3. Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles have a championship-caliber defense, and come playoff time, this is not a team that anyone wants to play. With that being said, the offense has struggled to maintain any consistency or find its identity, and over the past two weeks, it has dropped from the one seed in the NFC down to the third seed. They will need to get the run game going if they want to make another deep playoff run.
4. New England Patriots
Drake Maye and the Patriots are playing some of the best football of any team in the NFL right now. The defense has improved; they finally got a run game going, and they currently sit in first place in the AFC East, which no one saw coming when the season began. Head coach Mike Vrabel has this team believing, and they have a very easy schedule that they can take advantage of on their way to a playoff berth
