2020 · Divisional Round · Game 3

Pregame

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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]

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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.

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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.

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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

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Buffalo Bills13-3--
Miami Dolphins10-6--
New England Patriots7-9--
New York Jets2-14--

AFC North

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Pittsburgh Steelers12-4--
Baltimore Ravens11-5--
Cleveland Browns11-5--
Cincinnati Bengals4-11-1--

AFC South

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Indianapolis Colts11-5--
Tennessee Titans11-5--
Houston Texans4-12--
Jacksonville Jaguars1-15--

AFC West

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Kansas City Chiefs14-2--
Las Vegas Raiders8-8--
Los Angeles Chargers7-9--
Denver Broncos5-11--

NFC

NFC West

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Seattle Seahawks12-4--
Los Angeles Rams10-6--
Arizona Cardinals8-8--
San Francisco 49ers6-10--

NFC East

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Washington Football Team7-9--
Dallas Cowboys6-10--
New York Giants6-10--
Philadelphia Eagles4-11-1--

NFC North

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Green Bay Packers13-3--
Chicago Bears8-8--
Minnesota Vikings7-9--
Detroit Lions5-11--

NFC South

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New Orleans Saints12-4--
Tampa Bay Buccaneers11-5--
Carolina Panthers5-11--
Atlanta Falcons4-12--

Game video

▶ Open in YouTube Kansas City Chiefs vs Cleveland Browns Crazy Final Minutes Hd | NFL Playoffs Week 2 2020 2021 | · channel: Zing Highlights

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Score

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Cleveland Browns None, Kansas City Chiefs None

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Scoring plays

Q1

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Q2

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Q3

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Recap

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Divisional Round at the venue: Kansas City Chiefs defeated Cleveland Browns.[1][2]

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Kansas City Chiefs defeated Cleveland Browns in the Divisional Round. Kansas City Chiefs move on to a conference championship.

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Kansas City Chiefs defeated Cleveland Browns. Round: Divisional Round.

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Divisional Round. Kansas City Chiefs over Cleveland Browns.

Box score

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