After 272 games of an entertaining regular season, only 14 teams out of 32 remain on the hunt for the Lombardi Trophy.

One byproduct of postseason races that continue to heat up is that some squads have already fallen by the wayside, including the Cowboys on Saturday.

The NFL's playoff races are quickly heating up as December football kicks into high gear. Yet there's a flip side to the best teams jockeying for division titles and better seeding − quite a few other clubs have been and will continue to be officially ...

Here is an updated look at how many teams make the NFL playoffs and the projected 2026 postseason bracket.