As we hit Week 18, there are legitimate questions about the four teams that have already locked up their playoff positioning – Baltimore (No. 1 AFC), Kansas City (No. 3), Cleveland (No. 5) and San Francisco (No. 1 NFC). All four teams have nothing to gain by playing their starters and all four won’t risk at least their quarterbacks.
The NFL has done a lot in the timing of games to have teams that are fighting for a similar spot to be playing at the same time and will be headlined by the Miami Dolphins–Buffalo Bills primetime game that could see Buffalo win the division or potentially miss out on the playoffs completely.
The betting numbers are much different in many of these games, which will make Week 18 must-see TV from start to finish.
