Interconference games highlight the NFL’s Week 10 slate, with seven of the 14 games pitting the AFC against the NFC.<\/p>\n
Since the\u00a0NFL schedule was standardized in 2002, teams face each opponent from outside their conference once every four years. So there’s a certain curiosity to these pairings that doesn’t exist in other sports.\u00a0Teams in some sports play every team in the other conference at least once a year. In Major League Baseball, there are still some interleague pairings that just don’t seem natural.<\/p>\n
Just because certain teams in the NFL play each other only on a quadrennial basis, it doesn’t mean that they can’t be rivals. That’s part of the intrigue that comes with some of these Week 10 interconference matchups.<\/p>\n
Vontaze Burfict and Odell Beckham Jr. will be on the same field for the first time.<\/p>\n
What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n
It would behoove Beckham to not be fazed by Burfict or any other Bengals defender\u00a0because unlike last year, 9-7 won’t be good enough to win the NFC East. The second-place Giants need to keep pace with the Cowboys (7-1). They have a chance to win their fourth straight game for the first time since 2013.<\/p>\n
The Bengals will be 15 days removed from a tie against the Redskins in London. They’re in danger of having their worst record after nine weeks since 2010, the last year they missed\u00a0the playoffs. The good news for them is that the AFC North could be what the NFC East was last year. The Ravens (5-4) lead the division, and it doesn’t look like it will take a 12-4 record to win it.<\/p>\n
This is an interconference game with playoff implications in both conferences.<\/p>\n
Like the Monday-night tilt, this interconference game has some rubbernecking appeal.<\/p>\n
Could the Packers actually have a losing record this late in the season for the first time since 2013, when Aaron Rodgers missed seven games? Could Mike McCarthy really be on the hot seat?<\/p>\n
A Packers loss could throw their season into a tailspin. At the same time, a Titans victory would be the biggest of Marcus Mariota’s budding career and it would keep the Titans in the AFC South race.<\/p>\n
\nMost TD passes in NFL since Week 5:<\/p>\n
T-1. Marcus Mariota, 13
T-1. Aaron Rodgers, 13#GBvsTEN<\/a><\/p>\n— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) November 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n