Kansas City’s fifth-ranked, 6-2 team faces a 3-6 Falcons squad desperate to end a two-game skid.
Sunday’s stakes are sharp: fifth-seeded Kansas City visits 14th-seeded Atlanta, which has lost two straight. Patrick Mahomes has thrown 14 touchdown passes against four interceptions, averaging 7.7 yards per attempt for a Chiefs offense with 2,037 passing yards. Atlanta’s best counter is Bijan Robinson, who has 880 rushing yards and five touchdowns on the ground, against a Kansas City defense allowing just 97.5 rushing yards per game and 3.6 per carry. Turnovers could swing it: the Falcons are minus-8 in turnover differential, while the Chiefs are plus-4.