The Most Important Games for the Patriots are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Patriots final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Patriots fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Patriots Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Patriots (1‑2) vs Cowboys (2‑1) |
16 | Patriots Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Cowboys Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Bills (2‑1) vs Dolphins (3‑0) |
3 | Bills Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Rams (1‑2) vs Colts (2‑1) |
2 | Rams Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Colts Wins | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Chargers (1‑2) vs Raiders (1‑2) |
1 | Chargers Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Raiders Wins | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 65% | ||
| Bears (0‑3) vs Broncos (0‑3) |
1 | Bears Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Broncos Wins | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Ravens (2‑1) vs Browns (2‑1) |
1 | Ravens Wins | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Browns Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Jets (1‑2) vs Chiefs (2‑1) |
1 | Jets Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Bengals (1‑2) vs Titans (1‑2) |
0 | Bengals Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Titans Wins | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Texans (1‑2) vs Steelers (2‑1) |
0 | Texans Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Steelers Wins | 2% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Falcons (2‑1) vs Jaguars (1‑2) |
0 | Falcons Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 65% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 66% | ||