Final NFL Playoff Seeding: Wild Card Weekend Predictions and Full Postseason Schedule | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Here’s the seeding for the AFC playoffs:

1. Baltimore Ravens (13-4): The Ravens may have lost a meaningless season finale, but they remain a loaded, balanced team that ranks fourth in the league in both total offense and total defense. Led by the likely NFL MVP in quarterback Lamar Jackson, the Ravens have to be considered the favorites to represent the AFC In Super Bowl LVIII.

2. Buffalo Bills (11-6): It’s been an up-and-down season for the Bills, who entered Week 18 facing a potential scenario where they could miss the playoffs altogether despite winning four straight following their bye week. Instead, the Bills are the AFC East champion for a fourth consecutive year after beating Miami, and any team with Josh Allen under center and a top-five scoring defense is going to be tough out.

3. Kansas City Chiefs (11-6): The Chiefs won the AFC West for the eighth consecutive season, and the Kansas City defense has been a pleasant surprise this season, ranking second in the league entering Week 18. But the Kansas City offense hasn’t been as explosive as in years past, and as a result, Patrick Mahomes could be looking at the first road playoff game of his career.

4. Houston Texans (10-7): There isn’t a more surprising team in the AFC playoffs than the Houston Texans, who went from tomato cans in 2022 to AFC South champions in 2023 under first-year head coach DeMeco Ryans and rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud. It was a remarkable turnaround from a team that won just three games a year ago.

5. Cleveland Browns (11-6): Despite playing with four different quarterbacks and losing star running back Nick Chubb early in the season, the Browns had their most successful regular season since re-joining the NFL in 1999. The engine for that success? A defense that has paced the NFL in yards allowed per game for most of the season.

6. Miami Dolphins (11-6): For most of the season, the Dolphins have ranked at the top of the NFL in yards and points per game. And there’s no question that Miami is loaded offensively when at full strength. But the team didn’t have running back Raheem Mostert or wide receiver Jaylen Waddle on Sunday night, the team’s edge-rushers have been ravaged by injuries, and Miami has one win this year over a team with a winning record.

7. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7): Pittsburgh has endured its share of adversity in 2023, including turning to three different starting quarterbacks. But the Steelers have never had a losing season under Mike Tomlin, and the team’s Week 18 win over the Ravens coupled with Jacksonville’s collapse against the Tennessee Titans got the Steelers into the postseason.