The Kansas City Chiefs are an interesting watch this offseason as the franchise navigates the next couple of months, missing the playoffs for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era.
With a host of changes, both on and off the field, the Chiefs aren't standing still. They are working out where their weaknesses are and are fixing them.
And that could spell doom for the AFC.
Why? Well as NFL.com's Zak Koeppel writes, the Chiefs appear to be following the same blueprint they did in 2022.
And the following year, they won the Super Bowl.
"After breaking a streak of 10 straight playoff appearances, the Chiefs now have their best opportunity to reload since drafting Patrick Mahomes in 2017. Given K.C.’s financial constraints, they look like they're replicating what they did during the 2022 offseason, when they traded traded a star player ( Tyreek Hill in 2022 vs. Trent McDuffie in 2026) and used the acquired picks to bring in an elite draft class," Koeppel wrote.
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Chiefs armed for serious offseason business
Thanks to the Trent McDuffie trade, the Chiefs now have two first-round picks and a host of others in the later rounds.
That is more than enough capital to get this rebuild off the ground and to a point where this team can challenge in 2026.
Having a down year in 2025, the Chiefs, it appears, have wasted no time in getting their draft hand in order, and make no mistake, the rest of the NFL is shifting a little nervously in their seasons.
Because the last time Kansas City went down this path, the following year, it won the Super Bowl.
Will history repeat itself?
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