Denver-Pittsburgh is the only game on Week 15’s slate matching up two teams with winning records. It always seems like these are the weeks in which the most chaos ensues.
Not many great games on paper, but Arizona travels to Philadelphia to play an Eagles team fresh off wins over the Patriots and Bills.
Chicago (5-8) at Minnesota (8-5), 11 a.m. The Vikings are in excellent shape for a playoff berth, but their eyes are still on the NFC North crown that is within reach.
Atlanta (6-7) at Jacksonville (5-8), 11 a.m. It seems so long that the Falcons were 5-0. Now there’s not much difference between them and the Jaguars.
Houston (6-7) at Indianapolis (6-7), 11 a.m. No one wants to win the AFC South. Both teams could field third-string QBs, but if Matt Hasselback plays, he did torch Houston only 24 hours after leaving the hopsital with sickness in their last meeting.
Carolina (13-0) at New York Giants (6-7), 11 a.m., KDVR-31. This might be the 1972 Dolphins’ best chance to see the Panthers knocked off before the playoffs. The Giants are in the thick of a division race.
Tennessee (3-10) at New England (11-2), 11 a.m. The record doesn’t tell his story, but Titans’ Marcus Mariota has showed clear promise as a future elite quarterback.
Buffalo (6-7) at Washington (6-7), 11 a.m. LeSean McCoy couldn’t knock off his former team last week, but now he gets a chance to hurt one team he has made a career out of terrorizing.
Kansas City (8-5) at Baltimore (4-9), 11 a.m., KCNC-4.The Chiefs have won seven straight. If they continue their run for the rest of the season, they’ll be playoff bound.
Cleveland (3-10) at Seattle (8-5), 2:05 p.m. The Seahawks will be without Marshawn Lynch and Thomas Rawls. How will this run-first team perform without a key back?
Green Bay (9-4) at Oakland (6-7), 2:05 p.m. Khalil Mack’s five-sack performance last Sunday vaulted him into to the league sack leader. Aaron Rodgers hopes he won’t be the next victim on Mack’s mission.
Miami (5-8) at San Diego (3-10), 2:25 p.m. Both teams have officially been eliminated from the playoffs so this is about draft position and pride.
Cincinnati (10-3) at San Francisco (4-9), 2:25 p.m. How will the Bengals survive without Andy Dalton for at least the rest of the regular season? Their postseason seeding depends on how they survive.
Detroit (4-9) at New Orleans (5-8), 6:30, Monday, ESPN. Two underachieving teams led by gunslingers should lead to a shootout in New Orleans.
Game of the week
Arizona (11-2) at Philadelphia (6-7), 6:30 p.m., KUSA-9.
The Cardinals have won seven straight games to confirm their place as Super Bowl contenders. Carson Palmer is playing the best football of his career. The Eagles have played well recently beating New England and Buffalo in back-to-back games since Sam Bradford has returned. Beating Arizona would make people look at them a lot differently.
Cameron Wolfe: cwolfe@denverpost.com or @CameronWolfe
