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“We do have stats, but you need points. You need to make sure you take care of business when you’re in the red zone. If you need to score 35, you score 35. [And] if you need to score 20, you need to make sure that you have more points than they have. That’s all three phases — it includes everybody.
“You saw it in this last game: you pick up a play here or there — and that’s the difference in the game. That’s where we’re at right now. We’ve got to flip that around. To do that, you’ve got to take care of some of these issues. Then it’s a different ball game. But you have to do it. I can stand here and talk about it, but you have got to go do it.”
— Head coach Andy Reid on reconciling the team’s statistics with its record
2025 NFL playoff picture: AFC, NFC seed projections, chances | ESPN
The Titans and Raiders are officially eliminated from playoff contention, which makes the AFC South and AFC West three-horse races ahead of Week 15. In the South, the Texans pulled off a big win over the Colts in C.J. Stroud‘s first game back from a concussion (and moved to a four-game win streak), while the Jaguars enjoyed a great performance from Trevor Lawrence (229 passing yards and two passing touchdowns) beating Tennessee 25-3.
The Chiefs‘ loss to the Cowboys on Thanksgiving plummeted their playoff chances, one week after they tried to right the ship with an overtime win over Indy. The Broncos and Chargers kept pace on Sunday by winning their games (L.A. beating Vegas, and Denver defeating the Commanders in overtime), and the Patriots can strengthen their hold on the AFC with a win on “Monday Night Football.”
Chiefs’ season hanging by a thread, plus game balls and gaffes from NFL Week 13 | CBS Sports
The Kansas City Chiefs may want to steal the wishbone from their Thanksgiving turkey. They need all the help they can get as their playoff hopes are fleeting, with Week 13 potentially serving as the first official nail in their coffin.
Of course, going back to Thanksgiving, the loss to the Cowboys in Dallas didn’t help them in their pursuit of clawing back in the playoff picture. Kansas City is now back to .500 on the year at 6-6, and a path forward to ultimately lead them to the postseason got even more complicated thanks to the rest of the events of Week 13. Essentially, every team that Kansas City would like to see lose won, further distancing itself in the playoff race.
Currently, the Chiefs are the No. 10 seed in the AFC, and two games back in the loss column for the No. 7 seed. However, Kansas City is on the wrong end of several key tiebreaker scenarios,...
