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Here are the current AFC playoff standings, with a new team at the top of the pile.
Could 2025 finally be the year a team dethrones the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West? The AFC West is set to be a three-team race in 2025. How do the division standings look after Denver's win over Las Vegas and Los Angeles' win over Pittsburgh?
Patrick Mahomes threw for 276 yards with one touchdown and an interception. Tight end Travis Kelce led the way with nine receptions for 91 yards and a score on 13 targets. In the fourth quarter, Kelce caught a 21-yard pass from Mahomes to give Kansas City a 19-16 lead.
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2025 NFL playoff picture, standings: Who's in, who's out, who's in the hunt across AFC and NFC races
The 2025 NFL season is more than halfway complete now that Week 11 is in the books. Only seven full weeks of regular season action remain until the start of the playoffs. Which means, while the postseason picture is far from finalized, the race for playoff berths -- and top seeding -- is well underway.
Buffalo and Kansas City are in jeopardy of having their division championship streaks snapped. The Bills, who have won five straight AFC East titles, trailed the New England Patriots by 1.5 games. Kansas City, winner of nine consecutive AFC West crowns, are in third place, 3.5 games behind Denver.
Week 11 in the NFL brought with it a pair of high-stakes games with playoff implications in the NFC as the Seattle Seahawks traveled to Los Angeles for a showdown with the Rams and the Detroit Lions headed east to Philadelphia for a match-up with the top-seeded Philadelphia Eagles.