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) |
45 | Patriots Wins | 12% | 19% | 19% | 19% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 12% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Titans Wins | 4% | 12% | 19% | 26% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 21% | ||
| Bengals (2‑4) vs Steelers (4‑1) |
5 | Bengals Wins | 11% | 17% | 18% | 19% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Steelers Wins | 9% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Chargers (4‑2) vs Colts (5‑1) |
4 | Chargers Wins | 11% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Colts Wins | 10% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Giants (2‑4) vs Broncos (4‑2) |
4 | Giants Wins | 11% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Broncos Wins | 10% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Rams (4‑2) vs Jaguars (4‑2) |
3 | Rams Wins | 10% | 17% | 19% | 20% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Seahawks (4‑2) vs Texans (2‑3) |
3 | Seahawks Wins | 10% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Texans Wins | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Raiders (2‑4) vs Chiefs (3‑3) |
1 | Raiders Wins | 10% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | 10% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Panthers (3‑3) vs Jets (0‑6) |
1 | Panthers Wins | 10% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Jets Wins | 10% | 17% | 19% | 20% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 17% | ||
| Browns (1‑5) vs Dolphins (1‑5) |
0 | Browns Wins | 10% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 17% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | 10% | 17% | 18% | 21% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 17% | ||