Getting your player ready...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—Head West, young man, and leave behind any notions of finding good football.
Only one of the 11 NFL teams west of the Mississippi owns a winning record heading into the final four weeks of this oddball season.
Yet, in this wild and wretched West, the only team that’s already been eliminated from the playoff race is the Denver Broncos (3-9), vexed by a videotape violation and bad personnel moves that led to too many losses and the firing of coach Josh McDaniels.
The Texans (5-7), Vikings (5-7), Cowboys (4-8), 49ers (4-8) and even the Cardinals (3-9) are still mathematically, if not realistically, alive in the playoff hunt.
