2026 NFL wild card weekend odds, lines, picks, predictions
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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.
Nolan Bianchi, Richard Silva, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News offer their predictions for Week 18 of the NFL season.
Each pick has a confidence level of 1-10, with 10 being the most confident. For more information on the pick methodology, check out the Week 1 edition of this series. Keep in mind that since the idea here is to make high-percentage plays,
The Bills had the best rushing attack in the NFL this year with an average of 159.6 yards per game. Only one other team in the NFL even topped145 yards per game during the regular season. The Bills went 9-0 in games where they rushed for at least 150 yards thanks in large part to their not-so-secret weapon, James Cook.
It's the final day of the regular season, and the playoff field is almost set, as 12 teams have clinched playoff berths and the Seahawks have clinched the top seed in the NFC.
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.