Can the Chiefs miss the playoffs?

[FireChans]

2 hours ago, BRH said:

 

You all know that if the Chiefs don’t make the playoffs and we finally break through and win it all, that will be the narrative:  “they only won because the Chiefs had an off year.”  Just like how we didn’t start winning the AFCE until Brady was finally gone.

 

At this point though, I don’t give a flying *****.

No one really says that about Big Ben and the Steelers and they basically only made Super Bowls by dodging NE.

[SoTier]

23 hours ago, Gregg said:

Colts at Chiefs. What is the better outcome for the Bills. A Chiefs loss really puts their season in jeopardy, and it would be nice to go into the AFC playoffs and not have to deal with them. However, the Colts are 8-2 and if the Bills want a shot at the #1 seed, they need them to lose another game just like we need the Pats to drop another game.

 

I want the Chiefs out of playoff contention ASAP, and losing to the Colts is another nail in their playoff coffin.  Better Jones than Mahomes every day and especially on Saturdays or Sundays in the post season.

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 minute ago, SoTier said:

 

I want the Chiefs out of playoff contention ASAP, and losing to the Colts is another nail in their playoff coffin.  Better Jones than Mahomes every day and especially on Saturdays or Sundays in the post season.

Yeah, I don't fear Daniel Jones. Now Johnathan Taylor on the other hand...

[mjt328]

For the first time this season, I do think it's slightly possible they miss.

Am I expecting it to happen?  Absolutely not.  There are still too many games left for the teams in front to blow it.

 

Jacksonville is basically 1.5 games ahead with 7 left.  Not exactly a lead I would trust them with.

Los Angeles is about the same, and still has to play them again.  The Chiefs makeup a lot of ground with a win there.

 

 

[Captain Hindsight]

16 minutes ago, mjt328 said:

For the first time this season, I do think it's slightly possible they miss.

Am I expecting it to happen?  Absolutely not.  There are still too many games left for the teams in front to blow it.

 

Jacksonville is basically 1.5 games ahead with 7 left.  Not exactly a lead I would trust them with.

Los Angeles is about the same, and still has to play them again.  The Chiefs makeup a lot of ground with a win there.

 

 

The Chiefs look tired to me. They have played more games than anyone the last 3 years. They get everyone's best shot and Mahomes specifically is playing poorly. They aren't getting the breaks they used to either. 

 

I won't count them out, but they have zero margin for error going forward

[JustHewIt]

11 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:

 Sucks that it's hard to have much confidence in buffalo in the same year.

You can do it!  Start looking for the positives and bright spots (Max, Bishop, our O line, James Cook, our return game improving, Joe Brady changing it up, not sweating every field goal attempt this year...oh and some guy named Josh Allen) rather than dwelling on every little thing that isn't perfect and expecting doom.  When you zoom out and look at the top teams, our problems don't look nearly as bad in comparison.

This isn't the NBA, there aren't runaway favorites in this league.   And even that rare team that does come along and dominate all year might have the whole thing ruined by Eli Manning.  Get in the tournament and we have just as good as shot as anyone else.
 

[thenorthremembers]

They will get in as the 6th seed and likely cause plenty of issues for other teams in the playoffs. 

[Big Turk]

Jags would likely be the team they need to catch unless the Chargers tail off badly...

 

Jags have Colts twice still and also the Broncos on their schedule. Other games are pretty cake but Titans play tough usually and they have them twice as well still. Division games are usually not cakewalks even if they are better than the other team. 

 

Have the Jets and Cards as well, so those should be Ws, but Jags are weird.

 

Chargers still have it rough tho with Eagles, Chiefs, Broncos and Texans on their schedule.

 

So they definitely have a punchers chance of catching both the Chargers and Jags.

 

Not sure how 3 way tiebreaker would fall but Chiefs best bet would maybe to get into a 3 way tiebreaker with Chargers and Jags if they can't pass either of them.  They already lose the tie breaker to the Jags since they lost to them earlier. Currently losing that to the Chargers as well since they lost to them week 2 but have a chance to even the record.

Edited 2 hours ago by Big Turk

[Scott7975]

14 hours ago, BRH said:

 

You all know that if the Chiefs don’t make the playoffs and we finally break through and win it all, that will be the narrative:  “they only won because the Chiefs had an off year.”  Just like how we didn’t start winning the AFCE until Brady was finally gone.

 

At this point though, I don’t give a flying *****.

well if that happens then I guess the Chiefs should have played better during the regular season instead of trying to “coast” to the playoffs because they are “bored”

[Just Jack]

1 hour ago, Captain Hindsight said:

The Chiefs look tired to me. They have played more games than anyone the last 3 years. They get everyone's best shot and Mahomes specifically is playing poorly. They aren't getting the breaks they used to either. 

 

I won't count them out, but they have zero margin for error going forward

 

I remember back when the Bills went to 4 straight, it was said that when you consider the playoff games, it's like playing almost a whole extra season. 

[mjt328]

1 hour ago, Captain Hindsight said:

The Chiefs look tired to me. They have played more games than anyone the last 3 years. They get everyone's best shot and Mahomes specifically is playing poorly. They aren't getting the breaks they used to either. 

 

I won't count them out, but they have zero margin for error going forward

 

With seven games left, I think people are really getting over excited and jumping the gun.

 

Considering tie-breakers, they are basically 2.5 games behind the Chargers and 1.5 games behind the Jaguars.  

There are plenty of games left for them to makeup that distance.

 

 

[Mango]

On 11/16/2025 at 7:49 PM, ControllerOfPlanetX said:

Chiefs are positioning themselves to draft an even faster and bigger receiver.

 

 

Yeah, while I was pumped for them to lose to Denver, I told my wife that I have no interest in them picking in the top of the draft. 

Funny enough, we were just doing the math on the way home from the Tampa game that if the Bills lose the division there is a chance we still draw KC, Baltimore, Jacksonville anyways. Just like every other year.*

(*I know we play the AFCW next year)

[colin]

they miss if one team from the afc west (not the division winner), south, and east finish with a better record.  technically pittz or baltimore can finish with a better record than them in the north (and not win the division) but i just don't think that's likely.

 

one of NE or us are for sure gonna finish with a better record, so it's down to the chargers (i'm saying broncos win the division) and jags, with maybe like houston and pittz/balti being a mega outsider.  looking at the schedules coming up, KC has some tough games and does not look like they can run the table.  I think they finish 8 or 9 and miss teh playoffs.

[JoshAllin]

2 hours ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Yeah, I don't fear Daniel Jones. Now Johnathan Taylor on the other hand...

Yeah taylors good, but he's also a choke artist when it matters. I remember him fumbling their playoffs chance a few times. Just key in on him and they crumble

[BuffaloBillyG]

19 minutes ago, JoshAllin said:

Yeah taylors good, but he's also a choke artist when it matters. I remember him fumbling their playoffs chance a few times. Just key in on him and they crumble

Easy to say if we had a normally functioning defense. Our defense has a better chance at letting him break the NFL Playoff record for yards in a game than causing him to fumble once. 

[mannc]

I keep remembering the year we were 6-6 and everyone counted us out.  The Chiefs absolutely could go on a run.  I’d be surprised if they lose more than one more game.

[BuffaloBillyG]

Just now, mannc said:

I keep remembering the year we were 6-6 and everyone counted us out.  The Chiefs absolutely could go on a run.  I’d be surprised if they lose more than one more game.

Exactly. 

 

I have avoided watching them this year. Cannot stand looking at Mahomes faces or how he wears his helmet. So I'm not really sure where they are different from last year. Basically the same group of players. Same coaches. I just don't get how they are struggling so bad. 

[Andrew Son]

10 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

Exactly. 

 

I have avoided watching them this year. Cannot stand looking at Mahomes faces or how he wears his helmet. So I'm not really sure where they are different from last year. Basically the same group of players. Same coaches. I just don't get how they are struggling so bad. 

It's the same team.  Last year they won one score games, this year they are losing them.