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The Chiefs have been eliminated from playoff contention with the Chargers ' 16-13 win. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL in today's loss. Meanwhile atop the AFC East, the Bills held off the Patriots in a 35-31 win.

What are the Packers' playoff chances after their loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday? Latest odds, remaining schedule.

Winning the possession battle goes a long way towards winning football games, especially in the playoffs. That's what the Bills are banking on.

The Broncos have had a solid offense behind second-year quarterback Bo Nix, who has thrown for 3,256 yards, 23 touchdowns and nine interceptions, adding 254 rushing yards and four scores on the ground. Their bread and butter, however, has once again been on the defensive side.

The Buffalo Bills' win over the New England Patriots in Week 15 added extra intrigue to the AFC East standings and race for the division crown.

The tiebreakers for wild-card spots become a bit more tedious. First and foremost, there are different sets of steps to take if the tie is between two teams versus three or more. Additionally, if teams tied in the wild-card standings are from the same division, then you simply apply the above division tiebreaker steps to break the tie.

If you want to figure out which offenses are the best in the NFL, you probably start with something like points per game or yards per game. Those are the goals of every offense in the league, right? But while that's a fine starting point, there's a lot ...

The Patriots were on the bye in Week 14 and have a massive contest against the Buffalo at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. While that game won't flip the standings in the AFC East in the event that New England loses, a win would lock it up for Mike Vrabel's club .

NFL schedule set up perfect Buccaneers, Panthers finish for NFC South standings originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NFL schedule makers like to backlog the calendar with divisional matchups. But even then, there's no guarantee that those games will have any meaning.