The most talented team doesn't always win the Super Bowl, and you should never count the Kansas City Chiefs out.  Against my better judgment last year, I tabbed the Chiefs as the NFL's fourth-best remaining team ahead of the divisional round of the playoffs.

Plus, the Texans kept it tight at Arrowhead in Week 16, falling 27-19 even as they were limping to the finish line. Quarterback C.J. Stroud finished 23-of-39 passing for 244 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in that game.

NFL playoffs bracket predictions, picks for the entire 2024-25 NFL postseason following the Wild Card round. Which NFL teams will win their playoff matchups and get to the Super Bowl as of the Divisional Round?

The Eagles went from +700 to +400 odds to win the 2025 Super Bowl, taking the largest jump among teams with odds shorter than 10-1 (we’ll call them our true contenders) and closing the gap on the top-seeded Detroit Lions at +280.

How did the Wild Card round influence our thinking when it comes to which of the eight teams left standing have the best odds of winning the Lombardi Trophy? As we did last week, our staff writers here at.

The NFL's postseason field has been reduced from 14 to a remaining eight teams. So with the wild-card round now over and the divisional matchups set, it's time to go back and rank the playoff teams again as the path to Super Bowl LIX narrows.