{"id":392424,"date":"2026-01-05T04:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392424\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T04:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:42:08","slug":"nfl-week-18-highlights-big-plays-and-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392424\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 18 highlights, big plays and moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NFL NationJan 4, 2026, 11:22 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>NFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season.<\/p>\n

The final week of the 2025 NFL regular season<\/a> featured key storylines that determine playoff berths and positioning.<\/p>\n

The Atlanta Falcons<\/a> defeated the New Orleans Saints<\/a> 19-17, which helped the Carolina Panthers<\/a> clinch a postseason berth and become NFC South champs. The Denver Broncos<\/a> secured the AFC’s top playoff seed with a 19-3 win against the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And Sunday night’s game between the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> and Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> will decide the AFC North champ. The loser is out of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

This file will be updated throughout Sunday night’s game. Be sure to check out the rest of Week 18’s top highlights and most important moments, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL NationJan 4, 2026, 11:22 PM ET CloseNFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-392424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}