by Tom Blair , Gennaro Filice , Dan Parr & Brooke Cersosimo
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One of the things that made the 2025 regular season so interesting was just how open it was, with multiple power players of the past few years giving way to fresh faces on the playoff scene. Of course, this element also makes it basically impossible to predict what’s going to unfold between now and Super Bowl LX.
Five of the eight newly minted division champions missed the postseason completely in 2024, while exactly one top-four seed from the ’24 field — the Eagles — reached the top four again this year. Who knows how any of these teams will react to the playoff stage?
All that variability did not stop us, the editors behind NFL.com’s weekly game picks column (Ali Bhanpuri, Brooke Cersosimo, Dan Parr, Gennaro Filice and Tom Blair), from trying our best to forecast the winner of every single postseason game. We are fully aware our failure is pretty much guaranteed — one or more of these prognostications will be upended by some of that delicious chaos that made 2025 so exhilarating.
With that in mind, here are our predictions for the entire NFL playoff race, along with breakdowns of some of our more noteworthy decisions.
NFL playoff field: Odds to win Super Bowl LX
1. Denver Broncos (+650) 1. Seattle Seahawks (+330)
2. New England Patriots (+900) 2. Chicago Bears (+2500)
3. Jacksonville Jaguars (+1300) 3. Philadelphia Eagles (+950)
4. Pittsburgh Steelers (+5000) 4. Carolina Panthers (+20000)
5. Houston Texans (+1200) 5. Los Angeles Rams (+425)
6. Buffalo Bills (+1000) 6. San Franciso 49ers (+3000)
7. Los Angeles Chargers (+3000) 7. Green Bay Packers (+2500)
(as of 1 p.m. ET on Jan. 6, courtesy of DraftKings)
Predictions for the entire NFL playoff race
