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 | |||
| Forty-Niners49ers (1‑0) vs Dolphins (0‑1) |
4 | Forty-Niners49ers Wins | 5% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Colts (0‑1) vs Chiefs (1‑0) |
4 | Colts Wins | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Buccaneers (0‑1) vs Browns (0‑1) |
1 | Buccaneers Wins | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Browns Wins | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Broncos (0‑1) vs Jaguars (1‑0) |
1 | Broncos Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Raiders (1‑0) vs Chargers (0‑1) |
0 | Raiders Wins | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Chargers Wins | 5% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 53% | ||