Parity has run wild in the NFL in 2025 and while any team in playoff contention can conceivably win the Super Bowl, the postseason picture and who will land where in the standings is growing clearer with every week.

We're into Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season, and the playoff picture and the road to Super Bowl LX are starting to come into view. Which teams have the best chances to make the 14-team field? Which still have work to do to ultimately get in?

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the NFC playoff field is nearly set. Drama has intensified in the AFC, where the Jacksonville Jaguars are in the race for the No. 1 seed and first-round bye after an attention-grabbing win at Denver on Sunday.

The 2025 NFL regular season is drawing to a close, with just two weeks left for teams to earn the wins necessary to ensure their place in the playoffs and a shot at hoisting the Lombardi Trophy at the conclusion of Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara,

Entering the final two weeks of the 2025 regular season, the Packers need just one of the following four results to clinch a playoff spot in the NFC field: Vikings over Lions (Thursday, 3:30 p.m. CT) Packers over Ravens (Saturday, 7:00 p.m. CT) Packers over Vikings (Week 18)

Week 16 saw several teams clinch playoff spots, and changed the pecking order in both the NFC and the AFC. In the NFC, we have a new team in the No. 1 spot, and just two playoff spots left up for grabs as five teams have now clinched. In the AFC, the race for the No. 1 spot remains tight, as six teams remain alive in the chase for the bye week.

New NFC Playoff Team In 2025 That Could Make A Deep Run

The Eagles’ fifth straight to the playoffs ties a team record that was initially achieved during the Reid era from 2000 through 2004. The Eagles went into halftime trailing 10-7 after three missed field goals by kicker Jake Elliott, including a 43-yarder at the end of a 12-play drive that would have put the Eagles up 10-3.