Rivals Roundup: New England Patriots

Let's examine the offseason moves made by the Chiefs' biggest rivals and AFC challengers.

Over the past three weeks, we have covered the Chiefs’ immediate rivals in the AFC West (Raiders, Broncos, Chargers). Each of those teams will play the Chiefs twice in the regular season, and the Chiefs are in direct competition with all of them for the division and playoff spots.

For the next three articles, I will be doing an offseason review of the three AFC teams with the best Super Bowl odds. Because people will likely want to know at this point, here are the DraftKings odds to win the Super Bowl for teams that I am reviewing (plus the Chiefs). The number in parentheses is the overall rank. Odds as of 8/18/2026:

Buffalo Bills (2): +1000
Baltimore Ravens (3): +1000
New England Patriots (6): +1600
*Kansas City Chiefs (7): +1600
Los Angeles Chargers (8): +1700
Denver Broncos (13): +2000
Las Vegas Raiders (28): +15000