Assignments
Week 18 referee assignments
Rogers to officiate battle for NFC North in Game 272
Brad Rogers will officiate Game 272 — the battle for the NFC North and the top seed in the NFC between the Lions and Vikings. Craig Wrolstad is off this week.
In this final week of the regular season, two games will be played on Saturday, and the remaining games will be played on Sunday. Times listed are Eastern.
The matchups are listed below based on their impact on the playoff picture. Potential (or clinched) playoff seeds are shown in superscripted numbers, with zeroes indicating teams that have not clinched a playoff spot. All seeding possibilities exclude clinching scenarios that involve strength of victory and/or ties, unless specifically stated otherwise.
Game to win the division title and #1 seed
Vikings1/5 at Lions1/5
Brad Rogers
8:20 p.m. GAME 272
NBC Peacock
Games involved in division titles
Browns at Ravens3/5/6
Scott Novak
Saturday 4:30 p.m.
ESPN ABC ESPN+
Bengals7/0 at Steelers3/5/6
John Hussey
Saturday 8 p.m.
ESPN ABC ESPN+
Panthers at Falcons4/0
Land Clark
1 p.m.
Saints at Buccaneers3/4/0
Adrian Hill
1 p.m.
Games for a playoff berth
Chiefs1 at Broncos7/0
Shawn Hochuli
4:25 p.m.
Dolphins7/0 at Jets
Tra Blake
4:25 p.m.
Games with only seeding order implications
Commanders6/7 at Cowboys
Clete Blakeman
1 p.m.
Bears at Packers6/7
Clay Martin
1 p.m.
Seahawks at Rams3/4
Bill Vinovich
4:25 p.m.
Chargers5/6 at Raiders
Carl Cheffers
4:25 p.m.
No playoff implications
Bills2 at Patriots
Alan Eck
1 p.m.
Texans4 at Titans
Brad Allen
1 p.m.
Jaguars at Colts
Alex Kemp
1 p.m.
Giants at Eagles2
Ron Torbert
1 p.m.
49ers at Cardinals
Shawn Smith
4:25 p.m.
End of regular season
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