The Chiefs are hanging on by a thread, staring down the possibility of being mathematically bounced from the playoff race if a few other AFC results don’t fall their way. Meanwhile, the Packers roll into a matchup with a Broncos team everyone’s been calling frauds all season. Yet Denver somehow sits atop the conference at 11–2. Are they legit, or is the bubble about to burst We’re also teeing up a classic AFC North grudge match between two long-time rivals, with one quarterback stirring up headlines for all the wrong reasons this week. Over in the NFC South, Thursday Night Football suddenly has real juice as that division continues to flip itself upside down. And in the AFC East, things get even spicier: is New England’s new signal-caller the next Brady in the making? He’ll put that hype to the test against a familiar face in Josh Allen, as the Patriots and Bills square off in a massive divisional showdown.