The NFL playoff picture will finalize after the NFL Week 18 schedule. The top seeds in both the AFC and NFC are still at stake, as is who is going to take the NFC South and AFC North title and the playoff spot that comes with it.

Microsoft Copilot picks all of the NFL Week 17 games after going 12-4 predicting the results of the previous week's contests.

Caleb Williams' mentality isn't changing ahead of his first playoff start, which will be on the biggest stage of his two-year career so far.

Kickoff from Soldier Field is set for 4:25 p.m. ET. The Bears are 4.5-point favorites in the latest Lions vs. Bears odds at DraftKings, and the total is 51.5. Before making any Bears vs. Lions picks of your own, make sure to look at the top NFL picks from the SportsLine Projection Model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times.

The NFL playoff field is set. The Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks are the No. 1 seeds who earned first-round byes, while the New England Patriots and Chicago Bears look dangerous as No. 2 seeds. Plus there are plenty of contenders in the other wild-card weekend slots.

The Houston Texans take on the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night of Wild Card Weekend of the 2025 NFL Season.