It's Week 18 of the NFL regular season, with plenty of playoff implications still at stake. For the rest of the league, it's about draft scenarios.
The Chicago Bears are already locked into the top of the 2024 NFL draft. That comes courtesy of the Carolina Panthers (2-14) being assured of finishing with the league's worst record. The Bears received that selection as part of a package from an offseason trade that gave the Panthers the first pick of the 2023 draft.
So the race for No. 2 and beyond is on, with one more game for each team to play.