NFL players, coaches with most at stake in playoff push

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In what has been a chaotic and topsy-turvy NFL season, almost nothing has been decided. Five teams have been eliminated from playoff contention, but nobody has clinched a playoff berth as we enter Week 14. As I wrote about earlier this week, there are tight races atop nearly every division. The vast majority of the league's teams have everything to play for between now and the end of the season.

Players and coaches, on the other hand, find themselves in different spots. There are those who can feel confident that they'll be in the same place next year, either by playing well this season or being locked in to guaranteed money in 2026. Others have everything riding on what…