In the NFC, only the NFC South is like the West in that its four teams have not been mathematically eliminated from the division race, even with the Carolina Panthers at 3-10. However, no other division features all four teams within two games of one another like the NFC West.

Seven NFL teams have been eliminated from playoff consideration, the most at this point in the season since 2005, when nine had been eliminated. Six of those eliminated teams are in the AFC, which only has 10 remaining playoff contenders, also the fewest with four games left for that conference since 2005.

The playoff races are significantly heating up around the NFL with four weeks left to play, as plenty has changed around the NFC. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have taken over the NFC South as the Atlanta Falcons continued their freefall,