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NFL playoff scenarios for Week 17: How could the picture change with each result?

With only two weeks remaining in the NFL season, the AFC and NFC will have a great opportunity to give fans hearts full or heartache. The AFC has one spot remaining with a clear three-team run, though the Steelers have about a two percent chance of making it through. The NFC has a five-team race …

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NFL Playoff Scenarios for Week 16: Who Benefits and Who Loses with Each Result?

There are only three weeks left in the NFL regular season, and the playoff races are heating up as well as the races for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs and the all-important first-round bye for every conference. The AFC and NFC have two teams with more than a 20% chance of usurping the current wildcard …

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Lions’ path to the playoffs isn’t easy, but it’s possible: What needs to happen

Here’s a sentence you probably didn’t expect to read two months ago: It’s December and the Detroit Lions are chasing the playoffs. The Lions (6-7) have won five of their last six games – a remarkable run to salvage a lost season and enable meaningful football at the end of the year. With each victory, …

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After coach’s postgame DUI charge, NFL must send a strong message

The NFL should not have sent the memo reminding its 32 teams of its alcohol restriction on team properties and flights. On November 1, former Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, the son of Andy Reid, was sentenced to three years in prison for seriously injuring a young girl while driving drunk 21 years ago. month. …

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Six NFL trades we’d like to see: Bradley Chubb at Cowboys, Brandin Cooks at Packers

The biggest name is already out of the NFL’s trade market, with the 49ers landing running back Christian McCaffrey last week. And the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs have each caused a stir this week, with Philadelphia adding Bears passing thrower Robert Quinn to an already impressive defense, and the Chiefs acquiring electric Kadarius …

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