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2022 NFL Playoff Picture: Packers Clinch Division as Bucs, Cardinals Lose in Wide-Open NFC

It took 15 weeks, but we finally have our first official playoff team.

With their 31–30 win over the Ravens, the Packers became the first team in the league to lock up a spot in the postseason. Green Bay clinched the NFC North title for the third straight year, and moved into sole possession of the No. 1 seed in the conference thanks to losses by the Cardinals and Buccaneers.

The jockeying for position in the NFC will ratchet up over the next three weeks, with four teams having 10 or more wins. The AFC has just one such team (the Chiefs), though positions for seeding are similarly jumbled coming down the home stretch.