Arrowhead Pride
After another disappointing loss, the Kansas City Chiefs have been swept by the Los Angeles Chargers in a season for the first time since 2021.
Like most games this year, the Chiefs had multiple opportunities to avoid this embarrassing 13-16 loss, but costly mistakes, drops, and turnovers led to the Chiefs literally giving this game away.
Then the sky came crashing down, and the ground gave way beneath our feet, when quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL late in the game.
Here are five things we learned from watching a team on life support fail at raging against the dying of the light.
Is this the worst Chiefs team in franchise history? No. Not by a long shot.
They say it’s the hope that kills you.
This was supposed to be the best set of wide receivers in the Mahomes era.
This was supposed to be Travis Kelce’s opportunity to go out on top.
This was the year the offensive line was supposed to be fixed.
This year, we were supposed to contend for another Super Bowl.
This season was supposed to be a lot of things — but it wasn’t supposed to be this.
They say it’s the hope that kills you— and they are right.
I don’t want this article to turn into a frustrated fan simply calling for people’s heads, for the sake of satisfying the frustration and pain inside me.
But let’s be real, Rashee Rice’s 2025 season has been brutal. On top of his six-game suspension to start the year, he has struggled to create any separation off the line of scrimmage, and his hands seem to have turned to stone as the season has progressed. He had a lot of promise, but it appears that much of his potential will not be realized at this time.
And while the Chiefs have speed on this roster, it’s all they have. They do not have anyone who is a ball winner or who can create separation. Everything is about getting schemed open, instead of getting open.
In 2024, Xavier Worthy looked to have every ounce of upside people saw in him when the Chiefs drafted him in the first round. This season, he has looked like all of his limitations.
This receiving room is not nearly good enough. The Chiefs need at least one legitimate X-receiver with size who can create a mismatch in coverage.
There are natural comparisons for Mahomes’ injury to former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who tore his ACL in 2008 and returned the following year.
But the difference is that Brady was injured in the season opener, not Week 15.
The Patriots were coming off a 16-0 season that ended with a loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, and still managed to go 11-6 that season with...
