Author: Nate Davis, USA TODAY

Bengals’ defeat of Chiefs among outcomes altering penultimate power poll.

The penultimate weekend of the NFL regular season featured some wild finishes, but Sunday ultimately provided some much-needed playoff clarity.

Still quite a few things remain to be resolved before 2021 playoff field is finalized.

Both No. 1 playoff seeds could be locked up by the end of this weekend along with seven of the eight remaining NFL postseason berths.

Postseason berths are getting snapped up, Miami now in position to get a wild card after remarkable turnaround.

One team has already clinched an NFL playoff berth, but several other aspiring contenders stumbled in a major way during Week 15.

One team has already clinched an NFL playoff berth, but several other aspiring contenders stumbled in a major way during Week 15.

Certainty is in short supply in the final stretch of the NFL season, with postponed games and surprising results throwing things for a loop.

Several high-stakes interconference matchups promise to help shape murky playoff picture entering the final four weeks of the NFL regular season.