Home for the playoffs for the primary time since 2014, the Chiefs are also about to look at an AFC championship game for the primary time since 2017. Kansas City’s remarkable run ended with an elimination in Week 15. Because the team fought to remain alive, it lost Patrick Mahomes to a torn ACL. This ushers in rare uncertainty for the NFL’s safest 2020s bet.
During an offseason during which John Harbaugh, Mike Tomlin and now Sean McDermott are relocating, Andy Reid is now the NFL’s longest-tenured HC. Mahomes can also be targeting Week 1 for a return. This might remind of a blip, a la the Golden State Warriors’ step back between their Kevin Durant period and resurgence soon after, however the Chiefs still have roster issues to sort out in a division that features formidable opposition.
Coaching/front office:
This can be Reid’s 14th season in Kansas City and twenty eighth season as an NFL head coach. The three-time Super Bowl winner is believed to be the sport’s highest-paid HC. That and Mahomes’ status gives the all-time great loads of incentive to come back back after his worst season since a 4-12 Eagles showing led to a firing. Reid, who will turn 68 in March, has reshaped his legacy in Missouri by turning the tide for a franchise that had gone 50 years between Super Bowl berths.
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