You’re Oline got dominated, need a total rebuild. PM is past his prime. Kelce doesn’t seem to care anymore. The D gave up 33 points. Buffalo is going to get better and I think the Eagles are the next big thing. I may be wrong but I think your run is over.
The O line was injured and had to have different combos all year. I think there are 2 guys that need to be replaced. Humphrey and Thuney were 1st team All-Pro. 2 out of 5 spots in the entire NFL are to Chiefs so no need to redo the whole thing. I moderately think Smith can stay but the other two have to go.
Mahomes had a bad night. No doubting that. He didn't have a great season. I don't think he's lost anything just needs to actually get comfortable with reliable targets who aren't hurt.
Kelce still cares but tonight could be his last night anyway. Noah Grey was highly productive for us this year and I think we will get a guy to replace Travis. His production hasn't been amazing in years. We need someone who will be a red zone target and a great blocker.
The defense killed themselves.
1st TD was a first aided by penalty on 3rd down (7)
2nd TD was a pick 6 (14)
3rd TD was Iowa like with a sweet pick inside the 10 (21)
2nd FG was given up after what would have been 3rd and 26 foul (24)
3rd FG came off of us failing to get a 1st on our own side of the field (27)
Last TD was a bomb that Watson never bumped Smith but everyone sold run (which is crazy because he isn't fast) (34)
Plus 2 more FGs.
Barkley did NOTHING tonight. I was shocked how well we did against the run.
Here's why I don't think it is over:
I'm not going to count out Pat. He still makes a ton happen.
The best players on defense will be back. (Minus Jones... maybe. I would bet on him being a Chief)
The WR room will be figured out... finally. It was a mix and match game all season to find WRs who could walk. It was finally good at the very end but even then... who is on the field when? At what spot?
Pacheco will actually be healthy again and who knows what we do with Kareem Hunt. He costs nothing.
Continuing... the division had 3 teams in the playoffs and the last is still the Raiders. The Chiefs only lost to the Broncos playing 0 starters and the Bills on the road.
The top threats are the Bills (who have a much bigger mess in their secondary with about no depth that nobody wants to talk about) and the Ravens (who shockingly also have problems on defense AND can Lamar win in crunch time of playoff games?)
Bengals have struggled and didn't make the playoffs with Burrow's best year.
Steelers have no offense and still not sure what they will do.
Broncos are still growing on offense but lost some of their edge on defense.
Chargers are us with even more inconsistencies and less winning.
Texans we beat twice.
Miami beats themselves and have huge questions with Tua and Tyreek is a nut.
Plus, we have Andy Reid and only lost 3 games all year while the world thought we played bad in all but 4 games. Which is probably pretty accurate. So if we played THAT BAD and still won all but 3? I'll roll the dice with KC.
Super Bowls are crazy hard to get to. I wish that while we can and should acknowledge the Eagles greatness tonight, the Chiefs can't be looked over by how huge it is to go to 3 in a row or even 7 straight AFC title games.