NFL · 2026
Kansas City ChiefsAFC West - .000 pct vMon 21 Dec, 8:15 PM EST New England PatriotsAFC East - .000 pct
Match resultKansas City 27%Tie <1%New England 73%
What this game means
The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 6% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 16 points in the Division race.
Kansas City Chiefs
Playoffs24%
Division9%
Byeseason odds1%
New England Patriots
Playoffs67%
Division44%
Conferenceseason odds14%
Super Bowlseason odds7%
Byeseason odds11%
Kansas City winDivisionKansas City Chiefs9%2%▼ -7New England Patriots44%49%▲ +5
TieDivisionKansas City Chiefs9%1%▼ -8New England Patriots44%50%▲ +6
New England winDivisionKansas City Chiefs9%<1%▼ -9New England Patriots44%65%▲ +21
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
AFC East · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0New EnglandDivision44%0-0-0.000-0-0-0BuffaloDivision39%0-0-0.000-0-0-0MiamiDivision13%0-0-0.000-AFC West · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0DenverDivision58%0-0-0.000-0-0-0ChargersDivision30%0-0-0.000-0-0-0Kansas CityDivision9%0-0-0.000-The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify