NFL Power Rankings 2025: Divisional Round, All 32 Teams

Los Angeles came out on top in Saturday’s fourth-quarter shootout despite Matthew Stafford’s less-than-accurate showing. Stafford ranked just seventh out of 12 quarterbacks this weekend with a 57.1% completion rate. The Rams’ veteran passer still managed to dial up three touchdown passes on the day in spite of his early troubles, including a 19-yard game-winner to Colby Parkinson on the team’s final drive. Davante Adams’ return was set to be the story heading into this game (as he still leads the league with 14 receiving touchdowns despite missing three weeks), but Puka Nacua still led the Rams’ offense with 125 yards and two touchdowns on 13 all-purpose touches. L.A. will continue its playoff push in Chicago, where the team lost after trailing for the full 60 minutes in Week 4 of last season. Stafford will get a chance to even the tally against Caleb Williams on the road next Sunday.

Josh Allen put on yet another superhuman performance as the Bills clawed their way to their first road playoff win since the 1992/93 AFC Championship. The reigning NFL MVP had a hand (or foot) in all three of Buffalo’s touchdowns in their Wild Card win at Everbank Stadium, including two on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter. Allen ranked fourth out of 12 playoff quarterbacks with 306 total yards of offense, leading the league with an 80% completion rate in the process. In an unusual change of pace, the Bills were held to fewer yards than their opponents, but the defense showed up in key moments to force Trevor Lawrence’s first multiple-turnover day since Week 12. With the seven-seed Chargers eliminated, the Bills are doomed to remain on the road through the remainder of their contention. They’ve proven they can succeed outside the confines of Highmark Stadium, but can they survive a trip to Mile High to face the league’s strongest pass rush?

For the first three quarters of this game, everything that could go wrong did go wrong for Houston’s offense. C.J. Stroud spent most of the night trying and failing to get a grip on the ball, fumbling a total of five times (of which he lost two) and throwing a red zone interception. To make matters worse, the Texans also found themselves without their most valuable weapon, as Nico Collins was carted to the locker room with an injury late in the third quarter. As they have all season, however, Stroud and company found themselves bailed out by the league’s most effective defense. Houston’s front seven harassed Aaron Rodgers in return, sacking the former Super Bowl champion four times (third most in Wild Card Weekend) and holding him to a measly 51.5% completion rate (ranked 11th ahead of only Caleb Williams). The Texans also forced a pair of turnovers from Rodgers, a Will Anderson strip sack and a Calen Bullock interception, both of which were returned for fourth-quarter touchdowns as a part of Houston’s 23 unanswered second-half points. This win marked the Texans’ third consecutive year with a playoff victory under Demeco Ryans, and if this offense can continue to do just enough to put their defense in position to win them games, they might have a chance at securing another next week in Foxborough. Next week, they’ll face the Patriots in the playoffs for the first time since Tom Brady eliminated them in the 2012 Divisional Round.

The 49ers survived two Brock Purdy interceptions in the second half to overcome the three-seed Eagles on Sunday. San Francisco controlled possession for just 24:21 minutes on the day (a league-low in Wild Card Weekend) and trailed for most of the second half, but their defense kept the game close enough for Christian McCaffrey to retake the lead with his second receiving score of the night. McCaffrey led the team with 114 total scrimmage yards as the Niners found themselves with even more limited options on offense. George Kittle suffered a season-ending Achilles’ tear after taking an awkward tackle late in the first half. The Eagles were always going to limit San Francisco’s use of tight ends (as even the usually reliable Jake Tonges struggled to gain traction in place of Kittle), but the long-term loss of Kittle marks yet another missing piece that this injury-riddled team will have to carry on without. Kyle Shannahan’s team will hobble back up to Seattle (where they won in Week 1) to settle a tied regular-season series with a well-rested Seahawks squad in the Divisional Round.