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There is just one more week left in the 2025 NFL regular season, as Week 17 brought some more playoff implications and even 2026 NFL Draft key positions.
The biggest takeaway from Week 17 is that two divisions in the NFL — the AFC North and the NFC South — will be determined by whoever wins key games in Week 18.
First, it’s the Pittsburgh Steelers getting upset by the Cleveland Browns at home as Aaron Rodgers couldn’t find Marquez Valdes-Scantling on a controversial play that ended the game in the end zone. That loss puts the AFC North in the title game between the Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens, which is only possible thanks to a road win in which Derrick Henry scored four touchdowns against the Green Bay Packers.
Then, despite both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers losing their respective matchups, the NFL tiebreakers play their Week 18 game in the NFC South title game.
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Aaron Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Steelers reacts during the second quarter of the game against the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field on Dec. 28, 2025, in Cleveland. (Nick Cammett/Getty Images)
And while everyone was focused on the NFL playoff picture, two games at 4 gave us the New York Giants against the Las Vegas Raiders, with the winner owning the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft.
The Giants would have bolstered the pick with a loss, but Jaxson Dart and the Giants’ offense blew out Geno Smith and the Raiders to give up the pick, which now belongs in Sin City.
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Here’s how each NFL game played out:
THURSDAY DEC. 25
– DALLAS COWBOYS 30, WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 23
– MINNESOTA VIKINGS 23, DETROIT LIONS 10
– DENVER BRONCOS 20, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 13
Dak Prescott (4) of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates after his team’s touchdown against the Washington Commanders in the second quarter of a game at Northwest Stadium on December 25, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
SATURDAY DEC. 27
– HOUSTON TEXANS 20, LOS ANGELES CHARGER 16
– BALTIMORE RAVENS 41, GREEN BAY PACKERS 24
SUNDAY DEC. 28
– CINCINNATI BENGALS 37, ARIZONA CARDINALS 14
– CLEVELAND BROWNS 13, PITTSBURGH STEELERS 7
– NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 34, TENNESSEE TITANS 26
– JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 23, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 17
– MIAMI DOLPHINS 20, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 17
– NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 42, NEW YORK JETS 10
– SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 27, CAROLINA PANTHERS 10
– NEW YORK GIANTS 34, LAS VEGAS RAIDERS 10
– PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 13, BUFFALO BILLS 12
– SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS-CHICAGO BEARS (TBD)
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MONDAY DEC. 29
– LOS ANGELES RAMS-ATLANTA FALCONS (TBD)
