The Los Angeles Chargers lost on Saturday to the Houston Texans and several outcomes cascaded. The Chargers can no longer win the AFC West and the Denver Broncos clinched the division in the biggest one. Secondly, the Chargers fell from fifth to seventh in the playoff race. They still have a playoff spot clinched.

The Chiefs got a lot of bittersweet publicity Saturday night. Any PR didn’t exactly feel like good PR, either. Houston’s 20-17 win over the C

x − 1. Seattle Seahawks (12-3), NFC West leaders: Splitting their season series with the Rams in Week 16's classic means they'll wind up with the No. 1 seed if they win their final two games. Remaining schedule: at Panthers, at 49ers

The Denver Broncos didn’t have to do a lot to win the AFC West yesterday. The Broncos basically notched an armchair victory as they got to sit back and watch the Los Angeles Chargers implode in their 20-16 loss to the Houston Texans,

First things first, and that cooling off a Texans’ team that has won seven straight games. Of course, Harbaugh and quarterback Justin Herbert won’t soon forget last year’s playoff disaster at Houston in which the latter was picked off four times —one of those returned for a touchdown—in an embarrassing 32-12 setback.