If you thought the Kansas City Chiefs’ season could not get worse, Sunday confirmed that it could. Not only were the Chiefs lifeless in a 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that eliminated them from playoff contention, but franchise quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL in the fourth quarter. It ends his 2025 season and jeopardizes his availability for the 2026 campaign.

The team will need to make changes. Before the game, it appeared that one good offseason could get Kansas City back in contention for 2026. But now — even if the Chiefs execute a sound strategy over...

The news surrounding quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ season-ending ACL tear dominated the NFL’s Monday headlines, as players, coaches, and analysts across the league reacted to the reality that the face of the Kansas City Chiefs will not take another snap in 2025.

Although Kansas City’s postseason hopes are gone, three games remain on the schedule. The next one is a trip to Nashville to face the Tennessee Titans, whose rookie quarterback Cam Ward expressed disappointment at losing the opportunity to face the three-time Super Bowl MVP.

“It’s sad, because since he got into the league he’s been very productive every year,”...

When the regular season ends in just under three weeks, the Kansas City Chiefs will not be in the playoffs; the 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 15 cemented that fact. A cursed season somehow got worse and became a true disaster. The latest collection of power rankings across NFL media reflected that.

Here’s this week’s sampling:

NFL.com: 20

(No change)

In a shocking double blow, the Chiefs were officially eliminated from playoff contention and Patrick Mahomes suffered a season-ending torn ACL, which likely will affect his offseason outlook and timetable, as well. There might...

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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...

The Kansas City Chiefs (and Chiefs Kingdom as a whole) spent Monday coming to terms with the reality that star quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

Arrowhead Pride contributor Dakota Watson analyzed the injury for readers on Monday. He and many others stressed the importance of when the surgery actually happens.

As it turns out, the timeline is beginning right away.

On Monday evening, the Chiefs confirmed that Mahomes had met with Dr. Dan Cooper — the head team physician for the Dallas Cowboys — and successfully underwent surgery; the team also...

The Kansas City Chiefs lost the eighth game of the 2025 season to the Los Angeles Chargers by a 16-13 score. It was the last meaningful game the Chiefs will play until 2026. Let’s look at how Kansas City used its players in the defeat:

Starters (offensive): TE Travis Kelce, LT Esa Pole, LG Kingsley Suamataia, C Creed Humphrey, RG Mike Caliendo, RT Jaylon Moore, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, WR Tyquan Thornton, WR Rashee Rice, QB Patrick Mahomes and RB Isiah Pacheco.

Starters (defensive): DE George Karlaftis, DT Chris Jones, DT Derrick Nnadi, DE Michael Danna, LB Drue Tranquill, LB...

You know what was awesome about Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers?

Nothing.

Here are a few players who stood out in the last meaningful game of the 2025 season in Kansas City:

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Tight end Travis Kelce: Retirement speculation will now dominate any conversation surrounding the 36-year old; Chiefs Kingdom may have seen the last chains-moving completion between Kelce and quarterback Patrick Mahomes. If so, it was glorious. On Sunday, Kelce continued to show he can still get the job done with 70 receiving yards over seven catches. 797 yards this season ranks...

The worst-case scenario in a season the Kansas City Chiefs would ultimately like to forget came to life on Sunday. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a season ending ACL tear, confirmed by the team in the hours after the Chiefs’ 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.

Officially eliminated from playoff contention now, the Chiefs will miss the postseason for the first time since 2014. The nine-year reign as AFC West champions — including a three-year stint atop the AFC — is finished. This offseason, the franchise will have to do some serious self-scouting and make difficult decisions about personnel to...

After the Kansas City Chiefs lost their shot at the playoffs with a 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, Arrowhead Pride user Belohawks scoured the Internet for the most appropriate news headlines.

Big Chill Hits Midwest

Playoffs? “Fuggeddabouit”!

Chiefs Can’t Figure Out Nuts and Bolts on How to Win

Referees are nuts, and Bolts are rugged.

GEHA Field: Giving Everyone Headaches Acrimoniously

Home-field sanctuary desecrated.

NFL Weakend 15 News

Instability shakes Chiefs Kingdom, as super-star tears ACL.

Nothing Special About Dave’s Teams

Penalty-filled, ordinary and lacking.

Herbert...

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...

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As Chiefs miss the playoffs, why Chris Jones’ words — and emotions — spoke for his team | The Athletic

Jones hadn’t seen all the other NFL scores yet. Somewhere in the back of his mind — still — he clung to hope that this season might not be over for the Chiefs.
“Are we out of the playoffs?” he said, looking to the media members around him.
A few answered yes. The Chiefs, at 6-8, had been eliminated from any postseason chance with Sunday’s results.
“We are?” Jones said, his head nodding...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ 16-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers eliminated the team from playoff contention — and unfortunately, it also meant the end of quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ season.

Almost three hours after the game’s conclusion, the Chiefs announced that Mahomes tore the ACL in his left knee during the loss. The heartbreaking injury occurred on a fourth-quarter play where he was tackled awkwardly as he released a desperate throw.

He initially visited the blue medical tent on the sideline before needing help to walk back to the locker room. Now, Mahomes’ 2025 season is done — and the...