In the AFC, you can have a winning record with four weeks left in the regular season and still be on the outside of the playoff picture looking in.
A good team or three likely will miss the postseason.
It's the opposite in the other conference. While the AFC has six teams at 7-6 all fighting for the final wild-card spots, the NFC has six teams at 6-7 all tied for the seventh-best record and the final playoff spot: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints.