What are the pertinent factors (and, perhaps, tiebreakers) prominently in play as each conference's seven-team bracket begins ...

Without the Hail Mary pass where would the Bears be now? It's easy to see its impact when they haven't won since it happened ...

The Seahawks defeated the Bears 6-3 on Thursday Night Football to move to 9-7 on the season, then the Rams followed with a 13 ...