Division Leaders

1. San Francisco (12-4)

2. Dallas (11-5)

3. Detroit (11-5)

4. Tampa Bay (8-8)

Wild-Card Race

5. Philadelphia (11-5)

6. Los Angeles Rams (9-7)

7. Green Bay (8-8)

8. Seattle (8-8)

9. New Orleans (8-8)

10. Minnesota (7-9)

12. Atlanta (7-9)

The NFC playoff picture could either be incredibly chaotic or produce the most boring Week 18 you will ever see.

The Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Green Bay Packers control how the NFC playoff seeds will be finalized.

Dallas needs a win over the Washington Commanders to confirm the NFC East crown and the No. 2 seed. A Dallas loss allows the Philadelphia Eagles to win the division with a victory over the New York Giants. If both teams lose, the Cowboys win the NFC East.

The Detroit Lions must beat the Minnesota Vikings in the early window to keep hope alive for the No. 2 seed, but their fate will be determined in the late afternoon set of games.

Detroit needs the Cowboys and Philadelphia to lose to leapfrog the NFC East champion to land the No. 2 seed.

Tampa Bay locks itself into the No. 4 seed with a road win over the Carolina Panthers.

A Tampa Bay loss benefits the Atlanta-New Orleans winner, who will capture the NFC South crown if the Bucs slip up.

New Orleans must win and receive losses from Green Bay and Seattle to qualify as a wild-card team. Atlanta's path to the postseason is through the NFC South title.

Atlanta is in an interesting spot with the 12th-best record in the NFC. The 11th-placed Chicago Bears are eliminated from the postseason because they do not have a path to the divisional title.

All of the remaining wild-card contenders will be rooting for the Bears to upset the Packers at Lambeau Field. If Green Bay wins, it will be the third clinched wild-card team. The Packers can gain the No. 6 seed if they win and the Los Angeles Rams lose to the San Francisco 49ers.

A Packers loss opens up the possibility for a team to jump Green Bay, starting with Seattle.

The Seahawks must beat the Arizona Cardinals and get a Green Bay loss to qualify for the postseason.

New Orleans needs losses from both Green Bay and Seattle to get into the postseason field, if it does not win the NFC South.

Minnesota must beat the Lions and then have the Packers, Seahawks and the Bucs or Saints lose to pull off a playoff miracle.