It is the start of the NFL season, the time of year where every fan of every one of the 32 teams can dream of the Super Bowl or, at the very least, the playoffs.
Ahead of the big 2018 kickoff, we previewed each of the eight divisions to give our verdict of every team’s prospects, but we also asked YOU to vote for your divisional winners.
AFC East
NFC East
AFC North
NFC North
AFC South
NFC South
AFC West
NFC West
More than 25,000 votes were cast, those have now been counted and verified, and we can reveal to you the eight teams you’ve picked to reach the postseason, even throwing in two Wild Card selections from each conference to complete YOUR playoff picture.
Here are the results…
YOUR 2018 NFL playoff picture
| AFC | NFC | |
| Divisional winners | ||
| No 1 seed | New England Patriots | Green Bay Packers |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Los Angeles Rams |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs | Philadelphia Eagles |
| 4 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Atlanta Falcons |
| Wild Card teams | ||
| 5 | Los Angeles Chargers | Minnesota Vikings |
| 6 | Oakland Raiders | New Orleans Saints |
The Patriots ran away with things, tallying a massive 2,817 votes for an 80.1 per cent share to take the AFC East – Miami Dolphins were the next best, lagging behind with only 403 (11.5 per cent).
As for the team that beat them in last year’s Super Bowl, there was no No 1 seed for Philadelphia in the NFC, though the Eagles did get 1,210 votes to win the East with a 45.9 per cent share – the New York Giants (just!) beat the Dallas Cowboys into second spot, 600 votes to 546.
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It wasn’t enough to earn either a Wild Card spot, however, with those awarded to the Vikings (1,544 votes) – beaten by their rivals Green Bay (1,867), who top the whole NFC, not just the North – and the Saints (866), after as little as 15 votes separated them in second spot and South winners Atlanta (881).
Back in the AFC, the Chargers were unlucky to be edged out into second in the West, with their 1,507 votes only 65 fewer than the Chiefs (1,572) totalled, while the Raiders (1,267) are a surprise No 6 seed out of that competitive division.
Unfortunate to miss out on your playoff picture are the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC, having got 28.3 per cent of votes in the West, while the Houston Texans were the next best in the AFC with 24.6 per cent of South votes.
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