* – Division Winner
+ – Wild Card Winner
AFC
1. Kansas City Chiefs*
2. Cincinnati Bengals*
3. Buffalo Bills*
4. Jacksonville Jaguars*
5. New York Jets+
6. Los Angeles Chargers+
7. Baltimore Ravens+
NFC
1. Philadelphia Eagles*
2. San Francisco 49ers*
3. Detroit Lions*
4. New Orleans Saints*
5. Dallas Cowboys+
6. Seattle Seahawks+
7. Minnesota Vikings+
Continue reading1. Jacksonville Jaguars
They made an amazing late season push to clinch the division last year. It’s theirs to lose going into 2023.
2. Houston Texans
The future looks extremely bright for the Texans and it starts with the hiring of DeMeco Ryans as their head coach.
3. Tennessee Titans
If anyone knows what the Titans are doing, you might want to let them know because I don’t think they know what they are doing either.
4. Indianapolis Colts
Time will tell if Anthony Richardson will be the franchise quarterback they need him to be, but they’ve all but burned the bridge with RB Jonathan Taylor who is an important safety net for the QB.
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One Down
This is becoming a well oiled machine. 49ers QB Brock Purdy threw for 332 yards and 3 touchdown passes in his first playoff start against the Seattle Seahawks. RB Christian McCaffrey ran for 119 yards with a receiving touchdown and WR Deebo Samuel had 133 receiving yards and a touchdown catch. The defense forced two turnovers in the second half and nearly shutout Seattle in the second half giving up a touchdown in garbage time. This was the third time facing their division rival and the 49ers swept them in impressive fashion. It’ll be interesting if this continues.
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One Year Turnaround
I certainly did not have the Jacksonville Jaguars making the playoffs this season. As I’m sure most Jaguars fans (if there are any) didn’t have them making it either. Yet, I did expect them to be markedly better than the previous two years in which they had 1 and 3 wins respectively. QB Trevor Lawrence was in a lose-lose situation last year with no help in front of him on the offensive line and a lack of playmakers to get the ball to. Those two things have greatly improved and show why he was selected number one overall. The defense has shown vast improvement as well with the Jaguars winning 7 of their last 9 games to clinch the porous AFC North division title. That’s another reason as to why the Jaguars have improved so quickly. Playing the Texans, Colts and Titans twice every season will do that. Regardless it’s good to see fresh faces in the playoffs and the Jaguars fit that mold to a tee.
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That Shouldn’t Have Happened
I didn’t even realize it until the game was over. Matt Ryan was the losing quarterback of another epic collapse. He was the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons back when they blew a 28-3 lead in Super Bowl 51. Now he is apart of the biggest comeback win in NFL history with the Minnesota Vikings beating Ryan and the Indianapolis Colts in overtime. The Colts were winning 33-0 at halftime. I pretty much had written this game off when it was 30-0. The game was still on in the background, but I didn’t get back into it until I was made aware of the Vikings efforts when they were down by 8. Too many Matt Ryan 3 and outs and an awful display by the Colts defense are why the Vikings came back in this game. Minnesota also showed that they are a flawed team by the way they played in the first half. Either way the result of this game shouldn’t have happened.
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