The NFL playoff race is heating up heading into Thanksgiving, and here's how the playoff picture is shaping up before Monday Night Football in Week 12: DIVISION LEADERS 1.

With a the Buffalo Bills on a bye, a big Thursday Night Football game, a Sunday night contest featuring two NFC playoff hopefuls, and a Monday night game featuring two AFC playoff teams, Sunday afternoon felt a little light as far as the NFL Playoff Picture was concerned,

One game remains on the NFL schedule in Week 12 but it is between two AFC teams, meaning the NFL playoff picture in the NFC is clear as we enter Week 13. Only one change in the playoff picture changed, although things tightened in a pair of divisions.

The playoff standings are getting as crazy as a wild turkey prior to Thanksgiving, which is fitting since the league is hitting that point in the calendar. The NFC West is as unpredictable as ever, with the Seattle Seahawks taking over the division lead thanks to their win over the Arizona Cardinals.

The Bills downed the Chiefs, while the Steelers, Lions and Vikings all won to improve their top-seed chances. Which teams will end up with a bye?

The Denver Broncos are the No. 7 seed and the final team in the AFC playoff picture entering Week 12 of the regular season. A stranger to the postseason since last securing a spot in the 2015 season,

The AFC had a major shake-up after the thrilling Week 11 slate, even if not much changed in the standings. The Kansas City Chiefs are no longer the lone unbeaten, as the Buffalo Bills own the head-to-head tiebreaker over them for home-field advantage in the playoffs.

Here's where every NFL team stands in both conferences in the race to make the playoffs after the Thursday night opener of Week 12.