In this Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, file photo, Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson (3) looks to pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C.Here’s a look at what’s happening around the NFC in Week 17:
Year of the RB. Entering Sunday, the top four rushers in the league are from the NFC — Dallas’ Ezekiel Elliott (1,434 yards), the Rams’ Todd Gurley (1,251), the Giants’ Saquon Barkley (1,198) and Carolina’s Christian McCaffrey (1,080). The commonality among the quartet is they were all first-round draft picks. In the last 20 years, the top four rushers being from the same conference has happened only three times — 2002 (AFC), 2008 (NFC) and 2015…
