Every year, the NFL waits as long as possible before releasing the Week 18 schedule and that announcement finally came on Sunday night.

The NFL playoffs begin on Jan. 10 with three full rounds before Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8. Here is the full schedule and the projected bracket.

What just happened? What does it mean? What are the pertinent factors (and, perhaps, tiebreakers) prominently in play as each conference's seven-team bracket begins to crystallize? All will be explained and analyzed up to the point when the postseason field is finalized Sunday,

Week 18 can bring a wide variety of games, from must-win scenarios (Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers) to games key for playoff seeding to games that will only impact the draft order.

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders and the Browns held off the Pittsburgh Steelers, 13-6, at Huntington Bank Field. Sanders completed 17 of his 23 passes for 186 yards and a touchdown. He threw two interceptions,

If you need a reminder of just how long Aaron Rodgers has played in the NFL, his postgame moments with some of the league’s younger stars are always quite illuminating. Case in point: Rodgers's on-field embrace with Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders,