Divisional Round: Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs, with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sun January 17, 2021. Winner advances to the Conference Championship. The losing team's season is over.[1][2]
Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs
Pregame
The divisional round is where the bracket is supposed to take its real shape. Cleveland Browns traveling to Kansas City Chiefs, with the league watching to see whether the better team or the better matchup wins. Bye-week home favorites carry the weight of expectation; the visiting wild-card winner walks in with no one expecting them and nothing to lose.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Cleveland Browns and Kansas City Chiefs are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in this round shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Cleveland Browns versus Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Cleveland Browns-Kansas City Chiefs cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
League standings entering Week 18
Standings as of kickoff, Week 18 (no future-game spoilers)
Around the league
- Best record league-wide: Kansas City Chiefs (14-2).
AFC
AFC East
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 13-3 | -- |
| Miami Dolphins | 10-6 | -- |
| New England Patriots | 7-9 | -- |
| New York Jets | 2-14 | -- |
AFC North
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 12-4 | -- |
| Baltimore Ravens | 11-5 | -- |
| Cleveland Browns | 11-5 | -- |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-11-1 | -- |
AFC South
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 11-5 | -- |
| Tennessee Titans | 11-5 | -- |
| Houston Texans | 4-12 | -- |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-15 | -- |
AFC West
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 14-2 | -- |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 8-8 | -- |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 7-9 | -- |
| Denver Broncos | 5-11 | -- |
NFC
NFC West
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | 12-4 | -- |
| Los Angeles Rams | 10-6 | -- |
| Arizona Cardinals | 8-8 | -- |
| San Francisco 49ers | 6-10 | -- |
NFC East
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Football Team | 7-9 | -- |
| Dallas Cowboys | 6-10 | -- |
| New York Giants | 6-10 | -- |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 4-11-1 | -- |
NFC North
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 13-3 | -- |
| Chicago Bears | 8-8 | -- |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7-9 | -- |
| Detroit Lions | 5-11 | -- |
NFC South
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 12-4 | -- |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11-5 | -- |
| Carolina Panthers | 5-11 | -- |
| Atlanta Falcons | 4-12 | -- |
Game video
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Cleveland Browns None, Kansas City Chiefs None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 000017 | ||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 000022 |
Scoring plays
Q1
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
Q2
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
Q3
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
Q4
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
Recap
Divisional Round at the venue: Kansas City Chiefs defeated Cleveland Browns.[1][2]
Kansas City Chiefs defeated Cleveland Browns in the Divisional Round. Kansas City Chiefs move on to a conference championship.
Kansas City Chiefs defeated Cleveland Browns. Round: Divisional Round.
Divisional Round. Kansas City Chiefs over Cleveland Browns.
Box score
| Browns | Chiefs |
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Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
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Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
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Receiving
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
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