See last week's absurdly premature playoff picture here.

AFC First-Round Byes:
Indianapolis Colts
Denver Broncos

Other AFC Divisional Champions:
Pittsburgh Steelers
New England Patriots

AFC Wild Cards:
Cincnnati Bengals
Houston Texans

NFC First-Round Byes:
New Orleans Saints
Minnesota Vikings

Other NFC Divisional Champions:
Dallas Cowboys
San Francisco 49ers

NFC Wild Cards:
Philadelphia Eagles
Green Bay Packers

• It used to be the NFC that would remain the same from week-to-week and the AFC would get shuffled, but that trend has reversed itself. Not a single move in the AFC (Sorry, Baltimore; I'll explain in a second). Outside of the top two, though, the NFC is like a game of musical chairs at a Crystal Meth Tweakers Anonymous meeting.

• As for that Denver vs. Baltimore game and the lack of ramifications as it relates to this weekly projection: Starting with Denver, I'm not going going to kill them for losing on a cross-country tip to a solid team at home, coming off of a bye week. Of course, the bigger concern is that the Ravens laid out a blueprint on how to stifle the Broncos offense completely, but we won't know if that was the case for another few weeks.

• As for Baltimore, I'd have liked to give them a spot for their performance this week, but there was no one I felt comfortable bumping. Further rationalizing this to myself, one win now makes Baltimore a team that's lost three of their last four, with four of their next five games coming against very stiff competition.

• The awesome thing is that all this gets rectified on the field this week when Baltimore takes on Cincinnati. Absurdly Premature Playoff Picture spot ... ON THE LINE.

• Dallas was elevated to NFC East champion, because there was no way I was going to let the Giants stay there one more second. I guess I could've gone with Philadelphia, but those two performances against Oakland and Washington are too fresh in the mind. Again, the beauty of it? Dallas and Philadelphia duke it out this week. Again: Absurdly Premature Playoff Picture spot ... ON THE LINE.

• San Francisco re-leapfrogged Arizona as the AFC West Champion on the strength of their loss to Indy, and the weakness of Arizona's loss to Carolina. That remains a really tough race to call. Hopefully, the insane amount of rushing yards put up on Arizona this week is a one-time aberration and not an exposure. I'm leaning towards aberration.

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