NFL Playoff Bracket Image 2024-25: AFC, NFC Standings After Week 11 SNF
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The Buffalo Payments handed the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs their first lack of the 2024 common season on Sunday afternoon.
Buffalo’s win introduced the AFC East chief inside a half-game of the Chiefs on the prime of the AFC standings.
Kansas Metropolis continues to be in entrance, however its margin of error is slimmer as a result of the Payments now personal the head-to-head tiebreaker.
The Chiefs and Payments are the clear prime groups within the AFC, however they might face a menace from the Pittsburgh Steelers, who sit at 8-2 after their win over the Baltimore Ravens.
Over within the NFC, the Detroit Lions proceed to appear like the category of the convention.
Detroit trampled the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11’s early-afternoon window to maintain its benefit on prime of the NFC.
Dan Campbell’s workforce is going through competitors from the Philadelphia Eagles, who surged in entrance within the NFC East on Thursday night time.
AFC Standings
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Division Leaders
1. Kansas Metropolis (9-1)
2. Buffalo (9-2)
3. Pittsburgh (8-2)
4. Houston (6-4)
Wild-Card Race
5. Los Angeles Chargers (7-3)
6. Baltimore (7-4)
7. Denver (6-5)
8. Indianapolis (5-6)
9. Miami (4-6)
10. Cincinnati (4-7)
11. New York Jets (3-8)
12. New England (3-8)
13. Cleveland (2-8)
14. Tennessee (2-8)
15. Las Vegas (2-8)
16. Jacksonville (2-9)
Buffalo moved inside putting distance of the Chiefs with their house win within the late-afternoon window.
Kansas Metropolis continues to be the No. 1 seed after Week 11, however it must be good, or near it, for the remainder of the common season to keep away from dropping right into a tie with the Payments.
Buffalo simply has to maintain tempo with the Chiefs after its Week 12 bye and hope for considered one of Kansas Metropolis’s opponents to drag off an upset to land home-field benefit.
The Pittsburgh Steelers had been the most important winner within the AFC from Sunday’s early window.
The Steelers defeated the Baltimore Ravens of their first divisional sport of the season.
Pittsburgh is now 1.5 video games forward of the Ravens within the AFC North with the head-to-head tiebreaker in hand.
The Steelers will run via the AFC North gauntlet within the subsequent three weeks with two matchups towards the Cleveland Browns and one versus the Cincinnati Bengals.
Baltimore continues to be in good condition within the wild-card race due to the buffer between itself and the Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts.
Indianapolis moved to 5-6 with a win over the New York Jets. The Colts might use a Denver Broncos loss to the Atlanta Falcons to stage the 2 groups at 5-6 going into Week 12.
The Colts and Broncos will need to have rejoiced on Sunday night time when the Cincinnati Bengals misplaced to the Los Angeles Chargers. Cincinnati is now 4-7 and with out a clear path to the postseason.
In the meantime, the Chargers at the moment are 7-3 and in a terrific spot to land a wild-card spot. Solely the Chargers, Ravens, Broncos and Colts are inside two video games of one another in a wild-card race that has thinned out in the previous couple of weeks.
NFC Standings
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Division Leaders
1. Detroit (9-1)
2. Philadelphia (8-2)
3. Arizona (6-4)
4. Atlanta (6-5)
Wild-Card Race
5. Minnesota (8-2)
6. Inexperienced Bay (7-3)
7. Washington (7-4)
8. Los Angeles Rams (5-5)
9. Seattle (5-5)
10. San Francisco (5-5)
11. Tampa Bay (4-6)
12. Chicago (4-6)
13. New Orleans (4-7)
14. Dallas (3-6)
15. Carolina (3-7)
16. New York Giants (2-8)
The Lions continued their reign of dominance with a blowout win over the Jaguars.
Detroit saved its one-game lead over the Eagles for the NFC’s prime seed.
The Eagles are 1.5 video games away from the Washington Commanders within the NFC East after their triumph at house on Thursday night time.
Washington nonetheless has a cushion within the battle for the final wild-card spot.
The Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers all sit at 5-5. The Rams are in entrance of their two NFC West rivals after the Seahawks’ win over the 49ers on Sunday afternoon.
San Francisco’s loss to Seattle put it at a major drawback. The Niners at the moment are 1-3 in divisional play. That might be a large hindrance for the Niners since that might be a major tiebreaker in the case of the wild-card hunt.
The NFC West-leading Arizona Cardinals inched as much as the No. 3 seed throughout their bye week after the Atlanta Falcons fell to the Denver Broncos.
Atlanta nonetheless has a cushion atop the NFC South with a 1.5-game lead and the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
