Which teams destroyed playoff chances with Week 13 losses?

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw a red-zone interception on 4th and 2 with the Giants up 20-10 that opened the door for the New York Jets and potentially slammed the door on the Giants playoff…It’s make-or-break time for NFL teams that are jockeying for playoff spots. These five teams broke their playoff chances with Week 13 losses, and it will be awfully hard to glue the pieces back together.

Giants (5-7) (at MIA; CAR; at MIN; PHI)
No team destroyed its playoff chances in more epic fashion than the Giants. The Giants blew a lead with less than two minutes left for the fifth time this season, falling 23-20 in overtime to the Jets.
Considering the history of the NFL’s two New York franchises, there was a good chance one of them would lose in a way that would be talked about. That’s what happened to the Giants, who led 20-10 in the fourth quarter and decided to go for it on fourth-and-2 with 8:50 left in the game. Eli Manning’s pass was intercepted, and that sparked the Jets’ comeback.

Had the Giants kicked a field goal, the Jets would have needed two touchdowns. Instead, they needed just a touchdown and a field goal to send the game into overtime.
The Giants are looking up at two teams in the NFC East, a division that most likely will have just one playoff representative. Unless the Cowboys win tonight for the first time without Tony Romo, the Redskins will lead the division by themselves at 6-6. The Eagles also are 5-7 but hold the tiebreaker over the Giants because they beat them earlier in the year.
It would be asking an awful lot for the Giants to win out considering their schedule the rest of the way. An 8-8 record could win the division, but tiebreakers would have to go their way.
If the Giants don’t make the playoffs, this loss might have destroyed not only their playoff chances but Tom Coughlin’s job.

Giants on pace for not only worst total defense in franchise history, but to become 1st team @NFL history to allow 300 pass yards per game.
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) December 7, 2015

Bears (5-7) (WAS; at MIN; at TB, DET)
The Bears’ 26-20, overtime loss to the 49ers not only hurt their playoff chances mathematically, it also showed why the Bears just don’t belong in the playoffs.
They took a late lead, but couldn’t close the deal at home against the downtrodden 49ers (4-8).
Ka’Deem Carey’s first career touchdown with 3:39 left was countered by Blaine Gabbert’s first career rushing touchdown. Gabbert tied the game by scampering 44 yards past Bears defenders who were just jogging along as if they had him on their fantasy team. Robbie Gould then missed a 36-yard field goal that would have won it, and Gabbert threw a 71-yard bomb to Torrey Smith to win the game in OT.

The Seahawks (7-5) are the front-runner for the No. 6 seed, but the Bears could have joined a pack of 6-6 teams right behind them. Making matters worse for the Bears is their Week 3 loss at Seattle, giving the Seahawks the tiebreaker.
It looks like the Bears’ stunning Thanksgiving win at Green Bay will go to waste.
Falcons (6-6) (at CAR; at JAX; CAR, NO)
There was a time this season when the Falcons were 5-0, but that seems so long ago now that Steve Bartkowski might as well have been their quarterback.
The Falcons’ free fall to .500 is now complete after their 23-19 loss at Tampa Bay. It was the Falcons’ fifth straight loss and their second loss to the Buccaneers (6-6), who now own the tiebreaker over them.

Atlanta and Tampa Bay are the only two 6-6 teams in the NFC. They’re a game behind the Seahawks in the race for the final wild-card spot, and the Seahawks could overtake the Vikings (8-4) after their 38-7 win Sunday at Minnesota. The Vikings are another team that would win a tiebreaker over the Falcons.
So the Falcons could be in a position where they have to have a better record than both the Buccaneers and Vikings to make the playoffs. Good luck with that when you have two games against the unbeaten Panthers remaining on your schedule.
Raiders (5-7) (at DEN; GB; SD; at KC)
It looked like the future was now for the Raiders when they were 4-3 at the beginning of November. Since then, however, they’ve lost four of their last five including Sunday’s 34-20 home loss to the Chiefs.

The Raiders led 20-14 late in the third quarter, but Derek Carr threw three fourth-quarter interceptions and the Chiefs (7-5) capitalized to win their sixth game in a row.
The Raiders could have tied the Chiefs with a win and been a game out of the final playoff spot. Instead, they’re two games behind the AFC’s three 7-5 teams. The Chiefs currently hold the No. 5 seed, the Jets are in the No. 6 slot and the Steelers are on the outside looking in based on tiebreakers. Between the Raiders and that 7-5 trio are the Bills and Texans, both 6-6, and the Raiders’ remaining schedule is brutal.
It’s looking like a 13th straight year without a playoff berth in Oakland.

#Raiders: at CHI, vs. DEN, at PIT, at DET and today vs. KC all winnable in the fourth quarter. Something to improve upon for next year.
— Joe Fortenbaugh (@JoeFortenbaugh) December 7, 2015

Jaguars (4-8) (IND, ATL, at NO, at HOU)
Wait. The Jaguars had playoff chances?
Yes, they did. But their 42-39 loss at Tennessee decreased those chances.
Houston and Indianapolis, tied atop the AFC South at 6-6, both lost. The Jaguars could have lurked at a game behind with next week’s home game against the Colts looming large. Now their path to the playoffs is a lot more challenging.
The Jaguars hung around all afternoon and finally took a 32-28 lead over the Titans on Blake Bortles’ nine-yard touchdown pass to Julius Thomas with 10 minutes left. Then they had the Titans backed up at their 13 on third down, but Marcus Mariota escaped pressure and ran 87 yards for a touchdown.
The Titans increased their lead less than a minute later when a snap sailed over Bortles’ head and Wesley Woodyard ran in the loose ball for a touchdown.
It was a classic Jaguars moment, along with the two missed extra points by Jason Myers. The Jaguars’ first playoff berth since 2007 still isn’t out of the question, but they’ll most likely have to win the rest of their games and do a lot of scoreboard watching.