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Chargers Beat Chiefs, Reach 10-4 and Seize AFC's Top Wild-Card Position

At 10-4, Los Angeles now holds roughly a 95% playoff chance.

Overview

  • Sunday’s 16-13 win in Kansas City eliminated the Chiefs from playoff contention.
  • The Athletic’s model now gives the Chargers about a 95% chance to make the postseason, while NFL.com pegs it at 92%.
  • Los Angeles remains two games behind the 12-2 Broncos in the AFC West and holds the AFC’s No. 5 seed.
  • If the season ended today, the Chargers would open on the road against the Steelers in Pittsburgh.
  • Tankathon rates the remaining slate—at Cowboys, vs. Texans, at Broncos—as the league’s sixth-hardest.