Each year in the NFL, there’s a fair amount of turnover for teams that make the playoffs. While the Super Bowl favorites typically remain the same, the teams on the fringes are rarely constant from one year to the next.
The NFC East's division winner was 4-12 the year before, and the Baltimore Ravens went from a 10-6 Wild Card team to a 5-11 squad with the sixth overall pick in the NFL Draft.
Figuring out which teams will miss the playoffs is rarely an easy task -- the Arizona Cardinals and Cincinnati Bengals were in this space last season -- but there are factors we can use to help pinpoint the teams that are most at risk.