Who to Root for This Week?

It’s scoreboard watching time! We are entering the stretch run of the 2021-22 NFL regular season, as teams that are still alive for a playoffs berth are jockeying for position to snatch the attainable postseason invites. In the NFC (see chart below), the battle for the playoffs could not be tighter, with eight teams within two games of each other, from the 6th-seeded San Francisco 49ers to the 13th-seeded Seattle Seahawks. Realistically, any of these eight teams could grab the last two remaining playoffs positions in the conference.