Entering Week 14, there were 20 teams with a .500 or better mark, which sounds like a lot. It is, tying a record for this late in the season. Two of those clubs face off on Monday Night Football to wrap up the week in a possible Super Bowl 60 preview as the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles (8-4) visit the Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) in matchup of 2024 playoff teams. Philly is -2.5 with a total of 41.5 for the 8:15 ET kick on ABC and ESPN. 

There were three matchups featuring at least eight-win clubs this week. The home team won both on Sunday by at least a TD: Jacksonville over Indianapolis and Green Bay against Chicago. This exact matchup for the Super Bowl on Feb. 8 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara is +7000. The only cheaper exact SB matchup involving the Chargers includes their SoFi co-tenant Rams at +4500.

I don't think the Chargers are quite ready to take that next step to win the AFC yet, largely due to season-ending injuries on the offensive line, but Jim Harbaugh certainly has that franchise on the right track. Los Angeles likely isn't catching Denver for the AFC West title but entered Week 14 holding down the top wild-card spot. It is -185 for the playoffs and +150 for No. Those prices seem cheap considering where the Bolts stand, but their schedule is a monster. Obviously a dog here, then they finish at Kansas City (now in major trouble), at Dallas, vs. Houston and at Denver. Probably only favored vs. the Texans. 

If you are going to lose a game this late, it's better to be out of conference. The SportsLine Projection Model currently lists the Chargers at 62.6% for the postseason, which rises to 77.1% with a win but only drops to 50.0% with a loss because it's against an NFC foe. After head-to-head and division records, in-conference mark is the next tiebreaker. And the Chargers are in good shape there so far at 9-2. 

Despite a recent mini-slide. the Eagles still control their destiny to win the NFC East for the second year row -- no team has repeated in that division since Philly won four straight titles from 2001-04 -- and are -2500 favorites. But they no longer control their destiny for the NFC's top seed, currently sitting third and would lose a tiebreaker vs. Chicago but win ones against Green Bay and the Los Angeles Rams. To get that No. 1 seed, Philly is +1300. It made do just fine without it last year, but also didn't have to play a true road game because No. 1 Detroit was upset in the Divisional Round. 

Entering Week 14, the model had Philly at 86.5% for the division and 90.1% for a fifth straight playoff appearance. With a win, those rise to 94.0% and 96.4%, while with a loss they fall to 79.3% and 84.0%. The Eagles' schedule is much easier than the Chargers' the rest of the way: vs. Las Vegas, two with Washington and at Buffalo. Probably only dogs at the Bills. The model has Philadelphia finishing with the fourth-most wins in the NFC at 11.1. The team's preseason number was 11.5 and it's still the same but Under is -135.

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