The NFL playoff picture is remarkably clear entering Week 16, which raises a question of where the league will create its storylines down the stretch.

A one-time unheralded Chicago Bears rookie is now considered one of the potential young stars of the upcoming 2025 NFL playoffs.

John Elway and Dan Marino were still starting quarterbacks, Tom Brady was a little-known college player at Michigan and at least six starting quarterbacks for potential 2025 playoffs teams weren’t even alive the last time the NFL had a postseason like this.

Names like Fernando Mendoza will get the headlines, but there are other NFL Draft prospects with everything to lose or gain in the College Football Playoff.

Josh Allen has catapulted into the MVP conversation after two stellar performances against the Cincinnati Bengals and the New England Patriots, as the Bills, now 10-4, are close to securing their postseason berth.

Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor declined to address a report from The Athletic's Paul Dehner Jr. that he's under contract with the team through the 2027 season, contrary to previous reports that he was only under contract through 2026.