NFL playoff schedule: Complete playoff bracket and odds for this weekend's games
With the Los Angeles Rams' 27-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night, the 2025 NFL bracket and schedule have come into full view.
The Rams, the NFC West champions and the conference's fourth seed, will open Sunday's two-game slate against the No. 2 seed Philadelphia Eagles at 3 p.m. ET on NBC.
In the last game of the weekend, the AFC's No. 2-seed Buffalo Bills will host the No. 3-seed Baltimore Ravens at 6:30 p.m. on CBS in what oddsmakers predict will be the closest game of the weekend.
Printable 2025 NFL playoff bracket and divisional matchups
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How NFL playoff format works
After this weekend's games, the records of the remaining four teams in each conference determined how the divisional championships set up:
◾ No. 1 seed hosts the lowest remaining seed.
◾ The next highest remaining seed hosts the other wild-card weekend winner.
NFL odds for this weekend's games
BetMGM's initial betting lines for this weekend's games have shifted slightly in the past couple days. A plus before the number signifies the amount a bettor would win on a $100 bet. A minus signifies the amount a bettor must bet to win $100.
Odds for Chiefs-Texans game and Bills-Ravens game
Houston Texans (+375) at Kansas City Chiefs (-500) favored by 8.5 points
Baltimore Ravens (-120) favored by 1 point at Buffalo Bills (+100)
Odds for Lions-Commanders game and Eagles-Rams game
Washington Commanders (+400) at Detroit Lions (-550) favored by 9.5 points
Los Angeles Rams (+225) at Philadelphia Eagles (-275) favored by 6 points
Best offenses and defenses of the 2024 NFL season
The Chiefs finished the regular season with the league's best record, but did so with the lowest scoring differential among the top playoff teams. They outscored their opponents by just 59 points. Their 38-0 loss to end the season didn't help, but less than a third of the NFC-leading Detroit Lions. Both the Lions and the Bills scored more than 500 points this season – a milestone only the Dallas Cowboys hit in 2023.
In his first season back in the NFL, head coach Jim Harbaugh turned up the Los Angeles Chargers' defense, cutting their "points against" to 301 – almost than 100 points fewer than 2023 and leading the league in the category. The five-seed Chargers fell to Texans in opening game of Wild Card Weekend. Interestingly, the 10-7 Texans scored exactly as many points as they gave up this season.