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Are the Chiefs really a wild-card favorite?

ESPN Chiefs reporter Adam Teicher says Sunday's win over the Denver Broncos opened a world of opportunities for Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs are but one of five 4-5 teams in the AFC, and as such, they’re no better than fourth in the race for the two AFC wild-card playoff berths.

ESPN Analytics, which crunches the numbers and comes up with its own predictions about these things, disagrees. It calls the Chiefs the favorite to claim the second AFC wild-card spot.

It says the Chiefs have a 46.