Indianapolis, Atlanta and Pittsburgh clinched division titles Sunday, and Green Bay grabbed the final wild-card berth.
The Packers beat archrival Chicago 10-3 to secure the NFC’s sixth seed; defending league champion New Orleans has the conference’s other wild card.
A last-second, 43-yard field goal by the always-clutch Adam Vinatieri lifted the AFC South champion Colts past Tennessee 23-20.
Indy was already assured of its seventh division crown in eight years when the Jacksonville Jaguars lost to the Houston Texans minutes earlier.
So Indianapolis (10-6) hosts the New York Jets (11-5) in a rematch of last January’s AFC championship game Saturday night.
On Sunday, NFC East champion Philadelphia (10-6) hosts Green Bay (10-6) after AFC West winner Kansas City (10-6) is at home against Baltimore (12-4).
Atlanta (13-3) won the NFC South with a 31-10 rout of Carolina. The Falcons get home-field advantage throughout the playoffs and a bye next week. They open their postseason the weekend of Jan. 15-16 in the Georgia Dome.
“It’s very important,” top receiver Roddy White said. “We rarely lose in this building. We find a way to win here.”
Indeed, the Falcons are 20-2 at home with quarterback Matt Ryan as a starter.
The Steelers (12-4) took the AFC North with a 41-9 romp at Cleveland (5-11). They edged Baltimore in the division, making the Ravens a wild card. Pittsburgh is the No. 2 seed behind New England in the AFC and will have a bye next weekend.
When Kansas City was ripped by Oakland 31-10, it gave the Colts the chance to become the No. 3 seed.
Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis doesn’t care where his team has to travel.
“I think one reason why, for us, it never matters is because our defense, we travel very well on the road,” Lewis said. “We play extremely well on the road.”
