NFL Week 16 fallout: Sorting through the upsets, playoff berths and overall chaos

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We here at NFL.com have been doing a running ranking of the best games of the season, and it looked like we might going to go wire to wire with the best game — the opening weekend epic between the Bills and Ravens that featured the best of Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and the Bills rallying from a 15-point deficit in the closing minutes.

And then Week 16 happened. With the playoffs approaching and the stakes raised, there was complete mayhem. An overtime thriller between fierce rivals. Another overtime thriller between fierce rivals. The end of one of the oddest streaks in NFL history. And that was all before Sunday even started.

It’s our job to sort through the fallout. Our heads are still spinning and we haven’t even hit the eggnog yet, but here’s our view of what it all meant, with two weeks to go.

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