The Los Angeles Rams bolstered their group with Royce Newman while announcing plans for another player before facing the Atlanta Falcons.

Now that the Rams know they will be the 5th or 6th seed, they're certain to face 1 of 4 teams in the wild-card round.

Matt LaFleur won’t be taking a page out of his friend and longtime coaching compadre Sean McVay’s staffing playbook when it comes to the Green Bay Packers'

Six of the seven playoff spots in the NFC are essentially spoken for. Three NFC West teams – the Seahawks, Rams and 49ers – plus the NFC East champ Eagles and NFC North-leading Bears have all clinched postseason berths, with seeding still TBD. Meanwhile the NFC South champ, either the Panthers or Buccaneers, will likely get the No. 4 seed.

The Packers lost to the Ravens on Saturday night and are now locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFC playoff field.

The Packers play the Vikings in Week 18 but with nothing on the line, Adam Schefter says they will rest their best players.

Cornerbacks Jaylin Simpson and Shemar Bartholomew were signed from the practice squad after Kamal Hadden and Jordon Riley were sent to injured reserve.