Week 16's Chiefs playoff scenarios.

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Since everyone is in a good mood and all, let's talk playoffs! (because who doesn't want to see our pop-gun offense embarrass themselves on a national stage?) Here is what I've come up with on how the Chiefs can clinch a playoff berth in Week 16, thanks to my highly skilled team of top-notch researchers (or 10 minutes of Internet browsing):

KC win at home vs DEN

OR

PIT win at home vs BAL

There are only 2 games on Christmas Day: ours and BAL/PIT. The BAL/PIT game is right before ours, so we'll know going in if we can at least hang a "2016 AFC Playoff Participant" flag next to our Super Bowl IV victory on Sunday night. Yes, the first round bye is the ultimate goal right now, but that can't be clinched in Week 16. Best you are going to have to hope for is this:

KC win at home vs DEN

AND

IND win on the road at OAK

That will at least put the Chiefs back into the #2 seed with their playoff-bye fates back in their own hands come Week 17 at San Diego. Thanks for your time. Please feel free to insult my family and those that I love for posting this sensitive subject on a day the Chiefs left a Taco Bell-sized skidmark in their 2016 underwear.