So we are at Thanksgiving week. All team byes are done and everyone's played 10 games. Two-thirds of the way through the season 13 teams in the AFC and 13 teams in the NFC are within two games of a playoff spot. That's right 26 of 32 teams have a realistic shot at 12 playoff spots this season.
There just aren't a whole lot of good teams this year. And even most of the good teams are looking really, really flawed (Denver, Green Bay, Minnesota all come to mind, maybe even lump Cinci in there). just a weird year.