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 (4‑2) vs Titans (1‑5) |
46 | Patriots Wins | 13% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Titans Wins | 5% | 13% | 18% | 24% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 23% | ||
| Chargers (4‑2) vs Colts (5‑1) |
4 | Chargers Wins | 13% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Colts Wins | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 18% | ||
| Raiders (2‑4) vs Chiefs (3‑3) |
4 | Raiders Wins | 12% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 18% | ||
| Rams (4‑2) vs Jaguars (4‑2) |
3 | Rams Wins | 12% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 11% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 18% | ||
| Seahawks (4‑2) vs Texans (2‑3) |
2 | Seahawks Wins | 11% | 18% | 18% | 19% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Texans Wins | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 19% | ||
| Giants (2‑4) vs Broncos (4‑2) |
2 | Giants Wins | 12% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Broncos Wins | 11% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 18% | ||
| Browns (1‑5) vs Dolphins (1‑5) |
2 | Browns Wins | 11% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | 11% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Panthers (3‑3) vs Jets (0‑6) |
1 | Panthers Wins | 11% | 18% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Jets Wins | 11% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 18% | ||