Arizona Cardinals & the NFL regular season's week 16

During the NFL's week 16, the Cardinals had their first shutout win since 1992:

"Big Red Recap: Cardinals record first shutout win since 1992"

http://arizonasports.com/story/1358362/big-red-recap-cardinals-record-first-shutout-win-since-1992/"GLENDALE, Ariz. — If this was it, if this happened to be the final home game for Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, then what a way to go out.

He did it all, just about."

But when I tried to talk about it with family members during Christmas celebrations, there wasn't much interest. Most likely, because everyone knows the Cards are eliminated from the playoffs. I mentioned it to a cousin: "Cardinals won 23 to 0". To which my cousin replied: "What? Were they playing by themselves?". I laughed: "No, they were playing against the Giants" I said. "Los gigantes" in Spanish. "Los gigantes?" someone else asked, "no eran tan gigantes entonces" ("They weren't so giant, after all") . "Eran enanitos entonces" . "los enanitos verdes (like the rock en Español band)-- No, enanitos azules" (little green men -- No, little blue men) .

My family joking about the hapless Giants. Nevertheless, this writer found at least one positive result from their embarrassing loss:

"Giants shut out in 23-0 loss to Cardinals to keep quest for No. 2 pick intact"

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/giants-shut-cardinals-quest-no-2-pick-intact-article-1.3719315

"...And yet that is not entirely a bad 

development since Sunday’s Christmas 

Eve 23-0 loss to the Cardinals at 

University of Phoenix Stadium, while 

unacceptably embarrassing, helped the 

Giants in their unintentional quest 

to present their fans with at least 

one Christmas gift: the No. 2 pick 

in April’s draft.

Cleveland (0-15) locked up the No. 1 

pick by losing Sunday to the Chicago 

Bears. The Giants (2-13), who became 

the first team in franchise history 

to lose 13 games in a season, haven’t 

quite sealed the No. 2 pick because 

the Indianapolis Colts (3-12) are 

nearly as dreadful."

Interestingly, today there are reports coach Arians & the Arizona Cardinals will agree to part ways after this season is over:
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/way-we-hear-it-bruce-arians-and-arizona-cardinals-will/article_6a012192-c798-5d1e-abb8-33023dea5312.html
"Bruce Arians, a two-time NFL Coach of the Year who is just less than two seasons removed from taking the Arizona Cardinals to the NFC title game, will agree to part ways with the Cardinals next week, multiple sources tell Pro Football Weekly."

As as far as the rest of the NFC: the "NFC west" title went for the first time in 14 years to the Rams (after they beat the Titans 27 - 23): 
"Breaking down the Rams’ 27-23 victory over the Tennessee Titans"
http://www.latimes.com/95527020-132.html

And the NFC's no. 1 seed are the Eagles (after they beat the Raiders 19 - 10). However, the press was not impressed with their level of play:
"Eagles' poor play on third down is cause for playoff concern"
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/philadelphia-eagles-third-down-offense-nick-foles-poor-play-concern-nfc-playoffs-20171226.html
"While they managed to beat the Raiders, 19-10, and clinch home-field advantage through the NFC playoffs, their joy over the win was somewhat muted by the fact that they converted just 1 of 14 third-down opportunities against a Raiders defense ranked 27th in the league in third-down prowess."

In the AFC, home-field advantage & wild cards spots are still "up for grabs":

"AFC playoff picture: Patriots 1 win away from homefield advantage throughout playoffs"

http://www.weei.com/blogs/ryan-hannable/afc-playoff-picture-patriots-1-win-away-homefield-advantage-throughout-playoffs
"With just one week left in the regular season, the AFC playoff picture is rounding into shape with just the two wild card spots up for grabs."

As for the results from the other games, here's the NFL page:

http://www.nfl.com/schedules/2017/REG16

& here's the playoff race so far:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/standings/playoffrace