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Welcome to the Week 16 grades!

This is the time of year when Santa is known for delivering, but he’s not the only one — the NFL has also been delivering some wild games in Week 16. Through the 1 p.m. window, there have been 10 games played and FIVE of them have been decided by six points or less. 

The Seahawks pulled off a wild overtime win on Thursday and that was followed by an equally crazy overtime win by the Bears on Saturday. And then on Sunday, we saw several games go down to the wire, including Carolina’s huge 23-20 victory over the Buccaneers in an NFC South showdown. 

We’ve got grades for those three games and every other game in Week 16, so let’s get to them, starting with the Panthers’ big win. 

Carolina 23-20 over Tampa BayL.A. Chargers 34-17 over DallasBuffalo 23-20 over ClevelandTennessee 26-9 over Kansas CityCincinnati 45-21 over MiamiMinnesota 16-13 over N.Y. GiantsNew Orleans 29-6 over N.Y. JetsChicago 22-16 over Packers in OT (Saturday)Philadelphia 29-18 over Washington (Saturday)Seattle 38-37 over L.A. Rams in OT (Thursday)