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In week 11 of the 2025 NFL Season, there are plenty of good games that could shape the Playoff race for both NFC and AFC. Lets take a look at some of this weeks intriguing games.

Packers (5-3-1) at Giants (2-8), 12 pm CT. FOX

The Packers once again had another inconsistent game on Monday night’s loss to Philiadelphia. The Green Bay defense had another great performance where the offense had another abysmal performance in a 10-7 loss. This week Green Bay travels to MetLife Stadium to take on a 2-8 Giants team that not only has lost a lot of tough games, but just fired its head coach in Brian Daboll. So, take the Packers easily right? No, Green Bay has struggled this year especially against teams In the Giants shoes. With New York being the home team, with the thought of the players playing hard after the news of Daboll’s firing and Green Bay having a gauntlet coming up after this. Expect New York to make Green Bay sweat and maybe pull off the upset.

Bears (6-3) at Vikings (4-5), 12 pm CT. FOX

After a tough 0-2 start which included the heartbreaking week one loss at home to the Vikings. Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams and the Chicago bears have finally found its grove going 6-1 since that start. Although the Bears have had to escape a lot of those games. In its 6 wins, the lowest that Chicago has scored was 24 points. That is about what you expect for a Ben Johnson offense. Now, the Bears get their second crack at the Vikings. This time to a battered Vikings team that you don’t really know its identity on offense yet. After the big win at Detroit, the Vikings kind of fell down to earth with a 27-19 loss to Baltimore at home. Bears need this win to keep up with the Lions and Packers in the division and the Vikings just simply need to keep playoff hopes alive at this point. A lot to play for with both teams.

Buccaneers (6-3) at Bills (6-3), 12 pm CT. CBS

The Buccaneers fell at home to the Drake Maye led New England Patriots, falling to 6-3. Now as a bonus, Tampa Bay gets to travel up to Buffalo to take on the Josh Allen led Bills. Buffalo who is currently a game and a half behind New England needs to keep up with the Bills while the Bucs can’t continue to fall and let its division back in it.

Chiefs (5-4) at Broncos (8-2), 3:25 pm CT. CBS

A Patrick Mahomes led Chiefs team is currently below the playoffs? Yes as weird as that sounds, that is true. The Chiefs are currently a game behind the No. 7 seed in Jacksonville. Kansas City who is trying to get back into the Playoffs and also trying to come back in the AFC West travels to Denver to take on the division leader in Denver led by QB Bo Nix. A win for Denver could really put the Chiefs in trouble as KC would then be 5-5 with a loss, it would also keep Denver at least a game ahead of the Chargers in the AFC West.

Seahawks (7-2) at Rams (7-2), 3:25 pm CT. FOX

The Two teams in the NFC West that absolutely demolished its west counterparts in San Francisco and Arizona get to face each other. The Seahawks and Rams are not only for the Division lead but there are No. 1 seed implications on the line here as both are tied with Philly for the one seed. With both of these offenses, expect a lot of points in this one.

Lions (6-3) at Eagles (7-2), 7:20 pm CT. NBC

Sunday Night Football holds the biggest game of the week. After the tough win over Green Bay, Philadelphia gets to play another top NFC North team in the Lions. Detroit rebounded from the upset to Minnesota with demolishing the Commanders in a 44-22 win. Expect this one to be a very tough low scoring game. Two teams with very similar styles are going against each other. There are No. 1 seed implications on the line for the NFC with this one. Detroit looks to not lose ground in the tight NFC North where Philadelphia looks to continue a stranglehold on the NFC East.

Cowboys (3-5-1) at Raiders (2-7), 7:15 pm CT. ABC and ESPN (Monday Night)

Dallas desperately needs this one, the Cowboys who currently are 2.5 below the No. 7 seed play the lowly Raiders on Monday Night before entering a gauntlet. If Dallas cannot beat Las Vegas, then the Cowboys are in trouble with its upcoming schedule.