The NFL is now past the halfway point of the season and these final two months will impact far more than just playoff spots. Jobs, career development, rosters, future contracts, the 2026 NFL Draft and even retirements will all be shaped by what happens between now and Wild Card Weekend. Here is a list, subject to a lot of revision, of the developments we'll be tracking as we head for the playoffs.

THE QUARTERBACKS

1) Can Cleveland's Dillon Gabriel and New Orleans' Tyler Shough do enough in the second half to convince their teams not to use what will likely be high first-round draft picks to select a quarterback next year? The Browns have two first-round picks, and Gabriel also must try to hold off his backup, fellow rookie Shedeur Sanders .

2) Tua Tagovailoa 's first-hal

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