Welcome to Week 18. The road to Super Bowl 59 will truly be locked in by the end of next Sunday. And now, if you’re wondering what the playoff picture looks like, you’ve come to the right place.

Welcome to The Athletic’s live coverage of NFL Week 18. The playoff bracket ... The Chargers hadn't forgotten their ugly 63-21 loss in Las Vegas last season. Sunday's win had a cleansing effect.

With just one week remaining in the NFL regular season, the playoff picture is becoming ever clearer ... They are out, along with the Jets, Las Vegas Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, Browns ...

Tom Brady may have taken his talents from the booth to the field, but he still has influence in what goes on across the NFL ...

Welcome to The Athletic's live blog covering ... the league through Sunday's games and Monday's fallout as the NFL playoff picture becomes clearer. Required reading Subscribe to The Athletic ...

Welcome to the NFL playoff bracket predictor, which allows users to input their predictions on a week-by-week basis and formulate the playoff bracket accordingly. Use Sportskeeda’s NFL Playoff ...

Matt Warren is Associate Director of NFL coverage for SB Nation and previously covered the Buffalo Bills for Buffalo Rumblings for more than a decade. If it has to do with math, he covered it ...

Matt Warren is Associate Director of NFL coverage for SB Nation and previously covered the Buffalo Bills for Buffalo Rumblings for more than a decade. If it has to do with math, he covered it ...

Justin Herbert was at the center of the action, throwing three touchdown passes to join Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson as the only NFL players ... along with the Jets, Las Vegas Raiders ...