NFL schedule set up perfect Buccaneers, Panthers finish for NFC South standings originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NFL schedule makers like to backlog the calendar with divisional matchups. But even then, there's no guarantee that those games will have any meaning.

Each conference will have seven playoff teams: four division winners (No. 1 through No. 4) and three at-large teams, called wild cards (No. 5 through No. 7). The division winners are ranked by best record to worst and will each host at least one playoff game.

NFL Week 16 picks, predictions for every NFL game this week, including Rams-Seahawks, Patriots-Ravens, Chargers-Cowboys, Chiefs-Titans, Packers-Bears.

The Tennessee Titans vs. Kansas City Chiefs matchup will look different in Week 16, after Patrick Mahomes was lost for the season with a torn ACL.

On paper, the NFL’s 2025 Christmas Day schedule looked to be stacked. But Sunday’s slate of games was about the worst-case scenario for Netflix and Prime Video, the two streaming services with NFL games scheduled for the holiday.

The NFL has chosen the two games for its Week 17 Saturday doubleheader. The Los Angeles Chargers will host the Houston Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET followed by an 8 p.m. primetime showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Ravens at historic Lambeau Field.

Week 15 of the 2025 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with the Atlanta Falcons defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But there's still plenty of action to come this weekend. Before Sunday night's game between the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys and Monday night's game between the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers,