The NFL playoff picture has been set. Before the action gets started, let's rank the teams appearing in the postseason from worst to first.

Kicking field goals likely won't get you a playoff win, but holding the opponent to three points inside the 20-yard line is a recipe for success. The Bolts led the league in red-zone defense in 2024 at 45.0 percent. Offensively, the Chargers were 18th here (56.0 percent), a stat that might need to improve starting Saturday.

Courier-Express beat reporter Jim Baker called it "one of the most inept quarterbacking performances ever witnessed in a Bills' uniform."

The final meeting of the season between the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots doesn’t have any playoff implications. But both teams have plenty to play for.

Coordinator Joe Brady's coaching trajectory is back on the rise after year-and-a-half of overseeing the Buffalo Bills' dynamic, Josh Allen-led offense.

The Chargers locked up a postseason berth with Saturday’s blowout victory over the Patriots, but at this point, their seed is unsettled. Entering Week 18, Los Angeles is the No ... The Chiefs are No. 1, the Bills are No. 2 and the Texans are No. 4.

The schedule is brutal and could be among the toughest in NFL history. Nick Sirianni’s team will face the Chiefs, Vikings, Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills, and Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers on the road. They’ll host Detroit and Denver while getting a close-up look at Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears.

Here's who and where the Bills can play in every round of the playoffs to reach their first Super Bowl in 31 years.

Now, we enter the wild-card playoffs with 14 teams ready to compete for the right to represent their conference in the Super Bowl. There are roughly five teams that are considered