A number of groups are nonetheless trying to lock of their place within the NFL playoffs and hoping to clinch their division.
The video games begin Saturday with a pair of AFC North matchups.
Browns vs Ravens
The Cleveland Browns will tackle the Baltimore Ravens, who’ve an opportunity to clinch the AFC North with a win Saturday afternoon.
Time: 4:30 p.m. Jap
Venue: M&T Financial institution Stadium in Baltimore
Channel: ABC, ESPN
Streaming: ESPN+, DirecTV, Fubo, YouTubeTV
Bailey Zappe to start out for the Browns
Bailey Zappe will likely be quarterback No. 4 and No. 40 for the Browns.
He was chosen by coach Kevin Stefanski to start out Saturday’s season finale at Baltimore, making him the fourth quarterback to start out this season and the fortieth since Cleveland returned to the NFL as an enlargement staff in 1999.
Zappe was signed off Kansas Metropolis’s follow squad in October after Deshaun Watson ruptured his Achilles tendon. The 25-year-old will likely be making his ninth profession begin — he is 4-4 — after taking part in in eight video games whereas with New England.
Earlier this week , Stefanski mentioned he would doubtless play each Zappe and Dorian Thompson-Robinson towards the Ravens (11-5), who will clinch the AFC North title in the event that they deal with the Browns (3-13).
Bengals vs Steelers
Time: 8 p.m. Jap
Venue: Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh
Channel: ABC, ESPN
Streaming: ESPN+, DirecTV, Fubo, YouTubeTV
The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to the playoffs. It simply would not precisely really feel prefer it — or seem like it — heading into their regular-season finale towards Cincinnati on Saturday evening.
A three-game dropping streak towards the league’s elite will try this.
But relatively than dwell on what’s gone incorrect, quarterback Russell Wilson has one other suggestion: follow just a little selective amnesia.
“You’ve got to be able to just embrace the moment and be so addicted to the moment that nothing else gets in the way of it,” Wilson mentioned. “They focus on the next practice, the next meeting. And that level of obsession, that level of focus, that level of communication, that level of response, is everything. And that’s what champions do.”
That is been a part of the issue for the Steelers (10-6), who’ve let lots get of their method throughout a slide that is doubtless price them a shot on the AFC North title, particularly uncharacteristic psychological lapses by a protection which have made a proud unit dotted with stars look susceptible.
On that entrance, the surging Bengals (8-8) can relate. Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and firm look each bit as harmful as most anticipated in August. But a horrific opening three months defensively compelled Cincinnati to play catch-up in December. And for all of Burrow’s brilliance, the Bengals must beat the Steelers after which hope Denver and Miami lose on Sunday to achieve the postseason.
