With just a few weeks left in the 2023 NFL regular season, the playoff picture is becoming clearer.
While a trio of NFC teams (the San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles) have already booked their place in the postseason, at the other end of the standings are the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers, who are two of the growing list of teams that have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
Here's the full list of teams who cannot make the postseason.
Teams eliminated from playoff contention
AFC
- New England Patriots (eliminated in Week 14)
- New York Jets (eliminated in Week 15)
- Tennessee Titans (eliminated in Week 15)
- LA Chargers (eliminated in Week 16)
- Las Vegas Raiders (eliminated in Week 17)
- Cincinnati Bengals (eliminated in Week 17)
- Denver Broncos (eliminated in Week 17)
- Indianapolis Colts (eliminated in Week 18)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (eliminated in Week 18)
- Cleveland Browns (eliminated on Super Wild Card Weekend)
- Miami Dolphins (eliminated on Super Wild Card Weekend)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (eliminated on Super Wild Card Weekend)
- Houston Texans (eliminated in the Divisional Round)
- Buffalo Bills (eliminated in the Divisional Round)
NFC
- Carolina Panthers (eliminated in Week 13)
- Arizona Cardinals (eliminated in Week 15)
- Washington Commanders (eliminated in Week 15)
- New York Giants (elimintaed in Week 16)
- Chicago Bears (eliminated in Week 17)
- Atlanta Falcons (eliminated in Week 18)
- Dallas Cowboys (eliminated on Super Wild Card Weekend)
- LA Rams (eliminated on Super Wild Card Weekend)
- Philadelphia Eagles (eliminated on Super Wild Card weekend)
- Green Bay Packers (eliminated in the Divisional Round)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (eliminated in the Divisional Round)