The 32 things we learned from Week 15 of the 2025 NFL season:
0. The number of points scored Sunday by the Cincinnati Bengals – in a game they had to win in order to remain on the postseason fringes. Remarkably, the Stripes took the bagel against the Baltimore Ravens despite running 71 plays and holding the ball for nearly 40 minutes. A virtually impossible set of circumstances. It was the first time the Bengals have been shut out since 2017. So much for tying up so much money in QB Joe Burrow and WRs Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, though the latter was unable to play after returning to the concussion protocol for the second time in three weeks.
1. The number of times the Kansas City Chiefs have missed the playoffs in the last decade – that regrettable outcome clinched with Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. The last time K.C. fell short was 2014, coach Andy Reid’s second season with the club.
2. The number of teams that clinched playoff berths Sunday – the first secured this season – the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos both punching their tickets to the Super Bowl 60 tournament. Neither team has yet to win its division but both are in position to win their respective conference’s No. 1 seed.
