NFL Playoff Picture: Eighteen NFL Teams Control Their Own Destiny

Every year as the NFL season moves toward weeks 16 and 17, the media and fans alike bemoan the practice of “good” teams resting starters for the playoffs and not putting out an effort in the final weeks of the season. Well, it looks like this year is going to be very different. We did some peeking ahead at remaining schedules, and projected some win – loss numbers, and it looks to us as if there will be huge games in the final weeks. In fact, we only see one or two teams that perhaps can take the final week off.