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AFC Playoff Picture — Who Buffalo Bills fans should root for in Week 14 | 2025

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The Buffalo Bills took care of business on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers to keep hold of the No. 7 seed in the AFC playoff race. The Bills host the Bengals this week and carry in an impressive 5-1 home record on the year.

Buffalo has a 92% chance to make the playoffs and 83% chance to be a Wild Card team, according to the New York Times Playoff Machine. The Bills are still 2.5 games back of the Patriots in the AFC East; New England has a bye Week 14 before hosting Buffalo next week.

Here's who Bills fans should be rooting for in Week 14 to improve the team's playoff chances. View tiebreaking rules.

UPDATED AFC PLAYOFF PICTURE

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WHO TO ROOT FOR

Highest priority matchup

Philadelphia Eagles (8-4) at Los Angeles Chargers (8-4) | Monday, Dec. 8 at 8:15 p.m.

Who to root for: Root for the Eagles

Why: Entering Sunday, the Chargers, Colts and Bills are all 8-4 and occupy the 5th, 6th and 7th AFC seeds, respectively. A Bills win and Chargers loss will move Buffalo up to the No. 5 seed and a 96% chance to reach the playoffs; L.A. would fall to the No. 7 seed.

Medium priority matchups

Houston Texans (7-5) at Kansas City Chiefs (6-6) | Sunday, Dec. 7 at 8:20 p.m.

Who to root for: Root for the Chiefs

Why: The purpose of this article series is to outline Buffalo's smoothest path to the playoffs and a Texans loss would open up some breathing room in the Wild Card race. While a Chiefs win increases their playoff odds, it helps Buffalo's as well.

A Texans loss and a Bills win would increase Buffalo's playoff chances to 97% and its Wild Card odds to 86%.

However, a Chiefs loss would drop KC's playoff odds to 10%.

Indianapolis Colts (8-4) at Jacksonville Jaguars (8-4) | Sunday, Dec. 7 at 1 p.m.

Who to root for: Root for the Jaguars

Why: Since the Bills don't face either the Jags or Colts this season, the next tie-breaking procedure is conference record. Buffalo is 5-3 against AFC teams, Indy is 6-3 and Jacksonville is 5-2. A Bills win and a Colts loss would mean Buffalo holds the conference record tiebreaker over Indy going into Week 15.

Best Case Scenario

A Bills win + losses by the Chargers, Texans and Colts would increase Buffalo's playoff odds to 97% and its Wild Card odds to 87%. The Bills would enter Week 15 as the No. 5 seed.

Worst Case Scenario

A Bills loss + wins by the Chargers, Texans and Colts would decrease Buffalo's playoff odds to 74% and its Wild Card odds to 70% The Bills would enter Week 15 out of the playoff picture.

Scroll to see the best photos as the Buffalo Bills prepare for Week 14 of the NFL season at the Buffalo Bills Training Center. This gallery is presented by Toyota.

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