Can the Chiefs miss the playoffs?

[Process]

They need to win out. Not out of the question, we've seen the Bills do it before. And 2/5 of their games are auto wins. But they now have zero wiggle room. 

[SCBills]

1 minute ago, Process said:

They need to win out. Not out of the question, we've seen the Bills do it before. And 2/5 of their games are auto wins. But they now have zero wiggle room. 

Texans, Chargers and Broncos games are all at Arrowhead. 
 

Titans and Raiders on the road but those teams are legitimately as close to an auto-W as you can get in the NFL. 

 

I’m guessing Stroud will be back for their game, for whatever that’s worth and the Chiefs OL is beat up right now.   Both of their starting tackles left the game against Dallas and didn’t return and Trey Smith is currently out with a high ankle sprain. 

[Sweats]

6 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Texans, Chargers and Broncos games are all at Arrowhead. 
 

Titans and Raiders on the road but those teams are legitimately as close to an auto-W as you can get in the NFL. 

 

I’m guessing Stroud will be back for their game, for whatever that’s worth and the Chiefs OL is beat up right now.   Both of their starting tackles left the game against Dallas and didn’t return and Trey Smith is currently out with a high ankle sprain. 

 

 

 

 

Miami was supposed to be an auto-win for us and how'd that turn out?

[prissythecat]

14 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Texans, Chargers and Broncos games are all at Arrowhead. 
 

Titans and Raiders on the road but those teams are legitimately as close to an auto-W as you can get in the NFL. 

 

I’m guessing Stroud will be back for their game, for whatever that’s worth and the Chiefs OL is beat up right now.   Both of their starting tackles left the game against Dallas and didn’t return and Trey Smith is currently out with a high ankle sprain. 

 

I think it would be miraculous if KC won all their remaining home games given the state of their OL.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

Bills were in this position (6-6) a couple years ago. Bills won out and took the division. There is no division winning option for the Chiefs unless the Broncos should collapse harder than the Dolphins did that year. With the three wild card teams having four losses, even winning out doesn't guarantee them a spot. They lose head-to-head tie breakers with the Jags and Bills and I'm not sure how tiebreakers would look with the Chargers should the two teams end tied at 11-6. 

 

I'll be rooting for a Texans victory over the Chiefs next week but if that doesn't happen, a Texans loss will at least go a long way in helping secure the Bills a wild card spot.

[Sierra Foothills]

32 minutes ago, prissythecat said:

After losing last night,  Chiefs now only have 38% chance of making playoffs

 

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Thanks for updating. Yes when I checked "The Athletic's" playoff calculator it said between 35-42% chance. I assumed the range has to do with the outcome of other games.

 

[Buffalo03]

21 minutes ago, Sweats said:

 

 

 

 

Miami was supposed to be an auto-win for us and how'd that turn out?

Miami isn't as bad as people think. The Titans and Raiders are trainwrecks

[atlbillsfan1975]

25 minutes ago, Sweats said:

 

 

 

 

Miami was supposed to be an auto-win for us and how'd that turn out?

Not to mention the Raiders would love nothing more than be a spoiler and keep KC out of the playoffs. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

17 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

Bills were in this position (6-6) a couple years ago. Bills won out and took the division. There is no division winning option for the Chiefs unless the Broncos should collapse harder than the Dolphins did that year. With the three wild card teams having four losses, even winning out doesn't guarantee them a spot. They lose head-to-head tie breakers with the Jags and Bills and I'm not sure how tiebreakers would look with the Chargers should the two teams end tied at 11-6. 

 

I'll be rooting for a Texans victory over the Chiefs next week but if that doesn't happen, a Texans loss will at least go a long way in helping secure the Bills a wild card spot.

I'm at a point where I fully think the division will be out of play for us. Sure things can change fast...but I just don't see it 

 

I'm actually rooting for the Chiefs next week. Houston has the head to head with us and are only 1 game behind. That could be an issue. We need some distance between us and them. 

 

If, and yes it's a big if, we win this week we are two full games over KC and hold the tiebreaker. 

 

It's about us getting in at this point, which isn't a guarantee.