There\u2019s a new No. 1 seed in the AFC … for now.<\/p>\n
In perhaps the ugliest game of the 2025 NFL season<\/a>, the Broncos defeated the Raiders 10\u20137 to kick off Week 10 on Thursday Night Football. Denver and Las Vegas combined for more penalties (22) than first downs (20), and the game\u2019s leading receiver was veteran Tyler Lockett, who had five catches for 44 yards.<\/p>\n Yikes. But all wins count the same in the National Football League, and no team has more wins than Sean Payton\u2019s Broncos, who improved to 8\u20132 with the prime-time victory. <\/p>\n Sitting atop the AFC West, the Broncos entered the night as the No. 3 seed in the AFC. They jumped up to the No. 1 seed with the win, leapfrogging the 7\u20132 Colts and 7\u20132 Patriots, and now have a 92% chance to make the playoffs, according to NFL.com.<\/p>\n As for Ashton Jeanty and the Raiders? Well, they can pretty much kiss their playoff hopes goodbye. With less than a 1% chance to make the postseason, Las Vegas is better off turning its attention to the 2026 draft in April.<\/p>\n Following the Broncos\u2019 win Thursday night, here’s how the NFL playoff picture<\/a> looks heading into the weekend (Note: all playoff odds are provided by NFL.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n SEED<\/p>\n TEAM<\/p>\n PLAYOFF %<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Broncos (8\u20132)<\/p>\n 92%<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n Colts (7\u20132)<\/p>\n 91%<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Patriots (7\u20132)<\/p>\n 90%<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Steelers (5\u20133)<\/p>\n 60%<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Bills (6\u20132)<\/p>\n 95%<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n Chargers (6\u20133)<\/p>\n 69%<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Jaguars (5\u20133)<\/p>\n 56%<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Chiefs (5\u20134)<\/p>\n 74%<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n Texans (3\u20135)<\/p>\n 20%<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n Ravens (3\u20135)<\/p>\n 53%<\/p>\n 11<\/p>\n Bengals (3\u20136)<\/p>\n 3%<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n Browns (2\u20136)<\/p>\n 2%<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n Raiders (2\u20136)<\/p>\n 1%<\/p>\n 14<\/p>\n Dolphins (2\u20137)<\/p>\n 1%<\/p>\n 15<\/p>\n Jets (1\u20137)<\/p>\n 1%<\/p>\n 16<\/p>\n Titans (1\u20138)<\/p>\n 1%<\/p>\n SEED<\/p>\n TEAM<\/p>\n PLAYOFF %<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Eagles (6\u20132)<\/p>\n 97%<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n Buccaneers (6\u20132)<\/p>\n 91%<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n Seahawks (6\u20132)<\/p>\n 85%<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Packers (5\u20132\u20131)<\/p>\n 81%<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n Rams (6\u20132)<\/p>\n 91%<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n 49ers (6\u20133)<\/p>\n 76%<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n Lions (5\u20133)<\/p>\n 77%<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Bears (5\u20133)<\/p>\n 28%<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n Panthers (5\u20134)<\/p>\n 26%<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n Vikings (4\u20134)<\/p>\n 23%<\/p>\n 11<\/p>\n Cowboys (3\u20135\u20131)<\/p>\n 5%<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n Cardinals (3\u20135)<\/p>\n 5%<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n Falcons (3\u20135)<\/p>\n 12%<\/p>\n 14<\/p>\n Commanders (3\u20136)<\/p>\n 4%<\/p>\n 15<\/p>\n Giants (2\u20137)<\/p>\n 1%<\/p>\n 16<\/p>\n Saints (1\u20138)<\/p>\n 1%<\/p>\n More NFL on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n FREE NEWSLETTER. SI BTN Newsletter. Start off your day with SI:CYMI. dark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a new No. 1 seed in the AFC … for now. In perhaps the ugliest game of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-267043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}