It’s hard to imagine that five teams that entered the season with legitimate hopes of making a deep playoff run this year could all find themselves realistically eliminated from playoff contention by the time Week 12 ends Monday night.
All five are already on the brink of elimination – Los Angeles Rams (3-7), Green Bay Packers (4-7), Las Vegas Raiders (3-7), Arizona Cardinals (4-7) and Pittsburgh Steelers (3-7). All five are underdogs in their Week 12 matchups. If the spreads hold up, any hope of making the playoffs will go up in smoke.
It’s difficult to fathom these five having no say in how the playoffs run, but, for different reasons, all of them are almost certain to be on the outside looking in to the playoffs when the week concludes and their death blows came in November.
