The Kansas City Chiefs finished with a 15-2 record last regular season. They have a chance to get back to the Super Bowl for the fourth straight season if things bounce there way.
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Aug 22, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) talks with former communications personnel Ted Crews after the game against the Chicago Bears at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images
Well, the AFC West got a lot tougher for the Chiefs. The Los Angeles Chargers, the Denver Broncos, and the Las Vegas Raiders are going to give Kansas City everything they can handle. Will someone else finally reach the Super Bowl in the AFC this season not named the Chiefs?
NFL Analyst Makes Bold Prediction That the Kansas City Chiefs Will Not Make the Super Bowl This Season
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Aug 22, 2025; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis (56) and quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) and tight end Travis Kelce (87) watch play against the Chicago Bears during the second half of the game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images
Outside of Kansas City, many people are choosing either the Baltimore Ravens, the Buffalo Bills, or Denver to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl this season. Well, Garrett Podell of CBS Sports made a bold prediction about the Chiefs entering the 2025 NFL season and said,
“Chiefs won’t win the AFC
Why is this a bold prediction? Well, the Kansas City Chiefs are the first team in NFL history to reach five Super Bowls in a six-season span, and they’ve won three of them. Kansas City also typically plays home games in the postseason thanks to nine consecutive division titles, the second longest division title-winning streak in NFL history. Their current run trails only the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick New England Patriots‘ run of 11 in a row from 2009-19.
That run is buoyed by almost always playing in the friendly confines of Arrowhead Stadium in January, with 12 of Patrick Mahomes‘ 14 AFC postseason starts coming at home. Kansas City is 12-2 in its 14 playoff games with Mahomes under center. This season, the Chiefs will once again win their division, but they won’t go 15-2 again to clinch home-field advantage. Eleven of Kansas City’s 15 regular-season wins from a year ago were by one possession, and they went a perfect 11-0 in one-score games last season, which tied an NFL single-season record with the 2022 Minnesota Vikings.
The Vikings took a major step back and went 7-10 the following season in 2023. Kansas City will still win the AFC West, but losing its grip on the one seed and having to play on the road will be its undoing come January.”
Kansas City has a real chance to not only miss out on the Super Bowl this season, but there is a chance that they don’t win the division as well. The last time the Chiefs did not win the division was in 2015 when the Broncos won the AFC West and also the Super Bowl that season. It feels long overdue for either Baltimore or Buffalo to win the AFC and get to the Super Bowl over the Chiefs.
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