NFL.com's Matt Okada previews Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season with an NFL Pro insight deep dive on the three most critical matchups.

The NFC West showdown is cleaner. If the Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers, they are the NFC West champs and No. 1 seed in the NFC. With a loss the 49ers would be the No. 5 or 6 seed, based on the Rams’ outcome on Sunday. If the 49ers win, they’re division champs and the No. 1 seed, and Seattle would be the No. 5 seed.

In Week 15, we saw likely the last Monday Night Football game in the career of quarterback and future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers. It's more of

Heading into Week 17, seven of the eight division titles are still up for grabs. To get you set, Kellen Forrest gives a division-by-division look at what’s at stake in the penultimate week of the regular season.

Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season features a matchup with huge playoff ramifications tonight, as the Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7) host divisional rival,