2025 26 Nfl Playoff Picture Week 16 Recap Post Monday Night Football

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Dec 27, 2025, 1:52 PM

2025 26 nfl playoff picture week 16 recap post monday night football

We have the 2025-26 NFL Playoff picture, current standings, and projected seeds for you. Week 16 delivered massive drama: Eagles repeat as NFC East champs and eliminate Cowboys; Bears rally in OT to lead NFC North; Jaguars stun Broncos; Chargers secure key win; Panthers upset Bucs to take... Monday: 49ers crush Colts 48-27 behind Purdy’s 5 TD passes, improving to 11-4 and keeping NFC top-seed hopes alive. Below is the updated playoff picture as of December 22, 2025 (post-Monday Night Football). Check the official NFL Playoff Picture for real-time updates. Download our free printable 2026 NFL playoff bracket and the NFL Christmas Schedule to track your predictions.

Last updated: December 22, 2025 (after MNF). Stay tuned for Santa Updates. Week 16 delivered drama. You can check out the latest playoff seeds and positioning if the playoffs were set today below. The Broncos (12-3) clinched the AFC West but dropped a game, keeping the top-seed race tight with the Patriots (12-3). Jaguars lead the South; Steelers hold the North edge.

Colts’ loss drops their playoff odds dramatically. Week 16 delivered historic playoff drama across both conferences as ten teams clinched postseason berths. The Seahawks rallied from a 30-14 fourth quarter deficit to stun the Rams 38-37 in overtime on Thursday night and clinched a playoff berth while taking over the NFC’s No. 1 seed at 12-3. The Bears mounted a miraculous comeback to beat the Packers 22-16 in overtime on Saturday after recovering an onside kick and clinching a playoff berth at 11-4. The Broncos hold the AFC’s No.

1 seed at 12-3. The Patriots clinched at 12-3. The Jaguars clinched at 11-4 with their sixth straight victory. Five AFC teams and five NFC teams have clinched playoff berths. Updated: After Monday Night Football, Week 16 (December 23, 2025), 2025 season Fourteen teams make the postseason with seven from each conference.

The top seed gets a first round bye and home field advantage. The Broncos clinched a playoff berth and hold the AFC’s No. 1 seed at 12-3. The Patriots clinched at 12-3 and hold the No. 2 seed. The Jaguars clinched at 11-4 and hold the No.

3 seed. The Chargers and Bills both clinched at 11-4. The Seahawks clinched and hold the NFC’s No. 1 seed at 12-3. The Bears clinched at 11-4 and hold the No. 2 seed.

The Eagles clinched the NFC East at 10-5. The 49ers and Rams both clinched at 11-4. Ten teams have clinched playoff berths with one week remaining. Want to test different scenarios? Check out our Free Playoff Picture Simulator for Week 17 to see how each game impacts the playoff race. A few more teams were able to punch their tickets to 2025-26 NFL Playoffs, but Sunday was mostly a day of races tightening across the league.

The hunt for the No. 1 seed in both the AFC and NFC are both open. The Broncos lost some ground in their quest for the top seed in a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bills, Chargers and Panthers all picked up wins that puts them in a really strong position to get to the postseason even if they didn't clinch. Let's take a look at the results around the league and where the playoff picture stands after Sunday's action. .css-1582m2i{margin:0;font:inherit;font-weight:700;}Thursday, Dec.

18 More than half of the NFL's 14 playoff spots were clinched in Week 16. Four spots in the NFC were clinched by the Seahawks, Eagles, Bears and 49ers. Over in the AFC, the Patriots clinched on Sunday night. Then, with the Colts' loss on Monday night, the Jaguars, Chargers and Bills all clinched a spot. The Broncos control their own destiny to clinch the No.

1 seed in the AFC, while the Seahawks and 49ers also do in the NFC. Here's where things stand after Week 16. In the hunt: Indianapolis Colts (8-7), Baltimore Ravens (7-8) What an insane sequence to end the Lions-Steelers game. Amon-Ra St. Brown scored what looked like the game-winning touchdown, but it was negated by a pass interference penalty on Isaac TeSlaa.

A few plays later, on fourth down, St. Brown caught a pass at the goal line but wasn't able to get into the end zone... but he flipped the ball backwards to Jared Goff, who ran it a few yards into the end zone. HOWEVER... the play was negated by a pass interference penalty on St. Brown, and with no time left on the clock, the game is over.

Steelers win and improve to 9-6, keeping their hold on the AFC North, while the Lions drop to 8-7 and have their playoff hopes on life support. Trevor Lawrence was masterful against one of the best defenses in the NFL: He went completed 23 of 36 passes for 279 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for another score. The Jaguars remain in control of the AFC South despite Houston's win over the Raiders this afternoon. The Broncos' lead in the AFC West is down to one game, while their lead over the Patriots in the race for the top seed in the AFC is now a half-game. (And it's one game over the Jags.) It’s been a long 2025 NFL season so far with twists, turns, shocking injuries, surprising contenders and disappointing years from preseason favorites.

As we come off another intriguing week of action across the league and approach the end of the season, the playoff picture is becoming more and more clear. With just two weeks of the NFL regular season left, who’s in, who’s out and who still has a shot at making a postseason run for a spot in Super Bowl LX and a... (All teams listed by current seeding in each conference) 1. Denver Broncos (12-3, 1st AFC West): The Broncos still have to play the Patrick Mahomes-less Kansas City Chiefs on the road before hosting the Los Angeles Chargers at Mile High, so the No. 1 seed is not at all locked up.

What 14 teams are positioned to make the NFL playoffs in the 2025 regular season, from the eight division winners to six total wild cards? What would the seeding look like in the race for Super Bowl 60? Here are the answers in Sporting News' latest look at how the postseason field is coming together in both conferences going into the Sunday night and Monday night games of Week 16. 1. Denver Broncos, 12-3 (first place, AFC West) The Broncos, who have clinched a playoff berth, lead the Patriots by only a common-games tiebreaker for the top playoff seed after their tough Sunday home loss against the Jaguars, whom they lead by...

The Broncos still lead the Chargers by one game in the division title race. It took 15 weeks of the 2025 NFL season, but some NFL teams have finally clinched playoff berths. Two teams to be exact. The Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos punched their tickets to the NFL playoffs with wins in NFL Week 15. See the updated NFL playoff picture and NFL postseason standings after NFL Week 15 games, which saw some big changes from the NFL playoff picture last week (last week's rankings in parentheses) and the... There are eight NFL divisions, four in the NFC and four in the AFC, with each division winner earning a playoff berth in each conference, along with the three non-division winners with the best...

The top seeds in each conference receive byes to the second round. NFL Week 16 picks: Rams at Seahawks | Eagles at Commanders | Packers at Bears | Buccaneers at Panthers | Bills at Browns | Chargers at Cowboys | Jets at Saints | Vikings at... Five teams in each conference have clinched playoff berths: The Broncos, Patriots, Jaguars Chargers and Bills in the AFC, and the Seahawks, Bears, Eagles, 49ers and Rams in the NFC. That leaves four playoff berths remaining, plus plenty of jockeying for playoff seeding. Here’s how the NFL playoff picture looks after Week 16: 1.

Broncos (12-3) If they win out, they’re the No. 1 seed in the AFC. 2. Patriots (12-3) Would lose the common-games tiebreaker to the Broncos. 3. Jaguars (11-4) The clear favorites in the AFC South.

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