POPULAR SEARCHES <br> BROWSE BY <br>The Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers captured the NFL's final two playoff spots in Week 18.<br>Rookie quarterback Bo Nix led the Broncos to a 38-0 victory over Kansas City's backups on Sunday, sending Denver to the postseason for the first time since Peyton Manning helped the team win a Super Bowl nine years ago.<br>The Buccaneers clinched the NFC South with a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/buccaneers-saints-score-0cd1ec6bef12d1cedc7f45cd9972d5a7">27-19 comeback victory</a> over New Orleans and earned the No. 3 seed when the Los Angeles Rams lost to Seattle 30-25. <br>Tampa Bay (10-7) will host Washington (12-5) in the wild-card playoffs next Sunday night.<br>The Broncos (10-7) got the seventh seed and will visit Buffalo (13-4) on Sunday.<br>Denver's victory eliminated Cincinnati and Miami, which lost to the Jets.<br>Green Bay, which lost 24-22 to Chicago, will be the seventh seed and visits No. 2 seed Philadelphia on Sunday in the middle game of a playoff tripleheader. The Eagles (14-3) beat the Packers (11-6) in the season opener, 34-29, in Brazil.<br>The Commanders <a href="https://apnews.com/article/commanders-cowboys-score-a98a092c3fd9e1b78905ab27e1fa394a">beat Dallas 23-19</a> behind backup quarterback Marcus Mariota’s two touchdown passes. <br>Washington opened the season with a loss in Tampa Bay, but rookie QB Jayden Daniels has come a long way since Week 1.<br>The NFC North and the conference’s No. 1 seed will be decided when the Lions (14-2) host the Vikings (14-2) on Sunday night. The winner clinches the division, the top spot and a bye next week. The loser gets the No. 5 seed and travels to Los Angeles (10-7) for a wild-card game against the fourth-seeded Rams on Monday night. Detroit clinches if the final game of the regular season ends in a tie.<br>The AFC’s playoff picture became more clear on Saturday when the Baltimore Ravens beat Cleveland to clinch the North and the No. 3 seed. The Chiefs (15-2) already locked up a first-round bye, the Bills are the No. 2 seed and the Houston Texans are No. 4.<br>The Los Angeles Chargers beat Las Vegas to get the No. 5 seed. The Chargers (10-7) will play at Houston (10-7) in the first wild-card game on Saturday afternoon. The Ravens (12-5) host the Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7), who lost the final four games of the regular season to drop to the No. 6 seed, on Saturday night. The division rivals split the season series.<br>___<br>AP NFL: <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/nfl">https://apnews.com/hub/nfl</a><br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiowFBVV95cUxORXRDTkoyZThaeGxPYmlwSlVDZU9fVHpmRVA2b2VwNEppYS1Db3lPa290LTBZRUZFU1BiOTZ4eEFCYTFONlpiN3FNSjFkbkplcHBPMkRXaUdRcVFDamUtU3BtVnpQWVotakhLUTVyalJ1SVdCQ2hEejFKdFdEd3ZtQWtvRWZJSkxIcEdkVzF2STBJc0swR0s5bUo5cEtoUjFEcTBZ?oc=5">source</a>
