Kevin O'Connell suggested that Sunday's game between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers would be a matchup between two "really good teams." O'Connell, the Vikings' coach, was being modest. More accurately,

The Minnesota Vikings have two pivotal games left in the regular season, and they both come against NFC North foes. They face the Green Bay Packers this Sunday and then will play the Detroit Lions in Week 18.

Coach Dan Campbell stood at the podium after Detroit blew a 17-point lead to San Francisco in last season’s NFC title game and talked about how that might have been the Lions only shot at reaching the Super Bowl.

The Seahawks beat the Bears on Thursday, so the Rams could clinch the NFC West with a Saturday win over the Cardinals and a "strength of victory" tiebreaker.

Since their 41-10 defeat to the Cardinals in Arizona, the Rams have been looking for revenge in their pursuit of the postseason. In a hotly contested division race, both sides put up potent offenses using contrasting philosophies.

Jalen Hurts may sit out a potential NFC East clincher against Dallas because of the lingering effects of a concussion.

Prior to the start of the 2024 season, there was reason to believe that the NFC East was going to be a two-horse race once again between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. The NFC East did turn out to be a two-horse race with the Eagles involved,