If the Chiefs and Bills end up with the same record, Buffalo owns the head-to-head tiebreaker on Kansas City. The Bills and No. 1 seed and the bye week that comes with that in Round 1 of the postseason could still be alive.

Buffalo remains in sole possession of the No. 2 seed in the AFC. Pittsburgh and Baltimore are each two games back at 10-5. One of those teams will win the AFC North, and one will be a wild card and guaranteed to be behind the Bills for playoff seeding.

The Bills can clinch the No. 2 seed with a win against the Jets. That would give Buffalo flexibility on how to approach Week 18. The Bills could opt rest some of their starters and banged-up players for all or part of the regular season finale.