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A Week 17 NFL quiz

12/31/2012 2:00 pm ET The NFL鈥檚 regular season ended Sunday with one coach, Indianapolis鈥檚 Chuck Pagano, making a triumphant and inspiring return to the sidelines after months of cancer treatments. Meanwhile a handful of coaches were about to receive pink slips (Philadelphia鈥檚 Andy Reid, Kansas City鈥檚 Romeo Crennel, Cleveland鈥檚 Pat Shurmur, and Buffalo鈥檚 Chan Gailey were gone by Monday morning, and others seemed sure to follow). Amid the musical chairs to make the playoffs, Minnesota鈥檚 Adrian Peterson came up just nine yards shy of his quest to overtake Eric Dickerson鈥檚 single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards. His 199 yards, however, helped the Vikings land a playoff berth. The Redskins also were carried to the playoffs by a running back, rookie Alfred Morris, a little-known sixth-round draft pick out of Florida Atlantic, who gained a team record 200 yards in Washington鈥檚 win-or-go-home 28-18 victory over Dallas. To test your knowledge of Week 17 NFL developments, take this 12-question quiz.