NFL Moment 16 is in complete swing, with 3 video games already within the books next Thursday and Saturday’s motion. Sunday and Monday will convey some other 13 hotly contested matchups as groups proceed to struggle to conserve tickets to the postseason or garner a petite stage of respectability next disappointing campaigns.
3 AFC groups — Kansas Town, Buffalo and Houston — have clinched their categories. 5 extra groups — Baltimore and Pittsburgh within the AFC; Detroit, Philadelphia and Minnesota within the NFC — have additionally tie playoff berths. The selection of section champs or playoff qualifiers may increase by way of Monday night time.
Right here’s a rundown of 5 of probably the most compelling storylines of the while. (To find the total time table right here.)
1. Can Eagles reserve successful?
The Eagles have gained 10 instantly video games, the longest lively streak within the NFL and the longest in crew historical past. Sunday, they lay their streak at the form with enough at stake. They’ll advance i’m sick Interstate 95 to rush at the Washington Commanders (9-5), who rank 2nd within the NFC East and will conserve their first playoff berth since 2020 with a victory over Philadelphia and a few aid from the fighters of the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks.
The Eagles have enough of motivation of their very own, then again. Now not best can they clinch the NFC East with a win Sunday, additionally they may rush a step nearer towards securing first park within the NFC. The Eagles, Lions and Vikings input Sunday with equivalent 12-2 information. Philadelphia goals to trip its momentum and leapfrog Detroit, which is reeling from accidents occasion seeking to fend off Minnesota, which has gained seven instantly and covets the Lions’ perch atop the NFC North.
Philadelphia defeated Washington 26-18 in Moment 11. The Commanders hope stepped forward condition can aid exchange their fortunes this occasion round. Alternatively, the Eagles are taking part in their highest ball of the season occasion coming off their skillful passing time out endmost while, boasting the league’s manage speeding assault and an impactful protection. Philadelphia has gained six of the endmost seven conferences with Washington. (Eagles at Commanders, 1 p.m. ET Sunday.)
Dan Campbell’s Lions have vital accidents to conquer for the rest of the season. (Lon Horwedel / Imagn Pictures)
2. Detroit Lions: Reeling or resilient?
For a massive bite of the season, the Lions have appeared like the most productive crew in soccer. However accidents will have begun to rush their toll and Dan Campbell’s squad is in peril of shedding now not best its perch atop the NFC standings, however the NFC North as smartly.
A 48-42 loser to Buffalo endmost while, the Lions will struggle to rebound Sunday in Chicago. Overlooked alternatives on protection, within the purple zone and within the yielding section derailed the Lions endmost while. “We couldn’t get out of our own way,” Campbell stated. However he expects his avid gamers will be informed from endmost while’s errors and significance the loss as a motivating issue as opposed to Chicago.
“This is not time to panic and freak out and act like things are worse than they are,” Campbell stressed out this while, prior to including, “It’s all correctable, and we will get it corrected.”

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The host Bears are hoping to finish an eight-game shedding streak and haven’t begun to determine issues out in spite of the firing of trainer Matt Eberflus 3 weeks in the past. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams has performed a greater process of caring for the soccer, going 8 instantly weeks with out throwing an interception. However he’s nonetheless now not persistently correct. Williams hasn’t crowned 200 yards passing for 2 instantly video games, and the Bears were outscored 68-25 in two video games since Eberflus’ firing. Chicago will have to give its quarterback larger assistance, and it additionally will have to ban Jared Goff. The Lions quarterback ranks 2nd within the NFL with 3,759 passing yards and desires simply 3 extra landing passes to surpass his occupation prime (32). (Lions at Bears, 1 p.m., Sunday).
3. Penix’s Falcons initiation debut
Then the NFC South for a significance stretch, the Falcons went on a slide and misplaced 4 instantly. They controlled to finish the skid endmost while, however at 7-7 and in peril of lacking the playoffs, the Falcons made a metamorphosis at quarterback.
Rookie Michael Penix Jr. will get his first get started Sunday as a result of trainer Raheem Morris ran out of persistence with veteran Kirk Cousins, who threw only one landing go and 9 interceptions within the while 5 video games. Penix, the 8th select of the draft, will face a Giants protection that giveover simply 200.4 passing yards in step with match and but has best two interceptions. Brandnew York’s protection ranks thirty first within the league in opposition to the run, submit 143.7 yards in step with match, so search for the Falcons to incline closely on operating again Bijan Robinson, who has 1,102 speeding yards and 8 touchdowns this season.

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For the Giants, losers of 9 instantly, the quarterback carousel continues. Brian Daboll has returned to Drew Lock, who was once lazy endmost while, however had refuse landing passes and two interceptions because the starter in Weeks 13 and 14. The Giants rank endmost within the NFL in scoring, with 14.9 issues in step with match, so Atlanta has a probability to get again on the right track within the playoff race with a win and losses by way of the Commanders and Seahawks. (Giants at Falcons, 1 p.m. ET Sunday.)
4. NFC West race rest tight
Talking of Seattle, issues stay in lieu muddled within the NFC West, the place the Rams have overtaken the Seahawks for first park. Simply 1-4 next an injury-plagued begin to the season, the Rams have gained seven in their endmost 9 and 3 instantly to fortify to 8-6. Seattle faltered 30-13 endmost while in opposition to Inexperienced Bay, which snapped the Seahawks’ four-game win streak.
The Seahawks now face a stiff problem in slowing the 12-2 Vikings. The Rams advance to stand the embattled Brandnew York Jets and the Arizona Cardinals (7-7) face the suffering Carolina Panthers. So it’s conceivable for the Rams so as to add to their section govern if Seattle slips additional and will get overtaken by way of Arizona. The force indisputably has reached a boiling level. Positions have fluctuated nearly weekly on this hotly contested section, however occasion is operating out. (Rams at Jets and Cardinals at Panthers, 1 p.m. ET Sunday; Vikings at Seahawks, 4:05 p.m. ET Sunday.)

Joe Burrow’s Bengals, the Dolphins and Colts all want to win out, next get aid, to assemble the playoffs. (Steve Roberts / Imagn Pictures)
5. Ultimate-gasp AFC efforts
Issues are in large part all set within the AFC playoff image. The Chiefs, Expenses and Texans all have earned section crowns. The Steelers and Ravens are each 10-5 next Baltimore crowned Pittsburgh 34-17 on Saturday to clinch a playoff berth. They’ll combat it out i’m sick the stretch for the AFC North name. The endmost two AFC spots may come right down to the twine, then again.
The Chargers and Broncos (each 9-6) reserve the 6th and 7th spots, respectively, following their Thursday night time match gained by way of Los Angeles. The Colts, Dolphins and Bengals, in the meantime, all proceed to hold to month with equivalent 6-8 information. To achieve the postseason, Indianapolis, Miami and Cincinnati all want to win out and hope for stumbles by way of groups forward of them. All of them have winnable video games Sunday. The Bengals host the downtrodden Browns, the Colts face the hapless Titans and the Dolphins play games the disappointing 49ers.
Who rest alive for yet another while? The Bengals, who’ve gained two instantly with an electrifying offense however susceptible protection? (They have got scored and giving up a median of about 32 issues within the while 5 video games.) The wildly inconsistent Colts, who’ve had an up-and-down stretch, beating the Jets and Patriots however shedding to the Lions and Broncos? Or the sputtering Dolphins, who next a midseason three-game tear have since misplaced two of the endmost 3? (Browns at Bengals and Titans at Colts, 1 p.m. ET Sunday; 49ers at Dolphins, 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday.)
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