NFL Playoff Projection: Breaking down all the Week 17 madness

The AFC playoff picture is mostly set going into Week 17. The NFC? That’s where things might get a little crazy.

We can predict with reasonable accuracy the order of first five seeds in the AFC. The Ravens have clinched the No. 1 seed and the Bills are locked into the No. 5 seed. The Chiefs could switch places with the Patriots, moving from No. 3 to No. 2, and the Texans could move from No. 4 to No. 3 with the Chiefs, but that would take pretty big upset losses by the Patriots or Chiefs.

That’s the opposite of the NFC, where we only know that the Minnesota Vikings will be the No. 6 seed. None of the other five seeds are set. We have two teams that could either get a first-round bye or be on…