NFL teams will be wishing for wins, new recruits, and a play-off place during the festive season

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Wednesday 23 December 2015 11:08, UK

Christmas day is drawing closer, so we created our own wishlist for this season's struggling sides and play-off contenders in the NFL.

With just two weeks remaining in the regular campaign, Sky Sports' Alex Ferguson picked out a few possible requests for the 32 teams...

Carolina Panthers - To remain unbeaten (obviously!)

New England Patriots - Some Santa health magic for the receiving corps? Is that asking too much?

Cincinnati Bengals - For AJ McCarron to play well until the return of Andy Dalton, and not dive in front of a player if he makes a mistake.

Pittsburgh Steelers - The wild card please, Santa!

Seattle Seahawks - One healthy running back would be awesome!

Arizona Cardinals - Tyrann Mathieu to be OK! Please Santa! Please!

New York Giants - A guarantee that the Giants will have at least five heartwarming victories in 2016.

San Diego Chargers - Finding out who's going to LA and ending the torture. It's getting too much, and everyone's starting to look like turkeys.

Oakland Raiders - See San Diego (painted in silver and black).

St Louis Rams - See San Diego and Oakland (Painted in anything but that kit from Thursday night).

Cleveland Browns - For Johnny Manziel to stay out of trouble and realise that he might just be OK as a NFL quarterback.

Houston Texans - You gave us an early present this year, Santa. It was called Brandon Weeden. Many thought he was out of the league.

Indianapolis Colts - An offensive line would be awesome!

Baltimore Ravens - Never to wear the gold bottoms again?

Tampa Bay Buccaneers - The promise that they would never have to wear those all-red kits again?

Detroit Lions - Some hope for the future?

New York Jets - We know you're busy, but we'd ask you not to recruit Ryan Fitzpatrick to be Father Christmas Jr, Santa. He's got quarterbacking to do….

Buffalo Bills - To give us a bit of peace instead of giving us hope and then drowning it with misery. Please?

Miami Dolphins - Carolina to lose and the Dolphins keep the record as the NFL's only unbeaten team.

New Orleans Saints - An offensive co-ordinator.

Atlanta Falcons - Someone to answer our question: 'What happened?' in the middle of the season.

Kansas City Chiefs - See the Atlanta Falcons question, but in a good way.

Minnesota Vikings -For Adrian Peterson of 2015 to be Adrian Peterson of 2016, please.

Tennessee Titans - Some more wide receivers!

Dallas Cowboys - Jerry Jones just wrote: 'Mr. Christmas, if you deliver us an unhurt quarterback in 2016, we'll put your name up in lights on the Jumbotron in the centre of the field, which you'll be able to see from Antartica'.