Recreation outcomes: The Chiefs clinched the AFC West for the ninth straight time on Sunday evening, defeating the Los Angeles Chargers with a doinked subject purpose as time expired. It’s the second-longest division-winning streak in NFL historical past behind solely the dominant New England Patriots of the 2010s (11 straight).
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs clinched a playoff spot on Black Friday in Week 13 by beating the Las Vegas Raiders. In Week 14, they’ll clinch the AFC West whereas sustaining their slim lead over the Buffalo Payments for the highest seed within the AFC.
The Chiefs’ path is fairly easy this week. In the event that they beat the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Evening Soccer, they may clinch the AFC West. Kansas Metropolis is barely a 3.5-point favourite in their very own constructing to the possibly playoff-bound Chargers, per FanDuel Sportsbook. They defeated LA in Week 4 by a rating of 17-10 after the Chargers took a 10-0 lead into the second quarter however by no means scored once more.
Chiefs AFC West clinching situations
If the Chiefs win, they transfer to 12-1 on the season, which means the worst they might end is 12-5. That might give the Chargers their fifth loss whereas the Denver Broncos have already got 5 losses.
In a three-way tie, the Chiefs’ win over the Chargers would transfer their file vs the Chargers and Broncos to 3-0 within the frequent video games tiebreaker and their general division file to 5-0, so that they’d clinch each AFC West tiebreaker.
- If the Chiefs win, they clinch
First-round bye clinching situations for the Chiefs
Following their loss to the Payments, the Chiefs received’t be capable to clinch the one seed for some time. If each groups hold successful, it’s going to go all the way in which to Week 18. The earliest it might occur is Week 16, however they’ll want loads of assist from Buffalo’s opponents.
AFC standings coming into Week 14
1. x-Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (11-1)
2. xy-Buffalo Payments (10-2)
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3)
4. Houston Texans (8-5)
5. Los Angeles Chargers (8-4)
6. Baltimore Ravens (8-5, win over DEN)
7. Denver Broncos (8-5, loss to BAL)
8. Indianapolis Colts (6-7)
9. Miami Dolphins (5-7)
10. Cincinnati Bengals (4-8)
11. Cleveland Browns (3-9, 3-4 AFC, SOV 19 wins)
12. New York Jets (3-9, 3-5 AFC, win over TEN)*
13. Tennessee Titans (3-9, 3-4 AFC, SOV 16 wins, loss to NYJ)
14. New England Patriots (3-10)* eradicated
15. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-10)* eradicated
16. Las Vegas Raiders (2-10)* eradicated
Notice: Within the three-way tie between Cleveland, New York, and Tennessee, the Jets are eradicated first due to a worse AFC file, then the Titans are eradicated due to their worse energy of victory. However the tiebreaker begins over after that, which is why the Jets’ win over Tennessee components into the standings.
