The Los Angeles Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals and LA Rams all won on Saturday to either seal a playoff ticket or keep their postseason hopes alive.
The NFL Playoff picture is not set in stone. However, the current matchup for the Los Angeles Chargers is a ratings dream for the NFL.
The Bengals are coming off a Week 17 win over the Denver Broncos while the Steelers lost to the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day. Cincinnati needs a win to stay in the hunt for a postseason berth and then would need help on Sunday.
The Pittsburgh Steelers suffered their seventh defeat of the 2024 campaign in Week 18, losing to the Cincinnati Bengals, 19-17, to close out the regular season. Here's a look at the updated playoff matchup scenarios after the loss to the Bengals.
The Los Angeles Chargers clinched their postseason spot with a Week 17 victory. Now, it is time for the Cincinnati Bengals to help the Chargers with a win.
On a night when the Pittsburgh Steelers needed the offense to pull its weight, they fell flat. The Steelers defense did its job against the Bengals but the Pittsburgh offense came up short time and time again en route to a narrow 19-17 loss.
And Chargers coaches love the small favor provided to them by the NFL. Speaking with reporters before Week 18, Chargers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said the following: "It's an unbelievable setup in my mind at least, that we can have that information ahead of time."
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals will close out their respective regular seasons against one another in Week 18 at Acrisure Stadium. The Bengals are fighting for their playoff lives, while the Steelers are battling for playoff seeding.
The Ravens had little trouble beating the Browns to wrap up the AFC North for the second consecutive season. Baltimore is now the AFC's No. 3 seed.
Major playoff implications in the AFC are on the line on Saturday night when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Cincinnati Bengals in their last games of the 2024