Playoffs season 17
CHAMPIONSHIP
DIVISIONAL ROUND
AFC
New England Patriots4
New England Patriots4
39
Los Angeles Chargers2
Los Angeles Chargers2
48
WILD CARD ROUND
Wild Card: In this round, the third-seeded division winner hosts the sixth seed wild card, and the fourth seed hosts the fifth.
Divisional Round: In the Divisional Round, the division winner 1 in each conference plays the lowest-seeded remaining team in the same conference, leaving the remaining two teams in the same conference to face each other.
Conference Championships: The two surviving teams from each conference’s divisional playoff games then meet in the respective AFC and NFC Conference Championship games (hosted by the higher seed).
Playoff leaders
| Lamar Jackson | BAL | 605 | Sam Darnold | NYJ | 509 | Philip Rivers | LAC | 464 | Tom Brady | NE | 321 | Cam Newton | CAR | 293 |
| Marquise Brown | BAL | 287 | Quincy Enunwa | NYJ | 188 | Jamison Crowder | NYJ | 178 | Hunter Henry | LAC | 157 | Travis Benjamin | LAC | 156 |
| Todd Gurley II | LAR | 526 | Melvin Gordon III | LAC | 403 | Corey Grant | LAC | 242 | Jordan Scarlett | CAR | 139 | Mark Ingram II | BAL | 78 |
| Aaron Donald | LAR | 6.0 | Joey Bosa | LAC | 4.0 | Brian Burns | CAR | 3.0 | Brandon Copeland | NYJ | 2.5 | Samson Ebukam | LAR | 2.0 |
| Casey Hayward Jr | LAC | 4 | Marlon Humphrey | BAL | 3 | Desmond King II | LAC | 3 | James Bradberry IV | CAR | 2 | Eric Weddle | LAR | 2 |