2024 NFL Playoff Picture: 5 NFL teams still in the hunt after Week 11 ft. Cincinnati Bengals

If the NFL playoffs were to begin today, these would be the participating teams, whose positions have been mostly constant for the past few weeks:

AFC	NFC
1) Kansas City Chiefs	1) Detroit Lions
2) Buffalo Bills	2) Philadelphia Eagles
3) Pittsburgh Steelers	3) Arizona Cardinals
4) Houston Texans	4) Atlanta Falcons
5) Los Angeles Chargers	5) Minnesota Vikings
6) Baltimore Ravens	6) Green Bay Packers
7) Denver Broncos	7) Washington Commanders

However, there a few teams outside the top seven of each conference who are still eager to make a late-season push and qualify for January football. Who are they?

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#5 Cincinnati Bengals: 4-7

Cincinnati Bengals v Los Angeles Chargers - Source: Getty

With the Bengals entering their bye next week, they will be keenly watching the Miami Dolphins' home stand against the New England Patriots. After that, though, they will have a tall task.

They will have to be perfect in their next six games, commenced and concluded by an intradivisional series with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But TJ Watt leads a monstrous pass-rushing unit that could ruin Joe Burrow's day. So, any failures by him to feed Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Andrei Iosivas and Mike Gesicki will fall on a rather underwhelming offensive line.

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