Welcome to the Week 16 grades!
For the first 15 weeks of the season, the NFL didn’t play a single Saturday game, but that changed this week with a Saturday doubleheader that featured four of the top teams in the AFC.
In Saturday’s first game, the Kansas City Chiefs improved to 14-1 by beating the Houston Texans, 27-19. The Chiefs have now tied their franchise record for most wins in a single season, and they can break the record by winning at least one of their final two games. The Chiefs also took one step closer to clinching the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC. They could clinch the top seed as soon as Wednesday with a win on Christmas over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaking of the Steelers (10-5), they were involved in Saturday’s second game and they could have clinched the AFC North title with a win, but that didn’t happen. Lamar Jackson threw three touchdown passes as Baltimore rolled past Pittsburgh, 34-17. With the win, not only did the Ravens (10-5) officially clinch a playoff berth, but they’re now tied with the Steelers atop the AFC North with two games left to play.
