While the Kansas City Chiefs’ 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday is leading some fans to believe the 2025 season is over, there are still games to be played — and even if Kansas City no longer controls it, a narrow path to the postseason remains.

To keep their postseason hopes alive, the Chiefs must win all of their remaining games — beginning with the AFC West rematch against the Los Angeles Chargers this Sunday on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Their Week 1 meeting in São Paulo, Brazil — a 27-21 Chargers victory — proved to be...

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The NFL, sports books love this new trend

Two entities love this (perhaps) one-season, (possibly) new-to-stay trend more than any other. The first is the NFL. The league wants viewers to be locked in over the season’s final month. The madness of 2025 should ensure highest numbers ever. The second entity is those sports books. They can all but count their Chiefs cash, from whatever bet anyone made from the preseason to now. That’s likely to continue over the season’s final month....

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 15, the Chiefs host the Los Angeles Chargers on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium at 12 p.m. (Arrowhead Time) on Sunday.

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

Chiefs

Chargers

Some notes

• For the Chiefs, two players who missed Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans were back at work as full participants on Wednesday: right guard Trey Smith (ankle) and wide receiver (and kick returner) Nikko Remigio...

On Sunday evening, the Kansas City Chiefs lost a frustrating contest with the Houston Texans by a 20-10 score. The loss dropped the Chiefs’ record to below .500 at 6-7; the team is firmly on the outside of the AFC playoff race, looking in.

With the postseason on hold this year, Kansas City will have a chance to do some internal evaluations over the final month, which will be beneficial for building the future roster.

During Sunday’s loss, the team got a chance to evaluate undrafted rookie offensive tackle Esa Pole.

After practicing and playing on the Chiefs through the...

On Sunday, I reached the feeling of acceptance.

I was prepared for the Kansas City Chiefs’ 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans. It didn’t surprise me. It didn’t move me. I wasn’t angry. I knew what was coming — and it happened.

I very much wanted to be wrong. But deep down, we all knew what was coming. In fact, we’ve all felt it coming for quite some time.

Maybe for you, it started in last year’s Super Bowl — or the season kicking off with a thud against the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil. The follow-up performance against the...

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’ season of self-inflicted wounds (and unfortunate injury luck) continued in Sunday’s 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans.

With Kansas City now needing a heavy dose of luck to make the playoffs, let’s see what is on our readers’ minds.

AZDiamond75 asks:

How could the Chiefs cut Esa Pole after watching him all through training camp? Did they not pick up on the fact that he...

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The Kansas City Chiefs are breaking Patrick Mahomes.

Patrick Mahomes leads the NFL in scrambles. He’s also on pace to set a career-high scramble rate—around 9 percent of his dropbacks this season are ending with a run. We saw Mahomes’s scramble rate approach that number in one other season: the Chiefs’ Super Bowl–winning 2023 campaign, when the offense was broken for much of the year and none of his receivers could catch the damn ball. When Mahomes loses trust in the...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ latest loss felt like the nail in the coffin of this 2025 season. After the 20-10 defeat at the hands of the Houston Texans, the collective power rankings pushed the Chiefs down as far as possible for a team led by two-time quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Here’s this week’s sampling:

NFL.com: 20

(Down from 19)

Kansas City isn’t mathematically eliminated from the playoffs — yet — but Sunday felt like a funeral at Arrowhead, with the 20-10 loss to Houston officially ending the Chiefs’ streak of division titles at nine. Patrick Mahomes didn’t have anything...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ injury woes continued in the 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans in Week 14. In the first quarter, the Chiefs lost offensive tackle Wanya Morris, already filling in for a starter, and two-time All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie; both suffered knee injuries and remained sidelined for the rest of the evening.

In his post-game press conference, head coach Andy Reid revealed Morris suffered a lower leg injury while McDuffie suffered a hyperextension injury. The gruesome-looking injury suffered by Morris is as dire as it initially appeared, resulting in a season ending injury.

The timeline for McDuffie’s return...

This was always going to be a challenging game for the Kansas City Chiefs. The Houston Texans’ defense was tailor-made to give this version of the Chiefs problems. The unit plays man coverage at a high level, has an elite four-man pass rush and stops the run.

On top of this, Kansas City was down three offensive linemen and had to play third-string left tackle Esa Pole, who played well. It was never going to be a peak offensive performance.

To the Chiefs’ credit, I thought head coach Andy Reid’s game plan was strong for three quarters. Was it perfect?...

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs will play the Los Angeles Chargers on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in a Week 15 matchup. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. Arrowhead Time.

According to FanDuel Sportsbook, Kansas City has opened as a 4.5-point favorite in the game.

In Week 14, the Chiefs opened as 4.5-point favorites against the Houston Texans, but lost that game by a score of 20-10. The Chargers are coming off a 22-19 overtime victory over the defending Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles.

This season, the Chiefs and Chargers are two teams on opposite ends of the spectrum....

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2. An untrustworthy receiving core

When Rashee Rice returned from his six-game suspension with a two-touchdown performance against the Las Vegas Raiders, there was some talk that this would be Mahomes’ best receiving core since the Tyreek Hill days. It’s safe to say that has not come to fruition.

Speedster Xavier Worthy has failed to take the next step in his second NFL season, deep threats Tyquan Thornton and Marquise Brown have been unable to remain consistent contributors and tight end Travis Kelce has...