While those are the playoff implications for this Christmas Day slate, one of the other storylines will be the onslaught of injuries at quarterback for an array of these teams suiting up on Thursday. The Commanders, Vikings and Chiefs will all be starting backups, which sort of feels like a lump of coal, but we'll make do.

If Vance Joseph leaves the Broncos for a head coach job in 2026, Denver would receive a pair of third-round comp picks (2026 and 2027).