Bill Vinovich will be the referee for the clash between the Panthers and Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, which will greatly help in cementing the playoff landscape of the NFC. Carl Cheffers and his crew have the week off.

In recent weeks, the officiating department has been moving around the assignments of some crews after the schedule has been set , so once again, Football Zebras reiterates that these assignments are potentially subject to change in the coming days . Update: All assignments have been confirmed by the NFL.

All games are on Sunday and are listed below based on their impact on the playoff picture. Potential (or clinched) playoff seeds are shown in superscripted numbers, with zeros indicating teams that have not clinched a playoff spot. Times listed are Eastern.

See our partner site, Quirky Research, for more on the tiebreakers in the NFC seeds and AFC seeds.

Sunday, Dec. 31

Game affecting division and wild card Panthers2/3/4/5 at Falcons6/0 (4:25 p.m.) — Bill Vinovich Game to clinch division Saints3/4/5 at Buccaneers (4:25 p.m.) — Walt Anderson Games for wild card qualification Bengals at Ravens 5/6/0 (4:25 p.m.) — Ron Torbert

(4:25 p.m.) — Ron Torbert Raiders at Chargers 6/0 (4:25 p.m.) — Ed Hochuli

(4:25 p.m.) — Ed Hochuli Bills 5/6/0 at Dolphins (4:25 p.m.) — Jeff Triplette

at Dolphins (4:25 p.m.) — Jeff Triplette Cardinals at Seahawks 6/0 (4:25 p.m.) — Walt Coleman

(4:25 p.m.) — Walt Coleman Jaguars3 at Titans5/6/0 (4:25 p.m.) — Tony Corrente Games with top seed implications Bears at Vikings 2/3 (1 p.m.) — Craig Wrolstad

(1 p.m.) — Craig Wrolstad Jets at Patriots 1/2 (1 p.m.) — Brad Allen

(1 p.m.) — Brad Allen Browns at Steelers1/2 (1 p.m.) — Jerome Boger Game affecting other conference seedings 49ers at Rams3/4 (4:25 p.m.) — Terry McAulay No playoff implications Texans at Colts (1 p.m.) — Gene Steratore

Packers at Lions (1 p.m.) — Pete Morelli

Washington at Giants (1 p.m.) — John Hussey

Cowboys at Eagles 1 (1 p.m.) — John Parry

(1 p.m.) — John Parry Chiefs4 at Broncos (4:25 p.m.) — Clete Blakeman

NFL cancels final @SNFonNBC by opting not to flex ANY game into the Sunday night slot. All games will be done before East Coast primetime, just as it was in the '80s. I never realized this was even an option! https://t.co/fkOO2ZhLPf — Fᴏᴏᴛʙᴀʟʟ Zᴇʙʀᴀs (@footballzebras) December 25, 2017

End of regular season