The NFL playoff race is heating up heading into Thanksgiving, and here's how the playoff picture is shaping up before Monday Night Football in Week 12: DIVISION LEADERS 1.

With a the Buffalo Bills on a bye, a big Thursday Night Football game, a Sunday night contest featuring two NFC playoff hopefuls, and a Monday night game featuring two AFC playoff teams, Sunday afternoon felt a little light as far as the NFL Playoff Picture was concerned,

The playoff standings are getting as crazy as a wild turkey prior to Thanksgiving, which is fitting since the league is hitting that point in the calendar. The NFC West is as unpredictable as ever, with the Seattle Seahawks taking over the division lead thanks to their win over the Arizona Cardinals.

One game remains on the NFL schedule in Week 12 but it is between two AFC teams, meaning the NFL playoff picture in the NFC is clear as we enter Week 13. Only one change in the playoff picture changed,

The AFC had a major shake-up after the thrilling Week 11 slate, even if not much changed in the standings. The Kansas City Chiefs are no longer the lone unbeaten, as the Buffalo Bills own the head-to-head tiebreaker over them for home-field advantage in the playoffs.

The Bills downed the Chiefs, while the Steelers, Lions and Vikings all won to improve their top-seed chances. Which teams will end up with a bye?

Here's where every NFL team stands in both conferences in the race to make the playoffs after the Thursday night opener of Week 12.

As we get set for Monday Night Football in Week 12, we’ll have a few more weeks of NFL action to decide who’s facing whom in the postseason, as the road to Super Bowl 59 will truly begin. But for now,

A s the NFL season reaches its midpoint, the playoff race is starting to heat up. With just over seven weeks left in the regular season, the playoff picture in both the AFC and NF