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Chiefs playoff picture: Why Kansas City faces tough AFC wild-card race after fading in AFC West
The Chiefs are on track to not win the AFC West for the first time in 10 years, but relying on a wild-card playoff berth isn't a given, either.
Past the midway point in the season, the eyes of the football world turn to the NFL playoffs and the teams that will likely compete for the Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday, February 8.
Ahead of Sunday’s Week 11 action, 16 of the league’s 32 teams sit above .500. The Carolina Panthers are 5-5, with the Houston Texans, Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Ravens also very much alive at matching 4-5 records.
The Kansas City Chiefs enter a week where their season could either take a turn for the better or for the worse. Hitting the road against the AFC West division-
Of the various good games to be played on Sunday, one game is a rematch of one of the biggest playoff stunners ever.
Six wild-card teams entered and one is still standing. But the Commanders advanced past the opening round with a 23-20 victory over the No. 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jayden Daniels and Co. then stunned the top-seeded Detroit Lions 45-31 in the Divisional ...
The Chiefs have head-to-head losses to the Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars, the two teams directly ahead of it in the wild-card standings. Patrick Mahomes and Co. still have to play the Denver Broncos twice, with the first meeting coming out of Kansas City's bye in Week 11.