The last week of the NFL season ranks right up there with the first week as far as intrigue.

Week 1, everyone feels like they have a shot. Even the Browns thought they had a chance in early September (silly, silly Browns).

In the last week, not only are playoff spots up for grabs, but also some strange and simultaneously awesome statistical anomalies — stuff that rarely happens or has NEVER happened.

Here's a look at a few cool things that could happen in Week 17:

- The 30-30 club. Tampa Bay quarterback and turnover machine Jameis Winston needs just two interceptions to join the ultra-elite 30-30 club — 30 touchdowns passes and 30 picks in the same season.

How “elite” is it? No one has ever done it.

The immortal Lynn Dickey of the 1983 Green Bay Packers came the closest with 32 TDs and 29 INTs.

Jay Cutler (27/26) was the most recent to flirt with the feat before Winston.

You don't want to be mentioned in the same breath with Jay Cutler. For anything.

Winston hasn't been eating Ws. He's been vomiting INTs.

- Fitzmagic on the ground. One of my favorite players in NFL history is Ryan Fitzpatrick.

His beard. His quest to play for every team in the NFL. He's a poor man's Brett Favre.

And he happens to lead the Miami Dolphins in passing ... and wait for it ... rushing.

I so desperately want to see him lead the Dolphins on the ground. It would be such a Ryan Fitzpatrick thing to do.

- Fourth time is the charm. The Steelers are one crushed Duck feather away from using four quarterbacks this season (six if you count Jaylen Samuels and James Conner in the wildcat).

So, how bad is Paxton Lynch that the former first-round pick can't even get a sniff of the field until now?

He must be downright awful. He can't even beat out Mason Rudolph, who is now injured, and Devlin Hodges. Those QBs produce one TD a game.

But the part of me that can't turn away from something grizzly, the dark part of me that listens to Nickelback and wants to see the new movie “Cats,” wants to see what would happen if Lynch plays.

- So you're saying there's a chance. Tiebreakers are fun. And the NFL has a doozy in the making for the final AFC spot.

Should the Steelers and their pop-gun offense lose to the Ravens' backups, the Black and Gold would need six things to happen to still get into the playoffs: a Titans loss, Colts win and losses by the Bears, Lions, Chargers and Patriots.

I'm rooting for this scenario to play out, even though it has a less than a 10 percent chance of happening.

The Steelers, though, should just be put out of their misery.

Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle