What Chiefs need to happen in Week 14 for NFL playoff picture before Sunday Night Football

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What Chiefs need to happen in Week 14 for NFL playoff picture before Sunday Night Football image

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The Kansas City Chiefs will have to sit around all day before their biggest game of the season.

At 6-6, the Chiefs will be focused on taking on the 7-5 Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football.

But their fans? They'll be watching the NFL all day hoping the Chiefs can somehow find a way to sneak into the playoffs.

There's plenty for Chiefs fans to root for in the action earlier on Sunday.

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What Chiefs need to happen in Week 14

The Chiefs have nearly no chance to catch up in the AFC West, so we'll focus on the wild card race here.

One team currently two games ahead of the Chiefs is the Buffalo Bills, at 8-4. They play the 4-8 Cincinnati Bengals. And while the Bengals are capable of going on a run with Joe Burrow back, the Chiefs need the teams ahead of them to lose, so they'll root for the Bengals there.

The AFC North features a battle of 6-6 Baltimore and 6-6 Pittsburgh. One team will go atop the division with a win today. The other will fall to 6-7, and that's the team the Chiefs will want to keep losing the rest of the way.

The AFC South features 8-4 Jacksonville against 8-4 Indianapolis. Same situation, where the Chiefs will want whoever loses Sunday to lose the rest of the way.

And then it'll actually be on Monday night when the 8-4 Chargers take on the Eagles. Kansas City needs Philly to knock off the Chargers.

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