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 (1‑1) vs Jaguars (1‑1) |
25 | Patriots Wins | 6% | 8% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 3% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Chargers (0‑2) vs Bills (2‑0) |
5 | Chargers Wins | 6% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Bills Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Lions (1‑1) vs Jets (1‑1) |
5 | Lions Wins | 6% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Jets Wins | 5% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Cowboys (1‑1) vs Ravens (1‑1) |
2 | Cowboys Wins | 6% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Ravens Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Rams (1‑1) vs Broncos (1‑1) |
2 | Rams Wins | 6% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Broncos Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Steelers (1‑1) vs Bengals (2‑0) |
1 | Steelers Wins | 6% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Bengals Wins | 5% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Dolphins (0‑2) vs Chiefs (2‑0) |
1 | Dolphins Wins | 6% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | 5% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Panthers (1‑1) vs Browns (1‑1) |
1 | Panthers Wins | 6% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Browns Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Colts (0‑2) vs Texans (0‑2) |
0 | Colts Wins | 6% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Texans Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Titans (0‑2) vs Giants (1‑1) |
0 | Titans Wins | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Giants Wins | 5% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Saints (1‑1) vs Raiders (2‑0) |
0 | Saints Wins | 6% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Raiders Wins | 5% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||