<p>&nbsp;</p><h1 class="c-page-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b3b3b; flex: 1 1 0px; font-family: Balto, sans-serif; font-size: calc(2.44141em); letter-spacing: 0.012em; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; padding: 0.6rem 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Week 18 Recap: Dolphins and Seahawks Are in the Playoffs, Packers Miss Out, and Texans Lose the No. 1 Pick</h1><div><br /></div><div><p class="c-entry-summary p-dek" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: HarrietText, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6rem; max-width: 798px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Nora and Steven run through their winners and losers for the final week of the regular season</p><div class="c-byline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Balto, sans-serif; font-size: 0.7em; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="c-byline-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">By&nbsp;<span class="c-byline__item" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><a data-analytics-link="author-name" href="https://www.theringer.com/authors/nora-princiotti" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #429e62; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="c-byline__author-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Nora Princiotti</span></a>,&nbsp;<a data-analytics-link="author-name" href="https://www.theringer.com/authors/steven-ruiz" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #429e62; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="c-byline__author-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Steven Ruiz</span></a>, and&nbsp;<a data-analytics-link="author-name" href="https://www.theringer.com/authors/ben-solak" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #429e62; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="c-byline__author-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Ben Solak</span></a>&nbsp;</span><span class="c-byline__item" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">&nbsp;<time class="c-byline__item" data-ui="timestamp" datetime="2023-01-09T13:14:25" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;">Jan 9, 2023, 8:14am EST</time></span></span></div></div><div class="c-byline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Balto, sans-serif; font-size: 0.7em; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="c-byline-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="c-byline__item" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><time class="c-byline__item" data-ui="timestamp" datetime="2023-01-09T13:14:25" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #6e6e6e; font-family: Balto, sans-serif; font-size: 0.7em; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="c-byline-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><span class="c-byline__item" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><time class="c-byline__item" data-ui="timestamp" datetime="2023-01-09T13:14:25" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DVGAP2rldfxCVTkY7jXfZ" style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #429e62; font-family: HarrietText, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; vertical-align: inherit;">Nora and Steven are joined by Ben Solak</a><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: HarrietText, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: normal;">&nbsp;to discuss how the wild-card races in each conference shook out on Sunday. They start with the Lions playing spoiler and eliminating the Packers from playoff contention. Then, they discuss the Seahawks winning in overtime over the Rams, and Seattle’s upcoming playoff rematch against the Niners. Then, in the AFC they talk about the Dolphins getting into the playoffs by beating the Jets, which eliminated the Patriots and Steelers (21:08). After that, Nora and Steven run through their winners and losers for the final week of the regular season, including the Jaguars, Texans, Cowboys, and more (34:34).</span></time></span></span></div>
