Week 16 has come and gone and with it, the NFL playoff picture has solidified. A number of divisions are already locked up and some other fringe contenders can now turn their attention to the start of next season.

Here's a brief look at some of the most notable performances from Sunday's action:

Overachieving Team of the Week: Chicago Bears

Matt Nagy may have made a lot of missteps in his time as Chicago Bears head coach and he may be without a job in a couple weeks, but starting Nick Foles in a December, snow-covered game, might be his last (first?) stroke of genius.

Now, Foles didn’t throw seven touchdown passes or put up 41 points, but the Bears offense, which had scored 25 points just twice all season, seemed to simply work under Foles's command. Coming into Sunday's game, the Bears were 31st in the NFL in third down percentage and 29th in passing first downs.

However, against the Seahawks, Chicago converted half of their third downs and picked up 14 first downs via the pass. Heck, the Bears didn't commit a turnover either, which is something they hadn't done since Week 5.

Seattle did have a chance to put the game away, leading by a touchdown with five minutes to go and the ball in hand. However, a holding penalty pushed them out of field goal range and the Seahawks punted on fourth-and-21 to set up the Bears' final drive.

Foles was 7-11 in the fourth quarter for 99 yards, a touchdown, and the eventual game-deciding two-point conversion.

Certainly, Foles and company don't necessarily have a future in Chicago. The former Super Bowl MVP will be competing for backup jobs in the spring while the rest of the Bears current coaching staff is employed elsewhere. Justin Fields remains the future in Chicago no matter what happens in the next couple weeks, but it was nice to see just how the Bears offense can move with competent quarterback play.

Underachieving Team of the Week: Washington Football Team

Washington was certainly in a disadvantageous situation on Sunday night after playing in Philadelphia just five days earlier with a third-string quarterback, but to fall behind by 49 points to a division opponent in a game that had to be won to remain in the playoff race is a monumental let-down.

Taylor Heinicke looked lost until he was mercifully benched in favor of Kyle Allen in the second half. After missing last week due to COVID-19, Heinicke completed only seven of his 22 attempts for 121 yards and a pair of interceptions. In the span of two weeks, Washington has gone from upstart playoff-hopeful to bitter disappointment, ravaged by COVID-19 in the process.

The Cowboys offense, which was mired in a slump recently, broke out in a big way, scoring touchdowns on five straight offensive possessions, complimented by one touchdown from the defense and another from a blocked punt. Washington has now allowed over 1000 yards and 83 points in just two weeks after allowing less than 21 points in five-straight games.

This has now become a lost season for the nameless team. Washington will head into the offseason with questions at quarterback and a defense currently ranked in the bottom five of points allowed per drive. There have been a number of teams greatly affected by COVID-19 recently, the Rams and Browns included, but only Washington has allowed it to completely derail their season.

Overachieving Player of the Week: Bengals QB Joe Burrow

While Steve Bisciotti remains the principal owner of the Baltimore Ravens, the franchise should at least add a seat for Joe Burrow in the owner's box at M&T Bank Stadium following his performance on Sunday against the Ravens.

For the second time this season, Burrow asserted his dominance over the division rival, throwing for over 500 yards and tossing four touchdowns in the 20-point win. Burrow became just the fourth quarterback to post those numbers without throwing an interception in NFL history.

If you include the fact that he completed less than 40 passes, Burrow's performance was matched only by 1962 All-Pro (and former Baltimore Colt) Y.A. Tittle in the history of the NFL.

Burrow's completion percentage over expected was the highest mark among quarterbacks in Week 16 and he was also credited with the most air yards on a completed pass, setting the mark over 55.

The second-year quarterback just torched the left side of the Ravens defense, completing all seven of his intermediate passes to the right for 165 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Burrow targeted that side of the field 20 times and threw just three incompletions.

With the win, the Bengals are now the clear front-runners in the AFC North, although their schedule isn't exactly easy with the Chiefs and Browns remaining on the ledger. Burrow has never played against Kansas City and is 0-3 against his cross-state rival in his young career.

Underachieving Player of the Week: Patriots QB Mac Jones

The Patriots were able to beat the Bills earlier this month despite Mac Jones completing just two of his attempted three passes. Unfortunately on Sunday, Jones was forced to throw the ball a lot more and wasn't nearly as successful.

The Patriots haven't asked a lot of Jones this season and things have worked out well for the rookie. For a 10-game stretch, Jones completed over 70% of his passes, averaged over eight yards per attempt, and turned the ball over seven times.

Since that fateful Monday evening in Buffalo, things have changed as he's now turned the ball over four times and completed just 40 of his 77 pass attempts in a pair of losses to Indianapolis and Buffalo. His passer rating of 31.4 on Sunday was marked a career-low and was only ahead of Heinicke and Jake Fromm for the week.

What was worrisome is just how awful Jones was at pushing the ball down the field, completing just two passes 10 yards beyond the line of scrimmage. He was 2-11 for 33 yards and an interception on such throws.

The Patriots did run the ball successfully against Buffalo once again, averaging 5.5 yards per attempt, but it wasn't enough to keep up with Josh Allen and the Bills offense that drove into Patriots territory on every single drive that didn't result in the end of a half.

New England scored a pair of touchdowns in the second half to cut the Bills lead to one possession, but Allen responded with a touchdown drive of his own to put the game out of reach.

Jones and the Patriots have a soft spot in their schedule next week with the Jaguars set to be their opponent, but the rookie has a lot to prove if he's really going to be the heir to Tom Brady's kingdom.

Bad Beat of the Week: Eagles vs Giants over 41 points

The Eagles and Giants played an ugly half of football on Sunday afternoon. Then, the Giants decided to play an even uglier half and lost by three possessions. But at halftime only six points had been scored in a rock fight between a pair of bitter rivals.

With a relatively low total of 41, it seemed like the under would easily cash. Unfortunately, Fromm proved to be so inept that he averaged less than two yards per attempt and the Eagles capitalized by scoring 31 straight points in the second half, despite having only one drive achieve more than two first downs.

Even so, the Eagles led 34-3 with only 10 minutes to go, and at that point, the Giants had just one possession travel longer than 25 yards in the entire game. However, Mike Glennon took advantage of Philadelphia's ultra-conservative prevent defense and connected with Evan Engram for a garbage-time touchdown — the Giants' first touchdown in eight quarters.