Week 16 Preview: Unlikely AFC division leaders step into the spotlight

Jaguars-Broncos is the Game of the Week. Patriots-Ravens is another game of the week, and it's the former that is leading its division as the latter fights for its playoff life. The defining characteristic of this NFL season—true contender turnover in largely unseen quantities—steps to the fore in Week 16. Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman give it the full preview treatment on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

Rundown (timestamps are approximate)

2:18 Game of the Week: Jaguars-Broncos

23:33 Game of the Week: Patriots-Ravens

42:08 One Thing From...Packers-Bears

47:18 One Thing From...Buccaneers-Panthers

57:12 One Thing From...Steelers-Lions

1:00:54 One Thing From...Cowboys-Chargers

1:06:07 Under the Hood: Texans offense

1:15:40 Jaxson Dart vs. Tyler Shough vs. JJ McCarthy...who would you take as your 2026 starter?

1:26:26 Falcons-Cardinals and the saddest Spiderman pointing meme ever

1:30:11 What do you wanna know in Week 16

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