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The Chiefs are set up to tank, and there’s 2 players they should target in NFL Draft | SB Nation
2026 NFL Draft: Start a Love train
The Chiefs could (and should) lose out, tanking the rest of 2025. It would require losing three games and finishing at 6-11 on the season, but critically would mean engineering a way to climb into the top-10. The most realistic floor the Chiefs could reach would be the 7th pick, which is totally fine for who we’re targeting here:
Jeremiyah Love.
I absolutely understand the rationale behind mocking the Chiefs offensive line help, because they definitely need assistance in the trenches — but I’m just not sold on it needing to be their top pick in 2026. Kansas City has always been gifted at finding quality linemen through free agency and in later rounds, so an impact player makes a lot more sense to me here.
The top running back in the draft this year, Love is everything the Chiefs need in their backfield to diversify their offense and move away from their island of misfit toys at the RB spot. A tempo setter in the backfield, his six-foot, 214 pound frame is perfect to either pound the rock off the a-gap, while also having enough speed to work outside. There have also been glimpses of ability as a receiver, which weren’t really utilized at Notre Dame — but he has more than enough ability on screen plays or designed swings to make the first man miss.
The Winners and Losers of the NFL Week 15 | The Ringer
The Chargers controlled this game like so many Chiefs opponents have this season, especially down the stretch. Since Week 9, Kansas City has run just 16 offensive plays while holding a lead in the fourth quarter, per TruMedia. That’s tied for last place with the Jets and is behind teams like the Raiders, Titans, and Browns. It would be easy to chalk this lost season up to bad luck in one-score games—the Chiefs are now 1-7 in close games after Sunday’s loss—but it’s not like they’re blowing leads late. They’ve had to scratch and claw just to stick around in games, and this recent 1-5 skid seems like a just result for how they’ve played during it.
The 2025 Chiefs weren’t a bad football team, but they weren’t a good one, either. They were a mediocre team being propped up by the league’s best quarterback. And now he’s out, and the playoffs are out of reach. The only thing left to watch is how far this team sinks without its savior.
A Chiefs dynasty on pause, and the inspirational Philip Rivers: Pick Six | The Athletic
1. The Chiefs lost more than a game Sunday. They also lost their future Hall of Fame quarterback. Did they gain a rare opportunity?
Brace yourself for incessant debate...
