The final week of the NFL regular season is here. It has some big matchups as teams fight for NFL playoff seeding and the final NFL playoff berths. Who plays whom in NFL Week 18? Take a look at the 16 games on the NFL Week 18 schedule this week ...

Welcome to The Athletic 's live blog covering all things Week 17. Saturday's focus is on a tripleheader featuring the Los Angeles Chargers taking on the New England Patriots (1 p.m. ET), Denver Broncos against the Cincinnati Bengals (4:30 p.m. ET) and an NFC West meeting between the Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams (8:10 p.m. ET).

Week 18 of the 2024 NFL season is finally here. We've got our current draft order and the playoff picture is coming into focus. And that means we now know the schedule for every team that's playing in the final week of the regular season.

In turn, the Chargers are 5.5-point favorites over the 5-11 Raiders in Week 18, when a win (and Steelers loss) could allow them to leapfrog Pittsburgh to finish with the No. 5 seed and set up a potential rematch against the Chiefs. As it stands, the Wild Card round could feature this season’s second Harbaugh Bowl.

Only two spots are up for grabs in the 2024 NFL playoff race heading into Week 18, but the stakes remain reasonably high with a lot left to determine in

The Pittsburgh Steelers have already clinched a playoff spot, but Week 18 could determine whether they win the AFC North. Here's their schedule.