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Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs have endured a very abnormal season. They’re 5–4 and currently out of the playoffs. They also have terrific odds in every sportsbook to win the Super Bowl, despite being in third place in the AFC West.
Patrick Mahomes is a big reason to believe in Kansas City as an MVP frontrunner with 2,349 passing yards and 17 touchdowns, while Travis Kelce leads all tight ends with 540 receiving yards at age 36. Defensively, the Chiefs are also in the top 10 in yards and points allowed. It’s been a weird season, but the Chiefs are where they need to be.
Grade: C
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Kansas City Chiefs: C
Record entering Week 10: 5-4 (third place in AFC West)
Kansas City remains the betting favorite to win Super Bowl LX, but that’s largely based on reputation. In a vacuum, it’s been up and down for them in 2025. The Chiefs began the year 0-2, losing to the Chargers in the opener and then the Eagles. They were able to claw back to .500 by ripping off back-to-back wins, but then had a puzzling defeat to the Jaguars to push them back down. More recently, the Chiefs looked like their old selves, averaging 29.6 points per game over a three-game winning streak between Week 6 and Week 8. As has been the theme, however, they came back down the earth in Week 9 in a loss to Buffalo, where Patrick Mahomes was sacked three times and hit 15 times. They are still well within range of making a Chiefs-like surge in the second half, but they’ll need to be gangbusters out of the bye. To this point, it’s been hot and cold.
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Chiefs Acquire RB Breece Hall From the Jets
This was another potential “over the top” move that failed to come together, with Breece Hall remaining in New York despite the fact that the Jets held a fire sale.
Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt aren’t moving the needle in the offensive backfield for a Chiefs team that is clearly all-in right now. Those two veterans are averaging 4.2 and 4.0 yards per carry, respectively, while Hall is at 5.0 and coming off a 133-yard, two-touchdown performance in Week 9.
The 24-year-old, in a contract year, would have been an ideal rental for the Chiefs. They made no moves this week while playoff rivals such as Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Indianapolis all improved.
Record: 5-4 · Odds: +150...
