{"id":260833,"date":"2025-12-30T08:30:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T13:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=260833"},"modified":"2025-12-29T20:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:59:06","slug":"nfl-biggest-sunday-takeaways-for-every-nfc-team-in-week-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/12\/30\/nfl-biggest-sunday-takeaways-for-every-nfc-team-in-week-17\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL: Biggest Sunday Takeaways For Every NFC Team in Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 17 was the week when a lot of playoff details were ironed out. However, we have some shocking losses that set up some winner-take-all scenarios that are bound to give us great primetime games next week. Here is your Week 17 NFC roundup!<\/p>\n

Week 17 Takeaways from Every NFC Team that Played on Sunday<\/h2>\n

NFC South<\/h3>\n
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Carolina Panthers<\/a><\/strong> – The Panthers got a bit of reality as they fell to the Seahawks 27-10. However, they will play the Buccaneers next week for the division title.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a><\/strong> – The Bucs lost their fourth straight, this time to Miami in what was a division-clinching game. Tampa Bay will now play Carolina for a guaranteed playoff spot and NFC South crown.<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints<\/a><\/strong> – Tyler Shough and the Saints picked up their fourth straight win to bring their win total to six on the year after defeating the Titans 34-26. Shough threw for over 300 yards and two touchdowns to make his case to be the full-time starter next season.<\/p>\n

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NFC West<\/h3>\n
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Seattle Seahawks<\/strong><\/a> – Seattle went on the road to play a good Carolina and left with a blowout 27-10 win. Zach Charbonnet rushed for over 100 yards and two touchdowns to help the Seahawks stay ahead in the division.<\/p>\n

Arizona Cardinals<\/strong><\/a> – The Cards got blown out by the Bengals 37-14 to go to 3-13 on the year.<\/p>\n

San Francisco 49ers<\/strong><\/a> – The Niners held strong on fourth down to hold off the Bears in a 42-38 shootout on Sunday night. Brock Purdy totaled five touchdowns, and CMC racked up over 180 yards and a touchdown to stay in the division race with one week to go.<\/p>\n

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NFC North<\/h3>\n
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Chicago Bears<\/strong><\/a> – The Bears took the field as division champs, but they came up short at the final bell on fourth down to lose a thrilling game against San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Detroit Lions<\/a><\/strong> – The Lions turned it over six times against the Vikings to officially eliminate themselves from the playoffs. Detroit now sits in fourth place in the NFC North, a division they won last season.<\/p>\n

Green Bay Packers<\/strong><\/a> – The Packers could not stop Derrick Henry in a 41-24 loss, which means the Chicago Bears have won the division. Malik Willis totaled over 340 yards and three touchdowns as Jordan Love sat out, making Willis look more and more appealing for other teams this coming offseason. Here are five teams that could sign Willis<\/a> this offseason.<\/p>\n

Minnesota Vikings<\/strong><\/a> – HC Kevin O\u2019Connell got a win with Max Brosmer under center. Brosmer did not turn it over and threw for just 51 yards, but Minnesota was able to put up 23 points to move to 8-8 on the season.<\/p>\n

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NFC East<\/h3>\n
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Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong><\/a> – After going scoreless in the second half, the Eagles fended off a late rally from the Bills to get a huge road win by a score of 13-12. Philly moves to 11-4 on the season.<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys<\/strong><\/a> – The Cowboys rode a 24-10 halftime lead to a 30-23 victory over Josh Johnson and the Commanders. Dak Prescott threw for over 300 yards and two touchdowns, and Malik Davis rushed for over 100 yards to go to 7-8-1 on the season.<\/p>\n

New York Giants<\/strong><\/a> – The Giants trounced the Raiders in the Tank Bowl 34-10 to give them their third win of the season.<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders<\/strong><\/a> – Josh Johnson did his best, but came up short against the Cowboys. Jer\u2019Zhan Newton racked up three of the team\u2019s six sacks, but Dallas did just about whatever they wanted offensively.<\/p>\n

For more great football analysis, check out DrRoto.com<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week 17 was the week when a lot of playoff details were ironed out. However, we have some shocking losses that set up some winner-take-all scenarios that are bound to give us great primetime games next week. Here is your Week 17 NFC roundup! Week 17 Takeaways from Every NFC Team that Played on Sunday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5637,"featured_media":260838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[47,2320],"class_list":["post-260833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","tag-nfc","tag-nfl-schedule"],"modified_by":"Doug Henderson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260833"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260847,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260833\/revisions\/260847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}