Why all 14 NFL playoff teams can win Super Bowl 59 (even you, Texans)

The 2024 NFL regular season has arrived at its final destination. For the majority of the league’s teams, that meant collapsing in a heap long before their Super Bowl 59 dreams could take root.

For 14 others, it led to another road — the path through the 2025 NFL Playoffs that will end in frustration for 13 of them and the chance to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy for the one team that emerges undefeated. Whatever happened the previous 18 weeks only matters for seeding purposes. All that matters now is winning the next four games (three for the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs thanks to their first round byes) and claiming a spot amongst the gridiron’s immortal teams.

This means a chance for the Houston Texans to reestablish themselves as a contender, the Detroit Lions to further their status as a rising behemoth or the Kansas City Chiefs to remind us they are inevitable. Let’s talk about how all 14 2025 playoff teams can win Super Bowl 59. We’ll run down the list in alphabetical order.