The penultimate week of the 2024 NFL regular season was... unpleasant.
Christmas gave way to a new day for the league to monetize and spread 16 games across five days. Typically, that would be exciting news -- especially with a handful of games between contenders destined to alter the 14 postseason paths to Super Bowl 59.
Instead, we got blowouts and bad football. The Kansas City Chiefs rolled the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Houston Texans scored two total points against the Baltimore Ravens. The Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears combined for nine points.
While Saturday's Cincinnati Bengals - Denver Broncos was a fireworks display unto itself, the majority of Week 17 was uncompelling football.