With the Rams and 49ers both winning on Wild Card Weekend, that means the NFC West will now be sending three teams to the divisional round this year. San Francisco and Los Angeles will be joined by the Seattle Seahawks, who earned a bye to the divisional round as the No. 1 overall seed in the NFC.

After a thrilling wild-card round on the NFC side, we officially have a final four in the conference during these 2026 playoffs. There's a pretty obvious theme to this group of four teams. That is, if you've been paying even the slightest bit of attention over the course of this long season.

But more than that, the NFC West made NFL history this year. It became the fourth division to ever send three teams to the divisional round of the playoffs, according to ESPN. The others were the 2022 NFC East, 1997 NFC Central and 1992 NFC East.

The Seattle Seahawks watched their NFC rivals continue helping the NFC West dominate the field in the playoffs.

With the Los Angeles Rams beating the Carolina Panthers and the San Francisco 49ers beating the Philadelphia Eagles, three of the four Divisional Round spots in the NFC belong to teams in the West.

Early Breakout Candidates NFC EastNFC NorthNFC WestNFC South (Jan. 16)AFC East (Jan. 19)AFC North (Jan. 20)AFC West (Jan. 21)AFC South (Jan. 22) Early NFC West Breakout Candidates Arizona Cardinals - Trey Benson,

The Arizona Cardinals continue looking for a new head coach to replace Jonathan Gannon, whom they fired last week after three season, following a 3-14 2025 and 15-36 record in three years. So far, 10 candidates have emerged.

The San Francisco 49ers may be on the hunt for a new defensive coordinator this offseason as Robert Saleh schedules head coach interviews.