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
Monday 6 January 2025 08:06, UK
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
4) Houston Texans (10-7) - AFC South
5) Los Angeles Chargers (11-6) - wild card
6) Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7) - wild card
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
3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7) - NFC South
4) Los Angeles Rams (10-7) - NFC West
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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