Do you think the Chiefs are on a two-year rebuild? They didn’t achieve all their needs in the draft because of the draft capital they traded to get to No. 6. On the surface, their needs appear to be at receiver and another offensive lineman. — George V.
I’ve never bought into any offseason “rebuild” talk with the Chiefs. The biggest reason for that is quarterback Patrick Mahomes. You can’t count the Chiefs out of any season if he’s playing, and we’ve seen recent examples of why.
In the 2022 offseason, for instance, K.C. appeared to be doing a mini “rebuild” when it traded receiver Tyreek Hill to add draft capital. The Chiefs finished 14-3 that year and went on to win the Super Bowl over the Philadelphia Eagles.
If we want to compare: The Chiefs were roughly 10-to-1 to win the Super Bowl in early May before that season. Right now, according to BetMGM, K.C. is 16-to-1 to win the Super Bowl, though in a wide-open AFC, that’s also tied for the third-best odds while behind only Baltimore and Buffalo (and tied with the Los Angeles Chargers).
Those numbers should only improve for the Chiefs if Mahomes continues his ahead-of-schedule recovery from knee surgery.
The Chiefs definitely have some thinner areas. And they probably didn’t get every positional need filled in the draft that they’d have liked.
But with Mahomes, the goal should be to keep the roster at a point where a championship remains possible each season. K.C. has accomplished that, and as we’ve often discussed, the Chiefs’ 6-11 season in 2025 included some outlier bad luck, with underlying statistics suggesting the team is closer to contention than that record would indicate.