The NFL Playoff field was nearly set heading into the final Sunday of the regular season. Now we know every matchup that will start the road to Super Bowl LX.

The SportsLine Inside the Lines team and its projection model have revealed the most favorable path to the "big game" for every AFC team

Denver will get the first-round bye while New England and Jacksonville play on Wild Card Weekend — and neither has an easy matchup. Chargers vs. Patriots will feature two of the NFL’s best young quarterbacks with Drake Maye and Justin Herbert facing off. The Jaguars drew the shortest straw and will have to host Josh Allen.

NFL playoff bracket 2026: Updated schedule, TV channels, scores for AFC and NFC games originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The 2025 NFL regular season is coming to a close, which means it is now time to turn attention to the NFL postseason.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers argued why the AFC can't take him and his team for granted in the NFL playoffs.

Week 18 in the NFL had some great games with incredibly exciting finishes. There were also some games that weren’t as competitive due to poor performances or no playoff implications. Here is the report card grade for every AFC team that played in Week 18,

The Jacksonville Jaguars have checked off their final benchmark of the 2025 NFL regular season, staking their claim as AFC South champions.

On a nine-game win streak, are the Texans among the top five teams in the NFL entering Monday evening's bout against the Steelers?

After finishing 4-13 in 2024, the New England Patriots (14-3) flipped 2025 on its head as they took the AFC East back from the Buffalo Bills (12-5) and their five-year reign atop the division. The Miami Dolphins (7-10) finished under .

Preview the NFL Playoffs AFC Wild Card Round matchup between the Buffalo Bills and Jaguars, including betting odds, tips, trends, and game