Audibles at the Line

The first half of the AFC Championship Game is a competitive, hard-fought game of football. The remaining six quarters of the weekend ... aren't.

The two conferences could hardly contrast more on Divisional Weekend. Both NFC games go entirely according to the script. The AFC, usually the more predictable conference, gives us another two crazy games.

Another trio of road victories, a possible epoch-ending defeat, and the first-ever wild-card round with two overtime games! A new decade heralds a very different postseason.

San Francisco wins in Seattle to determine the last of the NFC seeding. Every other team in a win-to-clinch scenario comes through, apart from one very, very surprising exception.

Despite a scare or two, games turn mostly as expected for playoff contenders and draft contenders alike in Week 16 -- with one very notable exception.

Coin-flip shenanigans in Dallas. The last home game for the Oakland Raiders. The Bills in prime time. Week 15 sees the playoff picture all but crystallized, while the Bengals effectively seal the No. 1 pick.

The NFC Game of the Week in New Orleans produces an all-time classic. The AFC Game of the Week in New England, not so much.

The worst three teams in the league all win against alleged playoff contenders. The Rams and Chiefs rediscover their form in big division wins. The Chargers ... are still, and ever shall be, the Chargers.

Why does Derrick Henry hate the Jaguars? What is wrong with Carson Wentz? And what is going on with the Atlanta Falcons?

After the madness of Week 10, Week 11 brings back a semblance of normality: the top two in each conference continue to win, and Cincinnati, Miami, and Washington continue to lose.