Overview
- Philadelphia moved to 8-2 and holds the NFC’s No. 1 seed over 8-2 Los Angeles via head-to-head, while Denver leads the AFC at 9-2 over 9-2 New England on conference record.
- Detroit’s 16-9 loss to Philadelphia dropped the Lions out of the bracket and opened the No. 7 NFC seed for San Francisco, which improved to 7-4 by beating Arizona.
- The Rams’ win over the Seahawks put Los Angeles at 8-2 and alone atop the NFC West, with Seattle at 7-3 and San Francisco at 7-4 in pursuit.
- If the playoffs started today, matchups would include Rams vs. 49ers, Bears vs. Packers and Buccaneers vs. Seahawks in the NFC, and Patriots vs. Jaguars, Colts vs. Chargers and Steelers vs. Bills in the AFC.
- Analytics now give the 49ers roughly 85–90% playoff odds, though the picture remains fluid heading into Week 12, which features 49ers–Panthers on Monday night and Rams–Buccaneers on Sunday night.