The most important week of the NFL’s regular season could be confused with the preseason.

The list of quarterbacks starting for playoff teams this weekend includes Jeff Driskel, Blaine Gabbert, Tyler Huntley, Sam Darnold and Carson Wentz.

They join the plethora of backups (Easton Stick, Nick Mullens, Trevor Siemian, Bailey Zappe, Jarrett Stidham, Jake Browning, Tyrod Taylor, Gardner Minshew, Mason Rudolph, Aidan O’Connell, Taylor Heinicke) who have started in this season defined by injuries to quarterbacks and will do so again in Week 18.

Perhaps the silver lining of so much unwatchable quarterback play is the resulting crowd of second- and third-tier teams jockeying for division titles and playoff spots entering the final week of the regular season.