The final pieces of the NFL's playoff picture came together Sunday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers securing their fifth consecutive playoff berth. On the other end of the spectrum, the Denver Broncos return to the playoffs for the first time since 2015 when they won the Super Bowl with Peyton Manning at quarterback.

The NFL was able to expand from 12 to 14 by shrinking the number of first-round byes from four to two. Only the highest seed in each conference earns a bye, meaning the other six playoff teams from each conference have to play in the wild-card round.

Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  The end of the NFL season is always crazy and this year has been no different. Here's a short list of what we've seen go down over the past 24 hours:  The Chiefs forgot to show up for their game in Denver The Vikings forgot to show up to Detroit on Sunday night The Patriots fired Jerod Mayo The Jaguars fired Doug Pederson The playoff schedule came out and every NFC game is a rematch from the regular season.