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By Tyler Erzberger
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After ruling the NFL for much of the past decade, the Kansas City Chiefs’ empire fractured, crashed and finally burned in 2025.
The Kansas City Chiefs are officially eliminated from playoff contention following Sunday's 16-13 loss to the division rival Los Angeles Chargers.
Heading into Sunday, there was only one combination of four games going the wrong way for the Chiefs to be eliminated during Week 15: the Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans, and Buffalo Bills all needed to win their games, while the Chiefs lost at home.
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The Jaguars took care of business at home by blowing the doors off the New York Jets. In Houston, the Texans’ defense swarmed and mauled the Arizona Cardinals while running up the score in front of their home fans.
And in the closest game, the Buffalo Bills staged a 21-point comeback to take down the New England Patriots on the road to put themselves back in AFC East title contention.
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The last piece was the Chiefs loss, and following a Patrick Mahomes injury late in the game that forced Garner Minshew in to throw his first passes of the season, it all ended with a last-minute interception. Following three-straight Super Bowl appearances, the Chiefs won't even make it to the new year in playoff position.
Mahomes has never missed the playoffs as a starter in the NFL. The last time the Chiefs missed the postseason was in 2014, when Alex Smith was the starter. The Chiefs made the playoffs the next two seasons with Smith before Mahomes took over in 2018 to begin a dominant run that hadn’t been stopped until the 2025 campaign.
The Chiefs will now travel to Nashville to play the Tennessee Titans before welcoming the AFC West-leading Denver Broncos on Christmas Day.
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