It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas—and the stretch run to the NFL playoffs.
As Week 16 gets underway, half of the league's 14 postseason spots are spoken for, Three division races are settled—all in the AFC. But there's still a lot of jockeying for position to be done—and a lot that can change over the next three weeks.
The week kicked off with a Thursday night battle between two AFC West teams who have exceeded expectations and are jockeying for Wild Card position in the Denver Broncos and Chargers. That contest went to the home team, with the Chargers prevailing in a back-and-forth 34-27 affair that was the last thing expected from two defenses tied for the NFL lead in points allowed entering Week 16.