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Wk 12 · 2026

Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills — Thu, Nov 26

Thu, Nov 26 · Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, NY · NBC

Weather

No forecast yet. This one is 90 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
AFC West · no games yet
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BUF -2.5 · total 50.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential BUF by 4.4
AFC East · no games yet

What is at stake

An AFC game between two divisions. It decides neither division, but conference record is the tiebreaker that follows head-to-head, and both of these are chasing the same 7 AFC playoff places. Division standings.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 1.7 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have been through a draft and a free-agency window since.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

Chiefs: +2.2#12
Efficiency margin
Bills: +4.9#2
Chiefs: +0.3#15
Offense
Bills: +4.6#1
Chiefs: +1.9#5
Defense
Bills: +0.2#14
Chiefs: 21.3
Points / game
Bills: 28.3
Chiefs: 19.3
Points allowed / game
Bills: 21.5
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats

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Chiefs form

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Bills form

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Chiefs this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Bills this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.

Common opponents · 7

OpponentChiefsBills
Broncos
AFC
vs Wk 1 · scheduled previewat Wk 16 · scheduled preview
Dolphins
AFC
at Wk 3 · scheduled previewvs Wk 11 · scheduled preview
Raiders
AFC
at Wk 4 · scheduled previewat Wk 6 · scheduled preview
Chargers
AFC
vs Wk 6 · scheduled previewvs Wk 3 · scheduled preview
Jets
AFC
vs Wk 9 · scheduled previewat Wk 10 · scheduled preview
Rams
NFC
at Wk 13 · scheduled previewat Wk 5 · scheduled preview
Patriots
AFC
vs Wk 15 · scheduled previewvs Wk 4 · scheduled preview
Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

Since 2006, Bills leads 10–9 · Bills won the last one
19 meetings in 2006–2026 · average margin 3.6 points toward Bills
Yr DateResultSiteWon
20252025-11-02Chiefs 2128 Billsat BUFBills
20242025-01-26Bills 2932 Chiefsat KCChiefs playoffs
20242024-11-17Chiefs 2130 Billsat BUFBills
20232024-01-21Chiefs 2724 Billsat BUFChiefs playoffs
20232023-12-10Bills 2017 Chiefsat KCBills
20222022-10-16Bills 2420 Chiefsat KCBills
20212022-01-23Bills 3642 Chiefsat KCChiefs playoffs
20212021-10-10Bills 3820 Chiefsat KCBills
20202021-01-24Bills 2438 Chiefsat KCChiefs playoffs
20202020-10-19Chiefs 2617 Billsat BUFChiefs
20172017-11-26Bills 1610 Chiefsat KCBills
20152015-11-29Bills 2230 Chiefsat KCChiefs
20142014-11-09Chiefs 1713 Billsat BUFChiefs
20132013-11-03Chiefs 2313 Billsat BUFChiefs
20122012-09-16Chiefs 1735 Billsat BUFBills
20112011-09-11Bills 417 Chiefsat KCBills
20102010-10-31Bills 1013 Chiefsat KCChiefs
20092009-12-13Bills 1610 Chiefsat KCBills
20082008-11-23Bills 5431 Chiefsat KCBills

Chiefs leaders 2025 regular season

PassingPatrick Mahomes QB #15315/502, 3587 YDS, 22 TD, 11 INT
Chris Oladokun QB #1935/55, 235 YDS, 1 TD
RushingKareem Hunt RB #29163 CAR, 611 YDS, 8 TD
Isiah Pacheco RB #10118 CAR, 462 YDS, 1 TD
Patrick Mahomes QB #1564 CAR, 422 YDS, 5 TD
ReceivingTravis Kelce TE #8776 REC, 851 YDS, 5 TD
Hollywood Brown WR #049 REC, 587 YDS, 5 TD
Rashee Rice WR #453 REC, 571 YDS, 5 TD
Xavier Worthy WR #142 REC, 532 YDS, 1 TD
Defense
TacklesNick Bolton LB #32154
Chamarri Conner S #27117
Drue Tranquill LB #23103
SacksChris Jones DT #957
George Karlaftis DE #566
Charles Omenihu DE #903.5
InterceptionsJaylen Watson CB #352
Mike Danna DE #511
Jack Cochrane LB #431

Bills leaders 2025 regular season

PassingJosh Allen QB #17319/460, 3668 YDS, 25 TD, 10 INT
Mitchell Trubisky QB #1025/35, 313 YDS, 4 TD
RushingJames Cook III RB #4309 CAR, 1621 YDS, 12 TD
Josh Allen QB #17112 CAR, 579 YDS, 14 TD
Ray Davis RB #758 CAR, 275 YDS
ReceivingKhalil Shakir WR #1072 REC, 719 YDS, 4 TD
Dalton Kincaid TE #8639 REC, 571 YDS, 5 TD
Dawson Knox TE #8836 REC, 417 YDS, 4 TD
Keon Coleman WR #038 REC, 404 YDS, 4 TD
Defense
TacklesCole Bishop S #2485
Jordan Poyer S #2170
Matt Milano LB #5867
SacksGreg Rousseau LB #157
Joey Bosa DE #975
Matt Milano LB #583.5
InterceptionsCole Bishop S #243
AJ Epenesa DE #572
Christian Benford CB #472
These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.