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.

However Sunday night, the 272nd and final game of the regular season, will have winner-take-all stakes as the archrival Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens vie for the AFC North title in the latest installment of their border way. The loser goes gets nothing.

Jason Logan's Bet Now, Bet Later NFL picks for Super Wild-Card Weekend include the Patriots against the spread vs. the Chargers.

Here in the Picks Department, we’re still trying to get through the 2025 NFL season with winning records overall and in Best Bets. Week 18 figures to make that difficult with its variety of playoff and tanking scenarios. Unless those things turn out to make it easier.

In a performance that would make the Legion of Boom proud, the Seahawks kept the 49ers out of the end zone and won 13-3 to secure the NFC's No. 1 seed.