The rest of the NFL didn’t lose to Houston and Baltimore. Bills did. That’s what cost them the #1 seed. Every year it’s a loss here and there that leaves them short of the #1 seed.
It’s more likely they’d increase the playoffs number to 8 along with an 18 regular games season. Then the numbers would work for the #1 and #2 seeds getting byes.
Mahomes is getting sacked and pressured more than any other year. Yeah O-Line definitely matters and it’s what will keep them from a 3-peat if there’s no improvement.
It didn’t seem that bad when you watched it live. Even Mahomes said he could’ve played on if the game was tighter. But now that he’s gimpy there’s a big risk of it being worse with the pass rush they will be facing in the next few games.