According to the SportsLine Inside the Lines team's projection model, the battle for the division title is far from over with three weeks remaining in the 2025 NFL season

Tonight's game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams should be an exception to the rule. Not only is it a critical game for determining playoff positioning in the NFC, it's literally the first time that two 11-win teams have faced off since they started doing Thursday night games.

The teams that are essentially already playing in the postseason all emerged victorious in Week 15. They did so with varying degrees of success, but the end results were what they needed to be. And then,

The Rams will not have wide receiver Davante Adams for Thursday Night Football. Adams is among the team’s inactives. He did not practice all week after aggravating his left hamstring injury in Sunday’s game against the Lions and was listed as doubtful to play.

Even the most die-hard Chicago Bears fan couldn't have predicted the success this team is having in the 2025 NFL season. Winners of 10 games for the first time since 2018 and in first place in the NFC North entering Week 16, Ben Johnson's Bears are back to being more than just relevant.

Sunday marked Chicago’s sixth win in the last seven weeks as they look to hold off the Green Bay Packers for the division lead. If the Bears do hold off the Packers — and a dark horse Detroit Lions team that is still alive in the race — it will be their first NFC North title since 2018.

The Arizona Cardinals are having one of their worst seasons in recent history, and it is happening when the NFC West might be having its best year. The Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers all have at least 10 wins. All are on track to make the playoffs and all have a real shot at the top seed in the conference.

A few crucial Week 16 contests could impact division races, and potentially, playoff seeding. See the latest odds.

Nobody really knew what to expect out of the NFC West in the 2025 NFL season. Sure, the Los Angeles Rams were supposed to be good, but how would Sam Darnold far

Smith-Nijgba struggled before the Colts game, going two straight contests with under 100 yards receiving (23 vs. the Vikings; 92 vs. the Falcons). He got back on track against the Colts, going for 113 yards on nine catches.