—The Bills and Chargers will play back to back games Sunday as they continue their battle for the top seed in the AFC. The 10-2 Bills play in the late afternoon game at the Rams and then the 11-1 Chiefs will host the Chargers in the Sunday night game. If they both win or both lose, the Chiefs will maintain a one game lead. If Bills win and the Chiefs lose, the Bills will tie the Chiefs and have the tie-break because they handed the Chiefs their only loss so far. A Bills loss and a Chiefs win would give the Chiefs a two game lead so the stakes are high for both teams. The Chargers are 8-4 and could get within two games of the Chiefs with a victory. The Rams are 6-6 and tied with the Cardinals, a game behind the Seahawks.
–The weekend opens with Green Bay at Detroit Thursday night in a critical division game. A Detroit win keeps them in the lead for the top seed and would boost their record to 12-1. A Green Bay win would leave them a game behind with Detroit. A loss would leave them at 9-4 going for a wild card spot. Minnesota at 10-2 plays Atlanta in a Fox early game and needs a win to stay in the battle for the top seed. Atlanta is tied for NFC South lead at 6-6with the Bucs. Philadelphia also plays an early Fox game hosting Carolina and figures to get a win to go to 11-2.
–The Monday night game has the Bengals at the Cowboys. The Cowboys are 5-7 and trying to stay alive in the wild card race. The Cowboys are being featured in prime time despite their record because they draw good ratings. Cincinnati is a disappointing 4-8 despite Joe Burrow having a good season.
–CBS has five games with Cleveland at Pittsburgh the feature early game. The Steelers lead the AFC North at 9-3 and were upset by 3-9 Browns two weeks ago in aThursday night game. The other three early games are the Jets at Miami, Jacksonville at Tennessee and Las Vegas at Tampa Bay. Seattle is at Arizona in a late afternoon games. Seattle is 7-5 and the Cardinals are tied with Rams at 6-6 in the NFC West.
–Besides the Atlanta at Minnesota and Carolina at Philadelphia games, the third early Fox game is New Orleans at the Giants. The second late Fox game besides Buffalo at the Rams is Chicago at San Francisco. The 49ers are 5-7 and have lost Christian McCaffrey for the season and their Super Bowl window may be closing.
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