From Seahawks to Cowboys and beyond, we're breaking down the NFC playoff picture by ranking the 2025 wild card contenders.

Denver’s surge and Buffalo’s slide into wild-card contention set up a possible playoff rematch at Empower Field as the AFC standings tighten.

Despite wins over both teams earlier this season, the Chargers are given a worse chance to reach Super Bowl LX than the Chiefs and Broncos.

The Seahawks and the Rams are the only teams in the NFL in 2025 who both rank in the top five in the league in scoring offense -- 31.4 PPG for Seattle (third in the NFL) and 27.9 PPG for Los Angeles (fifth in the NFL) -- and scoring defense -- 17.0 PPG for Los Angeles (second in the NFL) and 19.1 PPG for Seattle (fifth in the NFL).

The Texans suddenly have a real shot at clinching an AFC wild-card berth, improving to 6-5 after Thursday's Week 12 defeat of the visiting Bills.

Texans' tiebreaker scenarios for AFC Wild Card: Bills matchup in Week 12 has key role originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. A win on Thursday Night Football would be absolutely huge for the Houston Texans against the Buffalo Bills.

From Seahawks to Cowboys and beyond, we're breaking down the NFC playoff picture by ranking the 2025 wild-card contenders.