For the first time since 2015, the AFC West will have a new divisional champion, and it will be between the Broncos and Chargers after the Chiefs were eliminated from playoff contention.

And as we turn for the playoffs, in which Patrick Mahomes is finally letting someone else play, for CBS Sports' Tyler Sullivan, one AFC boogeyman is gone, but another is about to walk through the door.

Here’s what it means down the stretch. The Steelers face the Lions in Detroit and the Browns in Cleveland. If Pittsburgh loses both (and even if the Ravens beat both the Patriots and the Packers), it will all come down to Week 18.

Last year, Hortiz and the front office found starting-caliber cornerbacks Tarheeb Still and Cam Hart in the fifth round. Fourth-rounder Justin Eboigbe has big upside. They had the no-brainer with Joe Alt at No. 5, then ripped off the New England Patriots to move up and land Ladd McConkey.

Denver has a chance to clinch its division on Sunday and could move to within one victory of claiming the AFC's first-round bye.

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The Ravens are in the No. 9 spot in the AFC playoff picture, with an opportunity to gain ground on the Steelers in Week 16 vs. Patriots

If the Patriots win the division but don’t secure the No. 1 seed in the AFC, they would play one of the three wild card teams to begin the playoffs on Wild Card Weekend. Entering Week 16, there are five teams that have a realistic chance to earn a wild card berth. Some of these teams might win their division.