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The Kansas City Chiefs' struggles continued in a Week 13 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWith the loss, the Chiefs have now dropped three of their last four games and their three-game winning streak before this current span seems like another lifetime ago.
What's worse, the Chiefs' playoff hopes will take yet another hit after Kansas City fell to 6-6 on Sunday.
Let's take a look at the Chiefs' positioning in the AFC West division and playoff picture going into this weekend's games.
AFC West standings
1. Denver Broncos (9-2)
2. Los Angeles Chargers (7-4)
3. Kansas City Chiefs (6-6)
4. Las Vegas Raiders (2-9)
We never want to count the Chiefs out of anything, but Kansas City has a mountain to climb in the AFC West.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Chiefs are trailing both the Chargers and Broncos, and both teams have already beaten the Chiefs this season and own a superior divisional record, so that only adds to KC's deficit.
Barring a major collapse from both teams, Kansas City's nine-year streak of winning the division is going to come to an end.
AFC playoff picture
The Chiefs will remain in the No. 10 spot in the AFC playoff picture despite the loss.
The two teams immediately ahead of them are the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans, and the Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Chargers are sitting with 7-4 records in the three wild-card spots.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHowever, the Chiefs don't have the tie-breaker over any of those five teams right now, so add one more game to the amount Kansas City is trailing each.
The Chiefs play the Texans in Week 14, though, so they can grab the head-to-head tie-breaker over Houston with a victory.
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