The Quagmire

NFL’s theme song should be ‘Meet Me In The Middle’

Forget singer Carrie Underwood. Well, don’t forget her, she’s terrific.

But the NFL’s theme song these days belongs to Maren Morris, Zedd and Grey. You know, “Meet Me In The Middle.”

That’s where a bevy of NFL teams sat through Week 14—all with shots, both reasonable and long, at making the playoffs.

Take a deep breath and consider:

■ Seattle and Dallas at 8-5.

■ Pittsburgh at 7-5-1.

■ Indianapolis, Baltimore, Tennessee and Miami at 7-6.

■ Minnesota at 6-6-1.

■ Philadelphia, Carolina, Denver and Washington at 6-7.

■ Green Bay and Cleveland at 5-7-1.

And, yes, Tampa Bay, Detroit, Cincinnati and the New York Giants at 5-8.

All are alive for the postseason.

Even Atlanta, at 4-9, if you can imagine, isn’t eliminated.

Just what the league loves heading toward Christmas: charity for nearly all.

So let first-year Titans coach Mike Vrabel play the Grinch, trying to ignore any playoff chatter as his team heads to the Meadowlands to face the Giants.

“We haven’t talked much. We try to eliminate all the scenarios,” he says. “The only scenario that we try to focus on is our preparation right now as we head into a road game against the Giants.

“You could talk about scenarios all day. There’s scenarios where the Dolphins give up two punt blocks and score on a 70-yard hook-and-ladder; a scenario where a player jumps offside on a third-and-1 in a four-minute situation; a situation where a team executes a 50-yard hook-and-ladder and then the kicker slips. Those are all the scenarios that are crazy that happen in this league every week, so the one we’re going to try to focus on is our preparation versus the Giants.”

AP Photo/Butch Dill, File ■ Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Fred Brown fumbles between New Orleans Saints defensive back Marcus Williams (25) and linebacker Nate Stupar (54) as he is tackled by New Orleans Saints cornerback Kam Moore in the second half of an NFL preseason football game Aug. 30 in New Orleans. The NFC is a two-team race between the Saints and Rams, who met in a high-scoring affair won by host New Orleans in early November. Both are 11-2, making their final three weeks critical in that race.