leaders: Something catastrophic (not uncommon in Philly) would have to occur for the defending champs not to be the first back-to-back winners of this division since they last did it … 21 years ago. A superior record (6-1) in NFC games allowed the Eagles to move ahead of the Seahawks and atop the conference following Monday night’s escape at Lambeau Field. Big game Sunday night against Detroit. Remaining schedule: vs. Lions, at Cowboys, vs. Bears, at Chargers, vs. Raiders, at Commanders, at Bills, vs. Commanders<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Seattle Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0(7-2), NFC West leaders:\u00a0Winners of four in a row, they currently have a better record in NFC West games than the Rams, who are also 7-2. But those clubs will meet in L.A. in Week 11. Remaining schedule: at Rams, at Titans, vs. Vikings<\/a>, at Falcons, vs. Colts, vs. Rams, at Panthers<\/a>, at 49ers<\/p>\n 3. Detroit Lions<\/a> (6-3), NFC North leaders: The offense responded Sunday as Dan Campbell assumed the offensive play-calling. Green Bay’s loss Monday night moved Detroit atop the division. Remaining schedule: at Eagles, vs. Giants, vs. Packers, vs. Cowboys, at Rams, vs. Steelers, at Vikings, at Bears<\/p>\n 4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> (6-3), NFC South leaders: You can afford to drop two of three \u2212 and maybe four of five \u2212 if you’re in a division the Bucs have ruled since 2021. Remaining schedule: at Bills, at Rams, vs. Cardinals, vs. Saints, vs. Falcons, at Panthers, at Dolphins, vs. Panthers<\/p>\n 5. Los Angeles Rams<\/a> (7-2), wild card No. 1: Winners of four straight, all in dominant fashion, they have a strong case as the league’s best team at the moment<\/a>. Yet a Week 3 loss at Lincoln Financial Field could come back to haunt them when the NFC playoff field is seeded. Remaining schedule: vs. Seahawks, vs. Buccaneers, at Panthers, at Cardinals, vs. Lions, at Seahawks, at Falcons, vs. Cardinals<\/p>\n 6. Chicago Bears<\/a> (6-3), wild card No. 2: They’ve won six of seven since an 0-2 start but have struggled to beat seemingly weaker teams \u2212 as happened Sunday against the Giants. Big test Sunday in the Twin Cities. Remaining schedule: at Vikings, vs. Steelers, at Eagles, at Packers, vs. Browns, vs. Packers, at 49ers, vs. Lions<\/p>\n