The NFL has always wanted parity, and this is about as close as you can get this far into a season. For only the third time since 1990 (it also happened in 1993 and 2014), the NFL enters Week 15 without a team having clinched a playoff berth. With four weeks to play, 28 teams remain in playoff contention.
Only one team in the NFC — the Detroit Lions — has been officially eliminated from the playoff picture. And in the AFC, only the Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans, and New York Jets are out.
Of course, some teams would require a whole bunch of things to happen for them to enter the postseason, but that’s where it stands right now.
And here’s how these teams can punch their tickets into the postseason in Week 15.