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5-at-10: NFL power = healthy, College playoff thoughts, UTC hoops, Where will Mark Richt land?

FILE - This Aug. 9, 2014 file photo shows an NFL logo on a goal post padding before a preseason NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field in Detroit. In a two-year content and advertising deal announced Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, Twitter is huddling with the National Football League as it tackles the challenge of attracting a broader audience to its short messaging service. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)
FILE - This Aug. 9, 2014 file photo shows an NFL logo on a goal post padding before a preseason NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field in Detroit. In a two-year content and advertising deal announced Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, Twitter is huddling with the National Football League as it tackles the challenge of attracting a broader audience to its short messaging service. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File) FILE - This Aug. 9, 2014 file photo shows an NFL logo on a goal post padding before a preseason NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field in Detroit. In a two-year content and advertising deal announced Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, Twitter is huddling with the National Football League as it tackles the challenge of attracting a broader audience to its short messaging service. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)

By Jay Greeson 13 min read

Morning. Great back and forth yesterday.

From the “Talks too much” studios, let it fly.

NFL surviving

The path to the playoffs is taking shape for most of the league. Well at least in the top of the divisions. Only the AFC South and the NFC East have much drama in the division standings, but the muddling mediocrity that is the salary cap NFL means the wildcard chases will be as wild as ever.

And that’s by design with the cap and the weighted schedules, and that makes sense for the viewing pleasure of millions come next month. No one wants the races decided early, because that would make week 17 meaningless. (And since most fantasy leagues are done by then, that would be really bad.)