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- The Chiefs will miss the NFL playoffs for the first time since the 2014 season.
- Kansas City’s fate was sealed by Sunday’s loss to the Chargers and wins over the Bills, Texans and Jaguars.
- This will be the first time Patrick Mahomes has missed the postseason after leaving Sunday’s game with a knee injury.
Over the past decade, the Kansas City Chiefs have grown from the AFC to the NFL’s biggest power and biggest draw.
The franchise is currently in uncharted territory following a difficult season.
With Sunday’s 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers and the Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars winning their respective games, the Chiefs are officially eliminated from playoff contention. This will be the first time since 2014 that Kansas City will be absent from the postseason field. It was three years before Patrick Mahomes was drafted and Andy Reid was in just his second season as the team’s coach.
Mahomes, who took a hit with five sacks all day, aggravated his knee injury and left the game with two minutes remaining. Gardner Minshew took over behind center, but his interception in the final seconds of the reversal decided Kansas City’s fate.
The team’s streak of making the playoffs in 10 consecutive seasons is the second-longest streak in league history behind only the New England Patriots (2009-19) and the longest active streak in the NFL, followed by the Bills (6 years).
At 6-8, the Chiefs have already suffered their most losses since their last losing season (2-14) in 2012.
Mahomes, Reid and the rest of the core of the team, which has won conference honors in five of the past six seasons, were hoping to bounce back this fall by re-establishing themselves at the top of the AFC after losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 59. Instead, Kansas City started the season with 0 wins and 2 losses, and quickly saw their season go sideways.
The Chiefs managed to bounce back and reach 5-3, but the team has lost five of its past six games since Sunday’s loss to the Chargers.
In the process, Kansas City suffered a sudden change in fortunes in a close game. The Chiefs had a 12-0 record in one-score games late last season, but are 1-7 in such games this year.
Last week’s loss to the Texans not only ended the Chiefs’ nine-year reign in the AFC West, but previous losses to the Jaguars and Bills left Kansas City vulnerable to a potential tiebreaker scenario, dealing a major blow to the team’s playoff hopes.
However, Reed remained unfazed by the odds.
“Listen, it’s never over, so keep fighting,” Reid said after the loss to the Texans. “I’ve been doing this for a long time. I’ve seen some things, so you keep going.”
Chiefs playoff history
- 2025: missed the playoffs
- 2024: lost in the super bowl
- 2023: super bowl win
- 2022: super bowl win
- 2021: Lost in the AFC Championship Game
- 2020: lost the super bowl
- 2019: super bowl win
- 2018: Lost in the AFC Championship Game
- 2017: Lost in AFC Wild Card Game
- 2016: Lost in AFC divisional playoffs
- 2015: Lost in AFC divisional playoffs
- 2014: missed the playoffs
