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

Who will reach the NFL playoffs? A look at the current picture as we enter the final stretch of the 2024 regular season.

AFC

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

2) Buffalo Bills (13-3) - AFC East - clinched playoff spot and division

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3) Baltimore Ravens (11-5) - AFC North - clinched playoff spot

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4) Houston Texans (9-7) - AFC South - clinched playoff spot & division

5) Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6) - wild card - clinched playoff spot

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6) Los Angeles Chargers (10-6) - wild card - clinched playoff spot

7) Denver Broncos (9-7) - wild card

On the bubble: Miami Dolphins (8-8), Cincinnati Bengals (8-8)

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NFC

1) Minnesota Vikings (14-2) - NFC North - clinched playoff spot

2) Philadelphia Eagles (13-3) - NFC East - clinched playoff spot & division

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3) Los Angeles Rams (10-6) - NFC West - clinched playoff spot and division

4) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7) - NFC South

5) Detroit Lions (13-2) - wild card - clinched playoff spot

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6) Washington Commanders (11-5) - wild card - clinched playoff spot

7) Green Bay Packers (11-5) - wild card - clinched playoff spot

On the bubble: Atlanta Falcons (8-8)

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Who would meet in the playoffs if season ended today?

Wild Card Weekend:

AFC
Denver Broncos (No 7 seed) @ Buffalo Bills (No 2)
Los Angeles Chargers (No 6) @ Baltimore Ravens (No 3)
Pittsburgh Steelers (No 5) @ Houston Texans (No 4)

NFC
Green Bay Packers (No 7 seed) @ Philadelphia Eagles (No 2)
Washington Commanders (No 6) @ Los Angeles Rams (No 3)
Detroit Lions (No 5) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No 4)

First-round byes:

AFC
Kansas City Chiefs (No 1 seed)

NFC
Minnesota Vikings (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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