{"id":388260,"date":"2026-01-04T20:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/388260\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:16:15","slug":"nfl-week-18-live-updates-scores-playoff-picture-draft-order-and-record-chases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/388260\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 18 live updates: Scores, playoff picture, draft order and record chases"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final week of the NFL season is here, and what happens on Sunday will finalize the playoff picture<\/a>. The No. 1 seed in the AFC is up for grabs, the NFC South will be decided by two teams that have already been eliminated from playoff contention, and we’ll of course get a Sunday night thriller between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers. The winner of that game will represent the AFC North in the postseason<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of potential individual accomplishments<\/a> to keep track of as well. Cleveland Browns star pass rusher Myles Garrett is one sack away from breaking the single-season record, Drake Maye can lock down NFL MVP, Bijan Robinson needs 255 scrimmage yards to break Chris Johnson’s single-season record, and James Cook is looking to become the first Buffalo Bills player to win the rushing title since O.J. Simpson in 1976.<\/p>\n

Follow along in the live blog below as we break down all the action from these 14 games.<\/p>\n

Week 18 schedule<\/p>\n

Saturday scores<\/p>\n

Buccaneers 16, Panthers 14 (Takeaways)<\/a>
Seahawks 13, 49ers 3 (Takeaways)<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday scores (halftime)<\/p>\n

Browns 14, Bengals 12 (Live updates)<\/a>
Giants 16, Cowboys 10 (Live updates)<\/a>
Vikings 13, Packers 0 (Live updates)<\/a>
Texans 23, Colts 17 (Live updates)<\/a>
Falcons 10, Saints 7 (Live updates)<\/a>
Jaguars 31, Titans 7 (Live updates)<\/a><\/p>\n

Cardinals at Rams (4:25 p.m., Preview)<\/a>
Lions at Bears (4:25 p.m., Preview)<\/a>
Chiefs at Raiders (4:25 p.m., Preview)<\/a>
Chargers at Broncos (4:25 p.m., Preview)<\/a>
Dolphins at Patriots (4:25 p.m., Preview)<\/a>
Jets at Bills (4:25 p.m., Preview)<\/a>
Commanders at Eagles (4:25 p.m., Preview)<\/a>
Ravens at Steelers (8:20 p.m., Preview)<\/a><\/p>\n

NFL playoff pictureAFC standingsz-Denver Broncos<\/a>\u00a0(13-3)z-New England Patriots<\/a>\u00a0(13-3)x-Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>\u00a0(12-4)Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u00a0(9-7)x-Houston Texans (11-5)x-Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>\u00a0(11-5)x-Buffalo Bills<\/a>\u00a0(11-5)NFC standingsz-Seattle Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0(14-3)z-Chicago Bears<\/a>\u00a0(11-5)z-Philadelphia Eagles (11-5)Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9)x-San Francisco 49ers<\/a>\u00a0(12-5)x-Los Angeles Rams<\/a>\u00a0(11-5)x-Green Bay Packers (9-6-1)<\/p>\n

x-clinched playoff berth; z-clinched division<\/p>\n

2026 NFL Draft orderLas Vegas Raiders (2-14)New York Giants (3-13)New York Jets (3-13)Tennessee Titans (3-13)Arizona Cardinals (3-13)Cleveland Browns (4-12)Washington Commanders (4-12)New Orleans Saints (6-10)Kansas City Chiefs (6-10)Cincinnati Bengals (6-10)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final week of the NFL season is here, and what happens on Sunday will finalize the playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1742,49,48,1724,1743,1730,1732,1727,1720,1726,164816,1734,1728,514,157685,164817,114040,122069,164814,164813,1747,948,1739,82,1758,164819,164818,164815],"class_list":["post-388260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-denver-broncos","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-myles-garrett-sack-record","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft-order","tag-nfl-individual-records","tag-nfl-live-blog","tag-nfl-playoff-picture","tag-nfl-scores-live","tag-nfl-week-18-live-updates","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-washington-commanders","tag-week-18-nfl-games","tag-week-18-playoff-scenarios","tag-week-18-record-chases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388260","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=388260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}