I dunno. Absolutely don't want to turn this into a COVID thread.
Just putting out there that after Canadian Thanksgiving on 10/12, COVID rates SKYROCKETED to even worse than in April when they were the highest previously.
So how's that matter? Well, I think we see the same here and after Thanksgiving, we see enough positive tests that we'll have game cancellations and if that happens, the agreement is to add 1 team to each conference's playoffs.
I think unless for the first time since this started we avoid what everyone else is experiencing, we will have that cancellation and the playoff roster will be expanded.
Also, wrt the AFC... the AFC East has two teams that are kicking our division's ass. Miami and Buffalo are feasting on our division right now. There are plenty of good teams in the AFC now.