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Hard to fathom, but Week 14 is already here. Football has “started” now that Thanksgiving’s come and gone, with the sprint to the finish through Christmas set to dramatically change the landscape of the NFL playoff picture.
As we covered months ago, the AFC looks like it might be a little more boring from a wild-card perspective, unless the Colts and Dolphins can shake things up. There will be plenty of drama in the race for the various divisions, outside the AFC East (the Bills already clinched) and AFC West (the Chiefs are inevitable), but both winners will at least give us a really fun race for the No. 1 seed in the conference.
On the NFC side of things, there’s a LOT to be determined. The Packers (9-3) are in third place in their division! Unheard of, but obviously a lot could change on Thursday night when they square off against the division-leading Lions (11-1). The NFC East is a one-team race, but the Eagles’ involvement in the conference’s top overall seed and the squeaking sports betting jabronis arguing Saquon Barkley should win MVP make them compelling. The NFC West and NFC South are complete free-for-alls.
Quick nitpick about the late season, though. Why the hell are six teams on bye in Week 14? Six!!! Do Roger Goodell and the AI bots cranking out the NFL schedule not have any inputs based on Fantasy football? Or a thought to how huge that late bye is for teams who are in the playoff hunt? Only two of the teams on bye this week — the Patriots and Colts — are below .500 and the Colts are squarely in the AFC wild-card race. Somewhat conveniently, they don’t really get the advantage of chaos they might normally, with the Ravens and Broncos also on their bye.
It’s way too late in the season for that many teams to be off for an entire week. Give us a full slate, Goodell! We’re starving here.
Week 14 best bets
Packers-Lions Over 51.5
If this game is played in Green…
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Author : Will Brinson
Publish date : 2024-12-05 14:51:00
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