–The Green Bay Packers were the big losers in Week 10. A week ago, they were 5-1-1 with the best record in the NFC. But after being upset by Carolina 16-13 a week ago, they lost to Philadelphia by a 10-7 margin Monday night to drop to the seventh seed at 5-3-1 in the NFC. Meanwhile, Philadelphia’s victory boosted their record to 7-2 and they are the top seed in the conference. Seattle, which crushed the Cardinals 44-22, is tied with the Eagles at 7-2, but are the second seed because the Eagles have the tie break.
–The Lions, who beat the Commanders, 44-22, and the Bucs, who lost to New England 28-23, are both leading their divisions at 6-3 and are the third and fourth seeds in the NFC. The Bears bear the Giants, 24-20, to go to 6-3 and are the sixth seed because the Lions have the tie break. The Giants fired coach Brian Daboll after the loss. The Bears are the sixth seed. The Rams beat the 49ers 42-26 to boost their record to 7-2 but they are the fifth seed because the Seahawks have the tiebreak in their division. And the Packers are the seventh seed with the 49ers in the eighth spot at 6-4 after the loss to the Rams.
–Indianapolis edged Atlanta 31-25 in Berlin to retain the top seed in the AFC at 8-2. Denver was not impressive in its 10-7 victory over the Raiders on Thursday night but the Broncos are the second seed at 8-2. Both the Thursday and Monday nightgames were decided by 10-7 scores with Philadelphia beating the Packers by that score Monday night.
–New England is also 8-2 after beating the Bucs 28-23 and are the third seed in the AFC while Pittsburgh lost to the Chargers Sunday night 25-10 to drop to 5-4 but still lead its division and is still the fourth seed. The Chargers are the fifth seed at 7-3 because they are a game behind Denver. Buffalo lost to the Dolphins 30-13 to fall to the sixth seed at 6-3. The Jaguars were outscored 26-0 in the fourth quarter by the Texans as they couldn’t hold a 19 point lead and lost 36-29. They are still the seventh seed at 5-4 but only beat the Raiders by a point a week ago and are in danger of falling out of the seventh seed as they prepare to host the Chargers this week.
–Kansas City had a bye and remained the eighth seed at 5-4 but nobody would be surprised if they make the playoffs and Houston after its victory over the Jaguars and the Ravens, who beat the Vikings 27-19, are ninth and tenth at 4-5.
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