Can Kansas City Chiefs still make NFL playoffs | Sports News

The 6-7 Kansas City Chiefs are dealing with an uphill battle to achieve the AFC playoffs after a 17-10 loss to the Houston Texans in Week 14 of Sunday Night Football. 

The Chiefs entered the competition down three beginning offensive linemen and misplaced left deal with Wanya Morris on the sport’s first play. Behind a scrap heap unit, quarterback Patrick Mahomes posted arguably his worst ever stat line as a professional, finishing much less than 50% of his passes whereas throwing three interceptions.

Kansas City has already been eradicated from the AFC West hunt, marking the primary time the Chiefs will not win the division since 2015, when Peyton Manning was still taking part in for the Denver Broncos.

Kansas City at the moment sits tenth within the AFC playoff image, degree at 6-7 with the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins. Denver tops each the AFC West and the AFC with an 11-2 document.

The three wild card slots at the moment belong to the Buffalo Bills (9-4, two video games back within the AFC East), the Los Angeles Chargers (8-4, 2.5 video games back within the AFC West), and the Texans (8-5, one sport back within the AFC South).

The Indianapolis Colts sit 8-5 and are tied for the ultimate spot with the Texans, although they at the moment do not maintain the tiebreaker and will probably be with out beginning quarterback Daniel Jones for the remaining of the season.

The first playoff tiebreaker is head-to-head document, then divisional document (if the identical), convention document, power of victories, and many others.

For one, Kansas City should win out. Here are their subsequent 4 video games: vs Los Angeles Chargers (8-4), at Tennessee Titans (2-11), vs Denver Broncos (11-2), at Las Vegas Raiders (2-11).

To catch the Chargers, the Chiefs should hope their division rivals lose at home to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night. If Kansas City beats them subsequent week, they will sit at 8-6 to the Chiefs’ 7-7 with a break up tiebreaker (if Kansas City wins out, their divisional document will improve).

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Here are the Chargers’ subsequent 5 opponents: vs Philadelphia Eagles (8-4), at Kansas City Chiefs (6-7), at Dallas Cowboys (6-6-1), vs Houston Texans (8-5), at Denver Broncos (11-2).

Catching the Texans is difficult, contemplating the Chiefs simply misplaced the essential head-to-head tiebreaker. Kansas City should hope the Texans end with a worse document than them.

Here are the Texans’ subsequent 4 opponents: vs Arizona Cardinals (3-10), vs Las Vegas Raiders (2-11), at Los Angeles Chargers (8-4), vs Indianapolis Colts (8-5).