All three of Thursday’s games on the Week 12 slate feature NFC teams, and five of those six teams are still in contention for a playoff spot in the conference.
What happens in those three holiday games will be a preview of what’s to come when the full slate kicks off Sunday.
In the AFC, there are seven teams within one game of the final wild card spot. Two of the games on this week’s schedule will actually feature teams that are currently in the mix. That’s going to tell us a lot about the playoff race heading into December.