A total of 14 teams -- seven from each conference -- make the NFL playoffs. The playoff field in each conference consists of four division winners and three wild-card teams. The Chiefs are the only team to clinch a playoff spot entering Sunday's Week 13 action. One team in each conference has been eliminated from playoff contention so far:

Thanks to their wild 19-17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, the Kansas City Chiefs (11-1) became the first team to clinch a playoff spot in 2024. Going into Week 13, the Chiefs had multiple scenarios where they could clinch a playoff berth with the easiest one being a simple two-step process:

The Kansas City Chiefs recovered a botched snap while the Las Vegas Raiders were within range of a go-ahead field goal with 15 seconds remaining, preserving a 19-17 victory for Kansas City

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have narrowly avoided a loss for the third time in four weeks. This time the close victory guaranteed the

Fans and members of the media watching the Black Friday showdown couldn't believe that the Chiefs pulled yet another rabbit out of a hat.

Kansas City needed not one, not two, but three missed field goals from Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson, plus yet another preposterous end-of-game sequence in order to come away with