Anybody up for a game of boff, marry, kill with some fringe NFL playoff teams?

Heading into the final two weeks of the NFL season, the Colts, Texans, Steelers, Bengals, Raiders, Broncos, Rams, Seahawks, Vikings, Falcons, Packers, Buccaneers and Saints are still alive for a playoff spot while only a game away from .500. Of those 12 organizations, which do you think has the best chance of winning the Super Bowl?

The betting answer, according to oddsmakers, is the Rams, Seahawks and Bucs at +6600. However, the realistic response is: “No one.” At some point this year, every one of those potential playoff teams has wiped its ass on the carpet.

Picking the least trustworthy of the demoralizing dozen is an equally difficult task. Boff, marry, kill: Aiden O’Connell, Taylor Heineke, or Gardner Minshew? I’ll take option D, a jar full of cyanide.

In a sport where playoff wins can save, or preserve, a coach’s job, it’s worth asking: What’s the value of a first-round playoff win? We’ve got franchises that are barely bowl eligible making the postseason, and honestly, the entertainment factor is about the same as Minnesota versus Bowling Green.

That’s before even mentioning teams like Jacksonville, Dallas and Miami that I wouldn’t trust to skip a rock in a crunch situation. Hell, Baltimore is likely to get the one seed in the AFC and Lamar Jackson’s lone career playoff win came against perennial lame duck Tennessee.

Maybe it’s just PTSD from the Tom Brady Patriots constantly squirting by toothless playoff foes, but I have more faith in Willy Loman selling something than half of these “playoff” squads assembling a princess playhouse, let alone a postseason run.

The expansion to seven-team fields was what it was: capitalism at its finest. A common refrain about NFL football is on any given Sunday, a schmuck can rise up from obscurity and beat the league’s best team. While that’s true to an extent, it’s not as if the underdog wins because they played well; it’s mostly because the good team didn’t show up.

So I guess my point in this meandering complaint is that parity in the NFL is a synonym for mediocrity.

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Part-time New York Jets quarterback and full-time distraction Aaron Rodgers got the most out of his (hopefully) penultimate appearance on the Pat McAfee Show this season, telling the grand inquisitor that he asked to go on the IR to finish the year. Despite Rodgers’ constant allusions to returning from a Week 1 achilles injury, but confirming he will not return, he can’t figure out why the Jets would keep him active just to practice when it meant cutting veteran fullback Nick Baldwin days before Christmas.

“I assumed I was going to go on IR. I asked to be put on IR, but then there was a conversation, ‘Do you want to practice?’ I said not at the expense of somebody getting cut. I know how this works.

“I didn’t feel like I needed to practice to continue my rehab. I could do on-the-field stuff on the side, but, obviously, I got overruled there. It is what it is. This was an interesting situation.”

Well, maybe it’s because A-A-ron has been the most visible member of the Jets this year. Simply having him throw footballs for the cameras is a godsend. Please, stand on the sidelines and commensurate with Zach Wilson about Nathaniel Hackett cosplaying as Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Apparently, Rodgers phoned Baldwin to make sure he knew it wasn’t his fault that he got cut. During the exchange/premeditated McAfee anecdote, the fullback told Rodgers that he’s “vested” and is “fine” because he’s still getting his money.

And, just so ESPN is clear, cornerback Kalon Barnes is the player who actually lost his job, because the Jets scrambled to make room for Baldwin to return to the roster for reasons that are unclear.

I think the real takeaway of this heartwarming Christmas saga is that a member of the New York Jets got to spend the holiday with his family — and not Aaron Rodgers.