{"id":344579,"date":"2025-12-14T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/344579\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T11:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T11:43:12","slug":"which-nfl-teams-have-already-been-eliminated-from-the-2025-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/344579\/","title":{"rendered":"Which NFL teams have already been eliminated from the 2025 playoffs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL<\/a>‘s playoff races are quickly heating up<\/a> as December football kicks into high gear.<\/p>\n

Yet there’s a flip side to the best teams jockeying for postseason position \u2212 quite a few other clubs have been and will continue to be officially eliminated from playoff consideration. Heading into Week 15, nine of the league’s 32 teams already know their seasons will conclude with their Week 18 games. Others are likely to join them Sunday, even the reigning AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> in danger of seeing their hopes officially dashed<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a look at which clubs are already playing out the string, and which ones could soon be doing exactly that:<\/p>\n

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Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) makes a catch for a touchdown<\/a> against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa’s effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.<\/p>\n

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Best images of the 2025 NFL season<\/p>\n

Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) makes a catch for a touchdown<\/a> against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa’s effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.<\/p>\n

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Best images of the 2025 NFL season<\/p>\n

Week 1: The New England Patriots’ Robert Spillane (14) and Christian Elliss (53) tackle Las Vegas Raiders tight end Michael Mayer (87) during the second half at Gillette Stadium. The Raiders won the game, 20-13.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson (3) fumbles the ball on a tackle by Washington Commanders safety Will Harris (3) during the first quarter at Northwest Stadium. It was a rough Giants debut for Wilson (17 of 37 passing for 168 yards) as the Commanders won the game, 21-6.<\/p>\n

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Week 1: Fireworks go off before the NFL Kickoff Game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field. The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles opened the season with a 24-20 victory over their longtime NFC East rivals.<\/p>\n

Which NFL teams have been eliminated from playoff contention?<\/p>\n

These are the nine teams that have already seen their postseason chances for 2025 extinguished:<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0New York Giants<\/a> (2-11, eliminated in Week 12)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Arizona Cardinals<\/a> (3-10, eliminated in Week 13)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0New Orleans Saints<\/a> (3-10, eliminated in Week 13)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Tennessee Titans<\/a> (2-11, eliminated in Week 13)<\/p>\n

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\u25b6\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> (2-11, eliminated in Week 13)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Washington Commanders<\/a> (3-10, eliminated in Week 14)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Atlanta Falcons<\/a> (5-9, eliminated in Week 14)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0New York Jets<\/a> (3-10, eliminated in Week 14)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Cleveland Browns<\/a> (3-10, eliminated in Week 14)<\/p>\n

NFL teams outside the projected playoff bracket but not eliminated heading into Week 15<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> (4-9, 2% chance to make playoffs, per NFL’s Next Gen Stats)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Minnesota Vikings<\/a> (5-8, 1%)<\/p>\n

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\u25b6\u00a0Miami Dolphins<\/a> (6-7, 1%)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> (6-7, 14%)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Baltimore Ravens<\/a> (6-7, 32%)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Dallas Cowboys<\/a> (6-6-1, 11%)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> (7-7, 53%)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Indianapolis Colts<\/a> (8-5, 27%)<\/p>\n

\u25b6\u00a0Detroit Lions<\/a> (8-5, 56%)<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Eliminated NFL teams: Which ones are mathematically out of playoffs?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL‘s playoff races are quickly heating up as December football kicks into high gear. Yet there’s a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1745,1766,1742,49,48,1740,1724,1721,3163,150383,1732,1727,1720,1726,1723,514,82,1733,1741,1758],"class_list":["post-344579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-detroit-lions","tag-eliminated","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344579","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=344579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}