{"id":330527,"date":"2025-12-07T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/330527\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:19:13","slug":"what-chiefs-need-to-happen-in-week-14-for-nfl-playoff-picture-before-sunday-night-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/330527\/","title":{"rendered":"What Chiefs need to happen in Week 14 for NFL playoff picture before Sunday Night Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> will have to sit around all day before their biggest game of the season.<\/p>\n

At 6-6, the Chiefs will be focused on taking on the 7-5 Houston Texans<\/a> on Sunday Night Football.<\/p>\n

But their fans? They’ll be watching the NFL all day hoping the Chiefs can somehow find a way to sneak into the playoffs.<\/p>\n

There’s plenty for Chiefs fans to root for in the action earlier on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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What Chiefs need to happen in Week 14<\/p>\n

The Chiefs have nearly no chance to catch up in the AFC West, so we’ll focus on the wild card race here.<\/p>\n

One team currently two games ahead of the Chiefs is the Buffalo Bills<\/a>, at 8-4. They play the 4-8 Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>. And while the Bengals are capable of going on a run with Joe Burrow back, the Chiefs need the teams ahead of them to lose, so they’ll root for the Bengals there.<\/p>\n

The AFC North features a battle of 6-6 Baltimore and 6-6 Pittsburgh. One team will go atop the division with a win today. The other will fall to 6-7, and that’s the team the Chiefs will want to keep losing the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

The AFC South features 8-4 Jacksonville against 8-4 Indianapolis. Same situation, where the Chiefs will want whoever loses Sunday to lose the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

And then it’ll actually be on Monday night when the 8-4 Chargers<\/a> take on the Eagles<\/a>. Kansas City needs Philly to knock off the Chargers.<\/p>\n

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