Jeff Bell looks at players chasing significant financial and statistical milestones in Week 18.

Week 18 is consistently the most unique slate of the NFL season. Motivations can vary wildly, as some teams are fighting for a spot in the playoffs or battling for seeding, while other squads are either already locked into postseason spots or focusing on draft position.

It all comes down to this. Welcome to the wild, wacky, first-ever Week 18. It's our final main slate of the regular season, and what a season it's been. I can thank you all enough for supporting this column and the Fantasy Football Today DFS podcast.

As if we didn’t have enough factors to calculate in the computer floating in our skull, Week 18 brings even more machinations to consider as players chase records, contract incentives, and teams jostle for postseason positioning or tank, or something in ...

Alltel Stadium will have empty seats, the game is expected to become the first regular-season TV blackout in franchise history, and the Jaguars' opponent is a team they beat 48-0 last December. Motivation would seem to be a difficult chore this week.

The regular season comes to a close this week, and just like every year, bettors have to wade through motivational questions with many of the matchups in Week 17. If these games were played on any other week of the season, some of these lines would be not ...

NFL Week 18 is the trickiest week of the season. Teams with playoff intensity are intermixed with those simply hoping to finish the year healthy. We go game by game to see who has things to play for, either from a team perspective or based on statistical milestones.

With the playoffs nearly set, many teams have nothing to play for in the final week of the regular season. Here's a game-by-game breakdown of every team's motivation. I'll give each game a grade if you're looking for a short answer. A more detailed ...