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2. Kansas City Chiefs (5-5, ninth in AFC)

Remaining opponents stats | Record: 36-35-1 (.500) • Currently in playoff field: 3 • Above .500: 3

ESPN’s Bill Barnwell recently laid out a convincing argument why this year’s Chiefs squad isn’t much different from last year’s team that went 15-2. Other than a staggering regression in one-score games and special teams lapses, Kansas City is good enough to go on a run and crash the playoffs.

The Chiefs’...

Each practice day of the season, the Kansas City Chiefs release an official injury report leading up to the next game. In the NFL’s Week 12, the Chiefs will host the Indianapolis Colts on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. Arrowhead Time.

Here is the Chiefs’ first official injury report of the week:

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Some notes

• For the Chiefs, left guard Kingsley Suamataia did not participate on Wednesday, as he remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol after hitting his head during Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos.
• “Kingsley won’t...

After being away from the team for four games, Kansas City Chiefs’ left tackle Josh Simmons returned to the field on Sunday to start against the Denver Broncos. He played every snap in the 22-19 defeat — and seemed to perform as well as he had before missing four games for undisclosed personal reasons beginning in Week 6.

On Wednesday, Simmons stepped up to the podium to answer questions from the Kansas City media for the first time since rejoining the team — beginning with a personal statement.

“I definitely want to thank Kansas City and this club for having...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ closely contested 22-19 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday dropped the team’s record to 5-5, keeping the team outside of the AFC playoff picture and giving Denver firm control of the AFC West.

For the Chiefs’ fans, this was a bitter loss that washed away a decade’s worth of dominance over the Broncos — and put Kansas City behind the eight ball in the AFC West for the first time in a long time.

The game was tied at three different points — and was eventually defined by each team’s final offensive possession.

The **Chiefs’...

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Welcome back to the Arrowhead Pride Mailbag! Each week, watch for your opportunity to submit your Kansas City Chiefs questions in The Feed, which is found on AP’s home page.

The Chiefs’ 22-19 loss to the Denver Broncos has left the fanbase desperate for answers. Let’s see what is on our readers’ minds.

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Some of Andy Reid’s coaches have been with him for decades. Others have been in the league for as long as Reid himself — and it shows. Does the Chiefs’ coaching staff need an influx of younger talent?

Yes, the Chiefs absolutely...

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs dropped a 22-19 decision to the Denver Broncos, giving them a 5-5 record that substantially reduced their chance to win their 10th straight AFC West title.

After reflecting on this bitter loss, three things come to mind.

1. Bringing back the deep passing game was ill-advised

Even when Alex Smith was Kansas City’s quarterback, head coach Andy Reid would often take a deep shot in the first few plays of a game. It rarely worked, but the idea was to get the defense committed to defending against it.

In Sunday’s game, Kansas City...

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NFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 12 of 2025 season | NFL.com

The Chiefs, Ravens and Texans — all 10-plus-win playoff teams from a year ago — each sit at .500, with 15 losses between them. That’s more L’s than the trio totaled throughout the entire 2024 campaign. Parity!

With Sunday’s loss in Denver, the Chiefs have now dropped back-to-back games twice in a season for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era. They’ve been on the wrong end of all five of their one-score contests this year, too, after going 12...

Arrowhead Pride’s Dakota Watson was in the stands for the Kansas City Chiefs’ 22-19 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. We asked him to report on his experience in Colorado’s mile-high city.

I wanted this article to be different. I hoped to write about the Chiefs reclaiming AFC West glory. I hoped to write about the Broncos’ fans leaving their own stadium with their heads low — and doubts about both their second-year quarterback and their place in the AFC playoff picture.

I hoped for what we used to believe was a given: head coach Andy Reid’s dominance...

Your Kansas City Chiefs officially have their backs against the proverbial wall.

They came into Sunday’s critical road matchup against the Denver Broncos with a chance to start turning the tide on the season. It was a defensive battle that was filled with penalties and missed opportunities. In the end, the Broncos were able to close it out — after Kansas City couldn’t — to claim a 22-19 victory.

That’s been the story of the AFC West this season: Denver is winning the close games, while Kansas City is losing them. There’s plenty of blame and frustration to go around....

During Sunday’s 22-19 loss to the Denver Broncos, the Kansas City Chiefs offense failed in many different ways. The run-pass splits, the lack of intermediate passing game and how it performed against the blitz were just some of the entries on a long list.

But one thing that really stood out was how poorly Kansas City did against Denver’s man coverage. While the Broncos are elite in man coverage, their star cornerback Patrick Surtain did not play. This should have been an opportunity for the Chiefs — one of the league’s top offenses — to take advantage of lesser defensive...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ 22-19 loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 11 felt like a dagger to the Chiefs’ hopes for a division title. It also made a significant impact on the perception of them across the NFL: every site moved Kansas City down in the latest power rankings ahead of Week 12.

Here’s this week’s sampling:

NFL.com: 15

(Down from 7)

Hearing Patrick Mahomes almost acknowledge that the AFC West is gone was downright shocking. Yeah, he’s speaking reality, and of course Kansas City could make the playoffs as a dangerous wild-card team. But to hear...