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EVEN MORE than the fact that the Vikings can clinch the NFC North, it’s how they’ve reached this point. They’ve already played the Saints, Steelers, Ravens, Falcons, Rams and rival Packers — teams that are a to the Steelers. Next? Why, of course — the 8-4 Panthers.

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QBs JARED Goff (Rams) and Carson Wentz (Eagles) — drafted 1-2 in 2016 — meet for the first time. Good picks? Their tied for first in scoring (30.1 ppg) and together they’ve passed for more than 6,000 yards and 49 TDs this season. Yeah, pretty good.

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HUE JACKSON survived the purge in Cleveland despite being 1-27 since the start of 2016. For some perspective on that 1-27 record, consider: Bill times in the decade of the 2010s.

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THE JAGUARS (8-4) insist their game vs. perennial NFC contender Seattle (84) — a day in which they could end a long playoff drought — is not a statement game. Yet CB Jalen Ramsey sure sounded miffed when the game was flexed by TV not to o’clock, it don’t matter. … They’re a good team coming in here, and we’re still not getting respect.” Sure sounds like a statement.

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ARIZONA WR Larry Fitzgerald needs 26 yards receiving vs. the Titans to pass NFL history. That would leave only Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens ahead of him.