Every year, 12 NFL teams punch their ticket to the playoffs. Some of them, we expected to be there. Others are a surprise and raise eyebrows of fans and analysts alike as they foray into that which they do not belong.

We’ll run-down all 12 franchises that secured a playoff berth in the 2016 season, and our writers give their opinions on whether they think they’ll return to the promised land in 2017.

Was your team’s success last season a flash in the pan? Or have your warriors put a team on the gridiron we view as being sustainable?

Here are the teams trying to get back in the AFC bracket: