NFL playoff predictions: Super Bowl champion, MVP, wild-card weekend winners and more

Three Yahoo Sports NFL writers think the Chiefs finish off their historic Super Bowl three-peat, while the NFC picks are all over the map.

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2025 NFL playoffs: Ranking teams most likely to pull off upsets during wild-card weekend

The NFC could get wacky
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'This is Detroit's Super Bowl chance' - plus my Wildcard Weekend predictions

NFL pundit Phoebe Schecter on how the Detroit Lions shut down the Minnesota Vikings and why they head into the play-offs knowing this is their shot at Super Bowl glory.
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2025 NFL playoff schedule, bracket: Dates, times of games as NFL playoff picture begins with Wild Card Weekend

Here's the full slate of games for the 2025 NFL playoffs with the Wild Card Weekend schedule now set
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2025 NFL playoff bracket: Betting picks, predictions, odds, spreads for Wild Card Weekend by advanced model

SportsLine's model has revealed its NFL playoff bracket 2025 picks and predictions for Super Wild Card Weekend 2025
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2025 NFL playoff bracket projection: Bills take down Rams for first Super Bowl win; predictions for every game

Projecting the full NFL playoff bracket across the next several weeks
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2025 NFL playoff bracket: Wild Card Weekend odds show Ravens as near double-digit favorites vs. Steelers

Here's a look at the lines as we begin the NFL playoffs
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2025 NFL playoff picture, bracket: Full Wild Card Weekend schedule for NFC and AFC after Lions destroy Vikings

Here's an up-to-date look at the 2025 NFL playoff schedule
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2025 NFL playoff schedule: Ranking Wild Card Weekend games; Commanders-Buccaneers matchup is underrated

Ranking all the games that come with the first weekend of the NFL playoffs
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Deebo predicts current NFL playoff bracket, Super Bowl 59 winner

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel gave his prediction for how the current NFL playoff bracket will play out.
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