Week 16 Sunday handed out two divisional crowns and secured first place in the seeding at a conference, but other teams missed valuable opportunities
Dear friends of ESPN, We come to the penultimate week of the regular season in the NFL.
Logically at this point in the season, some teams get tickets in the postseason and others lose their chances of accessing them.
Let’s review the ones that are in and the ones that are out.
In the NFC
the Seattle Seahawks arrived in Week 16 with the possibility of securing the West division from National conference and they obtained it, but in this party they faced a division rival, Los Angeles Rams, That if they had won this game they would have gotten a ticket to the playoffs. That is, the duel had a lot at stake, and amounted to a postseason game.
Seattle ensures one West division which for much of the season was hotly contested between Seahawks, Rams i Arizona Cardinals
In this race so even and that promised an end of photography the most experienced runner prevailed, Seattle.
The fall of Los Angeles he also opened the door to the Chicago Bears, Those who already dream of playoffs and have fate in their hands, courtesy too, of the defeat of the Cards in front of the San Francisco 49ers in action on Saturday.
the Rams they will have to wait another week, and the worst thing is that their quarterback, Jared Goff, He suffered an apparent thumb fracture, which could leave him lying with KO for the last week.
For its part, the Washington football team could secure the This division from National –thanks to the defeat suffered by the New York Giants at the home of the Baltimore Ravens-, but he had the bad luck to choose the game against them Carolina Panthers for one of his worst shows of the year. He lost and with the victory of the Dallas Cowboys about Philadelphia Eagles, They opened the door to ‘Guys to win the division, while the New Yorkers retain some opportunity, too.
Philadelphia with the stumble he is officially out of contention.
Next week, Dallas is measured in front of the Giants. if the Jeans they earn and Washington loses to Eagles, Those of Jerry Jones they win the division and will be in the playoffs.
the Giants they need to win at Dallas and wait for the stumble of Washington in front Eagles.
Those in the U.S. capital still have control of the division. If they win at Philadelphia they will be inside no matter the results of their divisional rivals.
It’s amazing that in this so bad division, three teams have options to qualify in the last week.
In the same National conference, And in spite of their triumph, the Green Bay Packers they have not secured the No. 1 seeding since Seattle win –like the Saints of New Orleans-, and they will have to wait another week to do so.
Any of these three teams: Packers, Saints i Seahawks, They have a chance to earn the break in the first round of the postseason.
In the AFC
Those who did secure the No. 1 of theirs conference were the Heads of Kansas City, Who suffered before the Atlanta Falcons, But they won by 3 points.
the Pittsburgh Steelers, After three consecutive defeats, secured the crown of their division by winning the Indianapolis Colts.
the Cleveland Browns they could have even won that northern division if the Steelers lost and they outscored the Steelers New York Jets. A win, coupled with Indy’s defeat, would have them with the playoff ticket in hand, but things are different now. the Brown the week they are measured against the Steelers, but they will have to win in order to get into the postseason.
Corbs i Miami Dolphins they have control of their futures, of beating the Cincinnati Bengals i Buffalo Bills, Respectively.
the Colts could have taken the leadership of the South division of having won that of the Steelers, Since the Tennessee Titans they fell before Green Bai.
The defeat of both in the South leaves open the contest for the one who wins next week.
Of course Tennessee exceeds the Houston jeans, Will not matter the result of Colts in front of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Indianapolis you need to win and wait for some stumbling block Miami, Baltimore O Cleveland. If in addition, they lose the Titans, Would win the South American.
On the other hand, and in the “basements” of the NFL, The second triumph of the Jets in the year it officially leaves him with the second position for the next draft.
the Jaguars they lost again, are left with a victory, and are formally “the winners” of the first round in close collegiate recruitment.
Needing a quarterback, the logic is that they will go for Trevor Lawrence of Clemson, Who will be fighting for this year’s title at the NCAA.
The regular season of the NFL and in the last week there is still a lot at stake.