Monday's win over the Buccaneers catapulted the Lions' playoff chances, and put Detroit in the mix for the NFC North. Detroit has losses to Green Bay and Kansas City and has a brutal schedule remaining, but the Lions are one of the more talented teams in the NFL .

Behind 117 rushing yards from Kimani Vidal and three touchdown passes from Justin Herbert, Los Angeles cruised to a 37–10 win over Minnesota to improve to 5–3 on the season. It was a needed response for coach Jim Harbaugh’s Chargers after they suffered a 38–24 loss in Week 7 to the Colts.

The Baltimore Ravens have received a wild playoff prediction from an NFL insider, despite the team's 1-5 losing skid.

At 6-1 on the season, the Indianapolis Colts hold the best record in all of football as the only team with six wins entering Week 8. So naturally, when it comes to playoff seeding in the AFC, the Colts currently sit at the top of the conference as the one seed.

The NFL season is a third of the way over. Here's a way-too-early look at the league's playoff picture entering Week 7.

Six teams have mountains to climb if they hope to make the postseason in 2025 after losing their first three games.

The Ravens have big issues. Nnamdi Madubuike (neck) and Kyle Van Noy (hamstring) were both out in Week 3 when the Lions rolled up 224 rushing yards, but as Kyle Hamilton said, "Shame on us if we need a Pro Bowl guy to play good defense."

The Los Angeles Chargers improved to 5-3 with their win over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday Night Football, and they're sitting just behind the Denver Broncos, who are 5-2. Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs are still very much in the mix at 4-3.

The Seattle Seahawks are 5-2, and they look like one of the best teams in the NFL heading into their bye week. They have the second-best record in football, and while they trail in the NFC West by way of a Week 1 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, they've since morphed into a dominant team in all three phases.