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  1. Green Bay Packers (12-3)
    \nLast Week: 1<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Packers notched their fifth straight win Sunday against Cleveland.\u00a0 They will be favored in each of their last two games and figure to be the top seed in the NFC.\u00a0 To win it all, they need to find the dominant run game they had earlier in the season and someone to serve as a consistent compliment Davante Adams on the outside.<\/p>\n

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    1. Kansas City Chiefs (11-4)
      \nLast Week: 2<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Sunday\u2019s blistering of the Steelers made it eight straight wins for KC and yet another division crown.\u00a0 The Chiefs are on the road for their last two games, but they will be favorites to win out.\u00a0 The Titans are a game back and have the same conference record, so there can be no mistakes.<\/p>\n

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      1. Los Angeles Rams (11-4)
        \nLast Week: 3<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        The Rams have stepped up their game and taken advantage of the late season slide by Arizona.\u00a0 Cam Akers is getting healthy, and the defense is stopping the run \u2013 only one opponent has totaled over 100 yards on the ground in the last five contests (103).\u00a0 To win it all, Matt Stafford will need to do more than he has of late.\u00a0 The QB is in a slump, and the Rams can ill afford it in the post season.<\/p>\n

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        1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11-4)
          \nLast Week: 4<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          The Bucs managed the lowly Panthers Sunday.\u00a0 They should win out easily with two of the league\u2019s worst teams left on the schedule.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0 The Bucs can\u2019t win against playoff-caliber opponents without a healthy Mike Evans on the field.\u00a0 With Godwin out for the year. Evans must be near 100% for the Bucs to challenge for the title.<\/p>\n

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          1. Dallas Cowboys (11-4)
            \nLast Week: 5<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            The competition hasn\u2019t been great, but you can see the Cowboys rising as the season reaches its peak.\u00a0 Dallas may be the NFC\u2019s top challenger to the top-seeded Packers.\u00a0 Their surge is largely attributable to the defense, which has held each of the last four opponents to 20 points or fewer.\u00a0 Micah Parsons has 13 sacks and a lot of GM\u2019s regretting their pick in the first round of the draft.<\/p>\n

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            1. Indianapolis Colts (9-6)
              \nLast Week: 8<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              The Colts have won four straight and figure to make it six in a row to finish the year.\u00a0 Covid may ruin a nice run for Indy as starting QB Carson Wentz has tested positive and is unvaccinated.\u00a0 The last two games of the season are soft, but it will be a crapshoot with a backup under center.<\/p>\n

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              1. Buffalo Bills (9-6)
                \nLast Week: Unranked<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                The Bills exorcized their demons Sunday with a statement win in New England.\u00a0 The defense held the Pats to 114 yards on the ground after allowing over 200 in their first matchup.\u00a0 The Bills will need to win out to hold the division, and they have the schedule to do it.\u00a0 Eventually they will need to win on the road, likely in KC to take the season where they would like it to go.\u00a0 They won in KC in week five, and they have the defense to stop the high-powered Chiefs when they are playing their best.<\/p>\n

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                1. Arizona Cardinals (10-5)
                  \nLast Week: 7<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  The Cardinals are in trouble.\u00a0 They clinched a playoff berth but have fallen to the five seed from the conference\u2019s top seed in just a few weeks.\u00a0 They have lost three straight and don\u2019t figure to fare well this week in Dallas.\u00a0 They just don\u2019t have anyone at WR that can consistently get open.\u00a0 The run game is faltering under the pressure and Kyler Murray is running for his life as his receivers struggle to create daylight.\u00a0 DeAndre Hopkins might have a shot to return by the conference championship, but this team will be long gone by then.<\/p>\n

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                  1. New England Patriots (9-6)
                    \nLast Week: 6<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    The Patriots were dominated at home on Sunday in the biggest game of the season.\u00a0 The Pats have dropped two in a row after running off seven straight wins.\u00a0 The running game disappeared Sunday after steam rolling the Bills in the first meeting.\u00a0 Matt Jones had his worst day as a starter given the game\u2019s significance.\u00a0 This teams challenges on offense were in prime view Sunday and will be in the post season as well.<\/p>\n

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                    1. Cincinnati Bengals (9-6)
                      \nLast Week: Unranked<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      The Bengals took care of the Ravens Sunday to take control of the division.\u00a0 The Bengals have the chance to show people just how good they are with top-seeded Kansas City visiting this week.\u00a0 Both teams need the game.\u00a0 The Bengals appear to be ahead of schedule in their rise from the draft\u2019s first overall pick to playoff challenger.\u00a0 Sunday will tell us exactly w<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Green Bay Packers (12-3) Last Week: 1 The Packers notched their fifth straight win Sunday against Cleveland.\u00a0 They will be favored in each of their last two games and figure to be the top seed in the NFC.\u00a0 To win it all, they need to find the dominant run game they had earlier in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"category-nfl-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/nfl-dfs.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-f43","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57912,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57911\/revisions\/57912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}