{"id":364210,"date":"2025-12-23T17:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364210\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:33:13","slug":"nfl-week-17-playoff-picture-clinching-scenarios-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/364210\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 17 playoff picture: Clinching scenarios, standings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight more NFL teams punched their ticket into the postseason<\/a> during Week 16<\/a> of the 2025 NFL regular season<\/a>, which is the most in a single week through a non-strike season in league history, per ESPN Research. That means 10 of 14 teams have qualified for the playoffs with two weeks to go.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks got in after beating the Rams on Thursday night, while the Eagles made it with a victory on Saturday. On Sunday, a loss for the Lions meant the 49ers and Bears clinched. The Patriots secured a postseason spot by beating the Ravens on Sunday night. Finally, the Bills, Chargers and Jaguars all clinched after the Colts lost to the 49ers on “Monday Night Football.”<\/p>\n

So what’s at stake in Week 17? Five AFC teams and four NFC teams have a chance to secure something this week, whether it be a No. 1 seed, divisional title or playoff berth. Let’s take a look at Week 17 clinching scenarios for those nine teams.<\/p>\n

More NFL playoff race coverage:
Projecting the final seeding<\/a>
FPI ratings for every team<\/a>
Projected 2026 draft order<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 17 playoff-clinching scenarios in the AFC\"\"<\/p>\n

The matchup: at Kansas City<\/a> on Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video<\/p>\n

How the Broncos can clinch the AFC West:<\/p>\n

How the Broncos can clinch the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage in the AFC: <\/p>\n

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The matchup: at L.A. Chargers<\/a> on Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET, NFL Network<\/p>\n

How the Texans can clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n

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The matchup: at Indianapolis<\/a> on Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox<\/p>\n

How the Jaguars can clinch the AFC South:<\/p>\n

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The matchup: at N.Y. Jets<\/a> on Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, NBC\/Peacock<\/p>\n

How the Patriots can clinch AFC East:<\/p>\n

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The matchup: at Cleveland<\/a> on Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS<\/p>\n

How the Steelers can clinch the AFC North:<\/p>\n

Week 17 playoff-clinching scenarios in the NFC\"\"<\/p>\n

The matchup: at Seattle<\/a> on Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS<\/p>\n

How the Panthers can the NFC South:<\/p>\n

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The matchup: at San Francisco<\/a> on Sunday, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC\/Peacock<\/p>\n

How the Bears can clinch the NFC North:<\/p>\n

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The “Get Up” crew debates whether the Bears can make a Super Bowl run after Caleb Williams led the team to an OT win vs. the Packers.<\/p>\n

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The matchup: vs. Baltimore<\/a> on Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, Peacock<\/p>\n

How the Packers can clinch a playoff berth:<\/p>\n

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The matchup: vs. Carolina<\/a> on Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS<\/p>\n

How the Seahawks can clinch the NFC West:<\/p>\n

Win + L.A. Rams loss at Atlanta<\/a> (8:15 p.m. ET, next Monday) + San Francisco loss vs. Chicago<\/a> (8:20 p.m. ET, Sunday)<\/p>\n

NFL playoff matchups as things standAFCNFC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight more NFL teams punched their ticket into the postseason during Week 16 of the 2025 NFL regular…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-364210","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\/364210","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=364210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}