The NFL playoffs kicked off with a bang during a frantic Wild Card Weekend that featured several photo finishes. No matter where you looked, playoff games were coming down to the wire across the opening slate.

The NFL playoff picture cruises into Week 18, where four divisions are up for grabs. On Jan. 3, Panthers-Bucs could decide the NFC South. If Carolina wins, the Panthers clinch the division. If Tampa Bay wins, the Bucs need a Saints win over Atlanta to secure another division crown.

This season's NFC West is one of four divisions to ever have three teams reach the Divisional Round of the playoffs.

The 2025 NFL playoff bracket will be finalized in Week 18. Here's a look at the division winners and wild cards as the playoff picture takes shape.

Now that the Texans have beaten the Steelers in the wild-card round, the NFL has finalized the schedule for the divisional round. On Saturday, the Broncos will host the Bills at 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS. The Seahawks and the 49ers will play in Seattle at 8:00 p.m. ET on Fox.

NFL playoff clinching scenarios, seeding scenarios, No. 1 seed scenarios, division title scenarios for NFL postseason entering NFL Week 18 games.

The Athletic's projection model from early September predicted a few teams that would make the 2025 playoffs and a few that were incorrect.

The power continues to be in the NFC West. The Rams and Seahawks enjoyed romps in Week 14. The Niners had a week off. This is one tremendous division. Meanwhile, the Houston Texans are proving to be a defensive force and will be a threat against any opponent.

With the Rams and 49ers both winning on Wild Card Weekend, that means the NFC West will now be sending three teams to the divisional round this year. San Francisco and Los Angeles will be joined by the Seattle Seahawks, who earned a bye to the divisional round as the No. 1 overall seed in the NFC.