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2026 · Week 12

Scheduled

Chiefs

Kansas City

@

Bills

Buffalo

Highmark Stadium · outdoors · a_turf

Closing spread

Total

Model margin

-4.7est.

BUF perspective

Push chance

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Chiefsedge mapBills
  • +0.118EPA / play+0.300
  • 40.9%Success rate41.8%
  • -0.014EPA / dropback+0.597
  • +0.259EPA / rush-0.263
  • 9.1%Explosive rate14.5%
  • -11.92CPOE+8.14
  • 56.3%Third-down rate33.3%
  • 66.7%Red-zone TD rate66.7%
  • 2.57Points / drive3.07
  • 1.5%Turnover rate0.0%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

BUF lead 12–11 since 1999

Meetings average 45.3 points. BUF are 14-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W9KC @ BUF2128BUF
2024 · playoffsBUF @ KC2932KC
2024 · W11KC @ BUF2130BUF
2023 · playoffsKC @ BUF2724KC
2023 · W14BUF @ KC2017BUF
2022 · W6BUF @ KC2420BUF
2021 · playoffsBUF @ KC3642KC
2021 · W5BUF @ KC3820BUF

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-6.90
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-4.68