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 (0‑1) vs Dolphins (0‑1) |
20 | Patriots Wins | 1% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | <1% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 74% | ||
| Seahawks (0‑1) vs Steelers (1‑0) |
2 | Seahawks Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Steelers Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Broncos (1‑0) vs Colts (1‑0) |
2 | Broncos Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Colts Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Chargers (1‑0) vs Raiders (1‑0) |
2 | Chargers Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Raiders Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Ravens (0‑1) vs Browns (0‑1) |
1 | Ravens Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Browns Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Rams (1‑0) vs Titans (0‑1) |
1 | Rams Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Titans Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Buccaneers (1‑0) vs Texans (0‑1) |
1 | Buccaneers Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Texans Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Jets (0‑1) vs Bills (1‑0) |
0 | Jets Wins | 1% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Bills Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Bengals (1‑0) vs Jaguars (1‑0) |
0 | Bengals Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Eagles (1‑0) vs Chiefs (0‑1) |
0 | Eagles Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 69% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | 1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 69% | ||