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The NFL regular season is just one week away from conclusion with just two more playoff spots up for grabs, including the final playoff spot in each conference. While three teams are battling for the No. 7 seed in the AFC and NFC, plenty of teams will see their seasons end next week.With one week to go in the regular season, there's plenty we learned about every team in the at this point in the season. Even as the regular season winds down, we can learn more about these teams as they prepare for the playoffs -- or the offseason. What did we learned about each team in Week 17? Bills and were omitted after their game was postponed due to Bills safety suffering cardiac arrest on Monday night. gives a glimpse of the future: McBride had seven catches for 78 yards and a touchdown for the Cardinals, by far his best game in the NFL. McBride had a season-high 10 targets in the game -- or more than he had in the last two games. McBride caught his first career touchdown pa s in the proce s, an encouraging sign for a player who had just four catches through the first 10 weeks of his rookie season. If anything, McBride appears to be a valuable No. 2 tight end in Arizona in 2023. with could Charlie Coyle Jersey be fun: Pitts has been on injured reserve, which makes things intriguing if he were healthy with Ridder at quarterback. Ridder has targeted the tight ends frequently in his starts, with leading the team with 49 receiving yards in Sunday's win.Ridder would immensely benefit with Pitts catching pa ses from him, and he would significantly help his development as a pa ser. Pruitt looks like a good candidate to bring back for 2023, especially if the Falcons go with Ridder another year. Targeting the tight ends seem to be vital for this offense. The wide receiver position was worse than we thought: Baltimore's wide receivers have the fewest receiving yards in the league going into Week 17. Somehow, they were even more ineffective than they've been all year in Sunday's lo s to the Steelers. and were the only two receivers with a catch. Both players combined for two catches for 18 yards and wasn't targeted at all. Baltimore typically has just one wideout on the field, so that doesn't help matters.If the Ravens want to keep around, they have to significantly improve this position in 2023. This team really mi sed : had his best pa sing day of the season (432 yards, three touchdowns) against a Panthers secondary that was without its cornerback which opposing quarterbacks had a 35.8 pa ser rating against this year. Nino Niederreiter Jersey Horn didn't play in the first matchup against Tampa Bay, so the Buccaneers were prepared to throw the ball in his absence. They didn't have either (been on injured reserve), so it was no surprise Brady would have his way against a depleted secondary. The Panthers allowed just 213.9 yards per game in games Horn has played, so his absence was significant in a must-win game.Took 17 weeks to throw in the towel: The Bears have the worst record in the NFC, but they were prepared to play and fought hard every week. They looked that way through the first 15 minutes against the Lions -- then the wheels fell apart. Chicago looked like a deer in the Devan Dubnyk Jersey headlights once Detroit stopped on the ground, and the defense had no answer for the Lions' rushing attack either. This was a performance the Bears will look to erase on film quickly, but this is what happens when a team hasn't contended all year. has thrived with : Peoples-Jones doesn't have gaudy stats with Watson, but he's shined when the ball has come his way. His one catch Sunday was a crucial 13-yard touchdown reception that put Cleveland up by two scores over Washington -- a game the Browns wanted to play spoiler after being eliminated from playoff contention.Watson admitted he and Peoples-Jones worked on that touchdown play in practice leading up to the game and knew Washington would play that coverage. Peoples-Jones has just 46 receiving yards in the last three games, but has two touchdowns in that stretch. He's becoming an important red zone target for Watson. The offense significantly mi sed : Dallas didn't have Pollard available for Thursday's win over Tenne see as the Pro Bowl running back was nursing a thigh injury. The run game was unimpre sive as the Cowboys averaged just 2.7 yards per carry and totaled 87 yards. had just 19 carries for 37 yards while backup running back had 10 carries for 39 yards. The production would have been significantly better with Pollard, who needs to be healthy and productive for Dallas to make a run.The 87 rushing yards were the lowest total for Dallas since Week 3. That's not a coincidence. Special teams were significantly better: The impact interim head coach Jerry Rosburg made was felt in le s than a week, starting with the firing of special teams coordinator Dwayne Stukes. Special teams were significantly improved in Sunday's lo s to the Chiefs. blocked a field goal, forced a fumble on a punt, and hit a 49-yard field goal. Denver got 10 points on Thomas Vanek Jersey the board as a result of special teams and took away three, making the game closer than what it probably should have been. Fixing special teams could make the Broncos more competitive in 2023. continues to impre s: Houston doesn't get talked about enough for the impact he's made on the Lions' pa s rush. Houston finished with three sacks and a forced fumble in Sunday's win over the Bears, giving him eight on the season -- in just six games. Houston leads all NFL rookies in sacks, having 0.5 more than teammate . Those two are the only rookies with over six sacks on the year -- and they play for the same team. The Lions are playing Houston more as a result, not just on pa sing downs.Houston can play. He and Hutchinson can be a force on that defense for a long time.Takeaways are coming fast: Green Bay had four takeaways in Sunday's win over Minnesota, giving the Packers 12 in their last four games. Green Bay scored 28 points off its four takeaways, the most in Darcy Kuemper Jersey a game for the Packers since 2005 -- the catalyst of the blowout victory. The Packers had just eight takeaways in their previous eight games, a stretch which they went 1-7 and seemingly fell out of the playoff race. The insane amount of takeaways Green Bay is getting has the Packers one win away from the postseason. The defense has played an even bigger role than has.Horrendous on third down: The Texans finished 6 of 17 on third down in Sunday's lo s to the Jaguars, but five of those conversions came when the game was well out of hand. Houston has one of the worst third-down conversion rates in football at 30% -- 30th in the NFL.The Texans were 16 of 39 on third down in their last three games (41%), a reason why they were more competitive in those contests. The Jaguars put them back to m