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NFL 2024 Playoff Picture: Standings in AFC and NFC ahead of Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans

The Kansas City Chiefs clinched No 1 seed in AFC on Christmas Day in bid to win third straight Super Bowl; the Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers both clinched playoff berths on final day of regular season; the Detroit Lions wrap up No 1 seed in NFC by beating the Minnesota Vikings

NFL playoff picture

Who reached the NFL playoffs? A look at the standings following Week 18 in the 2024 regular season.

AFC

1) Kansas City Chiefs (15-2) - AFC West - clinched No 1 seed

2) Buffalo Bills (13-4) - AFC East

3) Baltimore Ravens (12-5) - AFC North

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Highlights of the Cleveland Browns against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 18 of the NFL

4) Houston Texans (10-7) - AFC South

5) Los Angeles Chargers (11-6) - wild card

6) Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) - wild card

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The best plays from Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson from the 2024 NFL season so far

7) Denver Broncos (10-7) - wild card

NFC

1) Detroit Lions (15-2) - NFC North - clinched No 1 seed

2) Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) - NFC East

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Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley's best plays so far from the 2024 NFL season

3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7) - NFC South

4) Los Angeles Rams (10-7) - NFC West

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Highlights of the New Orleans Saints against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 18 of the NFL

5) Minnesota Vikings (14-3) - wild card

6) Washington Commanders (12-5) - wild card

7) Green Bay Packers (11-6) - wild card

Wild Card Weekend (all times UK and Ireland)

AFC
Denver Broncos
(No 7 seed) @ Buffalo Bills (No 2) - 6pm, Sunday, January 12
Pittsburgh Steelers (No 6) @ Baltimore Ravens (No 3) - 1am, Sunday, January 12
Los Angeles Chargers (No 5) @ Houston Texans (No 4) - 9.30pm, Saturday January 11

NFC
Green Bay Packers (No 7 seed) @ Philadelphia Eagles (No 2) - 9.30pm, Sunday January 12
Washington Commanders (No 6) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No 3) - 1am, Monday January 13
Minnesota Vikings (No 5) @ Los Angeles Rams (No 2) - 1am, Tuesday January 14

First-round byes:

AFC
Kansas City Chiefs
(No 1 seed)

NFC
Detroit Lions
(No 1 seed)

When do the playoffs begin?

Wildcard weekend will take place from Saturday January 11-Monday January 13 before the playoffs enter the Divisional Round on Saturday January 18 and Sunday January 19, at which point the respective No 1 seeds will join the action following their bye.

It is then onto the AFC and NFC Championship Games on Sunday January 26, before Super Bowl LIX takes place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9.

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