Sitting at 9-3, the New England Patriots are right where they need to be in their quest for favorable playoff positioning. The club currently is the second seed in the AFC behind only the 10-3 Kansas City Chiefs and also owns one major advantage compared to Kansas City: thanks to a victory in week six, the Patriots hold the tiebreaker over the Chiefs and would overtake them in the standings if both finished the regular season with identical records.
Winning the 43-40 shootout against the Chiefs obviously looms large in the standings, but it is not the only time an opponent currently in the playoff picture lost to the Patriots.