NFL playoff bracket: Updated look at playoff picture for Week 12
With their loss on Thursday night football, the Pittsburg Steelers (8-3) still holds the second best record in the AFC and would be playing their AFC North rivals the Baltimore Ravens if the playoffs were held this weekend.
Little else is likely to change at the top of AFC's NFL playoff picture this weekend. Had the Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns they could have hopped over the Buffalo Bills (9-2), who have a bye this weekend.
The Bills could move up this weekend if the 10.5-point, underdog Carolina Panthers (3-7) upset the Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) in a 1 p.m. ET game on CBS. The Bills would slide up to the conference's top spot because of their win over the Chiefs 30-21 in Week 11.
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With yet another modest upset this week, the NFC West could be in complete parity at 6-5. That said, one tie breaker or another would put one of the four teams in the third or fourth playoff spot currently occupied by the division leader Arizona Cardinals (6-4).
The Cardinals play the 5-5 Seattle Seahawks in 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday game on FOX. As of Sunday morning, BetMGM gave neither team an advantage. The 5-5 Los Angeles Rams are just 3-point underdogs at home in the "Sunday Night Football" on NBC against the Philadelphia Eagles (7-3). The Eagles currently hold the second slot in the NFC.
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will host the following night's game, too. The Harbaugh brothers will coach against each other for third time in their NFL careers when the Baltimore Ravens (7-4) and the Los Angeles Chargers (7-3) meet on "Monday Night Football." Both teams have more than a 90% chance of making the playoffs, regardless of the game's outcome. BetMGM odds: Ravens by 2.5 points.