"Week 15 of the NFL season is in the books. Through those fifteen weeks, not a single team has successfully secured a division title -- the first time every division has been up for grabs this late since 2016. The Seahawks and Rams, Buccaneers and Panthers, and Packers and Bears play in what might end up being season-defining games this upcoming week. Hats off to the NFL schedule makers."
"And hats off to the ESPN schedule makers, who have once again secured the Tuesday morning spot for my column. Every Tuesday, I spin the previous week of NFL action forward, looking at what the biggest storylines mean and what comes next. We'll seek measured reactions to everyone's overreactions, celebrate the exciting stuff that nobody is appreciating and highlight what you might have missed."
"The dust has settled on Week 15 and we know, for sure, ⅐ of our playoff field. The Rams and Broncos secured postseason berths with victories Sunday. Though neither has secured their division title nor their conference's top seed just yet, they control their own destinies to do so. The Rams have been the sort of boringly excellent squad that is hard to write about."
Week 15 ended with unprecedented parity: no team had clinched a division, the first time through Week 15 that every division remained open since 2016. The Rams and Broncos earned postseason berths and each still have paths to claim their division and top conference seeds by winning remaining games. Upcoming matchups including Seahawks vs. Rams, Buccaneers vs. Panthers, and Packers vs. Bears carry potentially season-defining implications. The Rams have been quietly dominant and consistently excellent, while the Broncos have delivered high-drama, electrifying performances, intensifying late-season stakes across the league.
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