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 (0‑0) vs Seahawks (0‑0) |
20 | Patriots Wins | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 4% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Raiders (0‑0) vs Dolphins (0‑0) |
2 | Raiders Wins | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Dolphins Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Buccaneers (0‑0) vs Bengals (0‑0) |
2 | Buccaneers Wins | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Bengals Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 57% | ||
| Cardinals (0‑0) vs Chargers (0‑0) |
2 | Cardinals Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Chargers Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 57% | ||
| Jaguars (0‑0) vs Browns (0‑0) |
2 | Jaguars Wins | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Browns Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 57% | ||
| Falcons (0‑0) vs Steelers (0‑0) |
1 | Falcons Wins | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Steelers Wins | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Ravens (0‑0) vs Colts (0‑0) |
1 | Ravens Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Colts Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Jets (0‑0) vs Titans (0‑0) |
0 | Jets Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Titans Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 57% | ||
| Broncos (0‑0) vs Chiefs (0‑0) |
0 | Broncos Wins | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Bills (0‑0) vs Texans (0‑0) |
0 | Bills Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Texans Wins | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 57% | ||