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The Kansas City Chiefs are coming off a Week 11 loss to the Denver Broncos. But despite falling further behind in the AFC West, their hopes of reaching the playoffs and getting back to the Super Bowl aren’t dead.
Head coach Andy Reid clearly has a lot of faith in his team, and he recently shut down concerns about the Chiefs.
“Yeah, we’re not quite as negative as the outside world is here,” Reid said. “We know what we need to clean up, and we need to do it. But the guys, they get it. Some of these guys have been through some pretty good seasons, and it isn’t like this one’s lost. We just got to clean up a few of these things and the urgency level, obviously, we got to make sure we take care of that now.”
Even critics say the Chiefs still have a lot of things working in their favor. During the loss to the Broncos, Patrick Mahomes completed 29 of 45 passes for 276 yards, showing he is still a force to be reckoned with.
He played well, but counterpart Bo Nix happened to play better.
The Chiefs have several important and competitive players, but the hole they’re in is deep. To make matters worse, they have already lost to every team currently ahead of them for an AFC Wild Card spot (the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Chargers and Jacksonville Jaguars).
The Chiefs haven’t been in this position for a very long time. Though Reid is confident that they will enter each game with urgency, that may not be enough to get them into the playoffs this time.
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