A 10-win team will miss the playoffs this season, and a team with a losing record will make the postseason. When the NFL expanded the playoffs from six to seven teams per conference this season, the fear is it would allow an inferior team into the postseason. If they all win, Indianapolis will be only the fourth team in the Super Bowl era to miss the postseason after winning at least 11 games. With no wild cards back then, the Colts missed the postseason despite being tied for the best record in the NFL. If any of those teams lose and miss the playoffs they would be the 13th team since the postseason expanded to 12 teams in 1990 to miss out despite winning 10 games, with the 2015 Jets the last to do it.

Source: Fox News December 30, 2020 07:41 UTC