Result: The Steelers were the very last team to secure a playoff spot, and it took a missed field goal by the Ravens as time expired to do it. Pittsburgh wins the AFC North and earns the No. 4 seed, which means it will host the Houston Texans in the wild-card round. The Ravens are sent home for the season in painful fashion.

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.

Mafe played 16 defensive snaps and one on special teams in the win over the 49ers to clinch th NFC’s #1 seed in the playoffs and the fist round bye. He recorded three tackles, two of them solo and a pass defense.

Every year, the NFL waits as long as possible before releasing the Week 18 schedule and that announcement finally came on Sunday night.

The NFL playoff picture has largely come into focus, leaving the clinching scenarios for Week 18 relatively straightforward.

NFL RedZone — an around-the-horn live highlight show demonstrating all the action on NFL Sunday — is back for all the Week 18 action.

It’s been 17 weeks of high drama, highlights and hijinks. Now, we cruise into the final Sunday of the NFL’s regular season. Take, take me home (has anyone else noticed this Phil Collins banger in every Monday night broadcast?).

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