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We’re approaching an interesting nexus for the 2025 season. Kansas City’s visibility will be as high as any dynasty in American sports history, at a time when the Chiefs are a more boring football product than they’ve ever been in the Mahomes era. Even if your favorite team has been a footnote in the Chiefs’ dynasty-building over the last half decade, or if you believe they get all the calls, or if you’re tired of pregame photos of Taylor Swift in the Arrowhead Stadium tunnel, the reason so many seem to have grown tired of the Chiefs’ schtick is because they’re overexposed. And that’s about to get amplified in 2025, despite the on-field product getting worse in recent years.
The sexy, explosive style of offense from the early years of Mahomes’s career is long gone, and in recent years, they simply haven’t been all that fun to watch. They seemingly only play close, weird games—they won 11 games by eight points or less last season—and rather than reveling in their grittiness or greatness, we’re more often left wondering how they keep getting away with it. The Chiefs finished the 2024 regular season tied for the league’s best record, but were just eighth in offensive DVOA and 12th in defensive DVOA. The Chiefs’ passing game was particularly bad when the offensive line allowed pressure (which was often), and they also had one of the league’s most disappointing rushing attacks.
2025 NFL schedule release: Win-loss predictions, analysis for every team | FOX Sports
Carmen Vitali: Well, the Chiefs went 15-2 last year despite question marks at offensive tackle and injured skill players. Sure, they lost the Super Bowl, but they got there didn’t they? They also got the first-round bye in the AFC. So now that they’ve fortified their offensive line (even with losing Joe Thuney in a trade with Chicago), plus have a healthier receiver room, I’m supposed to think this season is going to go worse for them? The one thing that did have me dropping their win-loss record from last year is that they have to play not only their division, which should be better this year, but they also face a first-place schedule that includes the Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, a Super Bowl rematch with the Philadelphia Eagles and, oh yeah, they have the Buffalo Bills thrown in there, too. The good news is they get all of those teams except the Bills at home. The bad news is, those teams all got better this offseason, too.
Record Prediction: 13-4
2025 NFL schedule (and video) winners and losers, plus how it’s made | The Athletic
Cancel holiday plans: Chiefs Lions and … Cowboys
They are the only three teams playing on both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here’s the schedule:
Thanksgiving: Cowboys...
