The Bears are postseason bound for the first time since 2020, while the 49ers will make a fifth appearance in seven years.

The NFL playoff race is tighter than ever with so much parity at the top in 2025. Here's making all those tough calls for the division and wild-card races with five weeks left in the regular season.

As the standings suggest, the NFC is wide open. The 49ers are only half a game worse than the Bears but yet they sit six seeds below them. When speaking on how the NFC race is looking, Lynch said that it is so tight, that this year’s conference title is truly up for grabs.

With three weeks remaining in the regular season, just about every divisional and Wild Card race is still up for grabs.