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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in Week 5.
The Kansas City Chiefs are now 2-3 following the Week 5 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, but even more concerning is the latest KC news to hit social media.
The script has flipped on the Chiefs 😱,” B/R Gridiron posted on October 7, sharing two problematic trends. The first is that Kansas City is now 0-3 versus “teams with winning records” this year, per B/R Gridiron.
The second was originally reported on by ESPN writer Bill Barnwell, just after the Monday Night Football loss on October 6. “Chiefs in games decided by seven points or less,” Barnwell listed. “2024: 10-0. 2025: 0-3.”
While the latter trend felt like it was bound to reverse itself following KC’s bizarre run of one-score victories last season, the first statistic is a bit alarming. Typically, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs thrive against top competition.
We’ve seen their recent run of dominance in this area play out in the postseason most of all, as Kansas City has never missed an AFC title game since passing the torch from Alex Smith to Mahomes. The Chiefs have also obviously won three Super Bowls, appearing in five total NFL championship games.
Chiefs’ Issues vs. Winning Teams Will Be Put to the Test Again in Week 6
The Chiefs are still without star wide receiver Rashee Rice, which provides some reason for optimism beginning in Week 7 and beyond. On the morning of October 7, Sports Illustrated NFL insider Albert Breer reminded fans of this on X.
“If you want to think the Chiefs aren’t any good, you’re gonna look dumb,” Breer wrote. “What I saw last night was an offense that’s getting better—and still hasn’t played a single snap with its best (by a good margin) skill-position player, and has a rookie left tackle improving every week.”
The hope is that Breer and the more half-glass-full KC supporters are right, and the reigning AFC champs turn things around with Rice back in the lineup.
Unfortunately, their next big test will come before he returns, as the 4-1 Detroit Lions are coming to town to face the Chiefs without Rice — putting this negative 2025 trend under the microscope once again.
Patrick Mahomes Says Chiefs Have ‘Lost Too Many Games Already’ After Week 5 Defeat vs. Jaguars
The NFL is commonly referred to as a game of inches. In recent seasons, the Chiefs have often been the best at making sure those narrow moments determined by inches swing in their favor. But that hasn’t been the case in 2025.
“I feel like we have the guys and we’ve executed at certain points of the game and looked really good,” Mahomes told reporters during his postgame press conference after Week 5. “And then we crush ourselves with penalties and mistakes and interceptions and fumbles, or whatever [it] is. We’ve kind of done that to ourselves all year long… In this league, it’s so close that those [plays] change games.”
Mahomes is aware of the razor-thin margin of error. He’s been on both sides of it, and lately, he’s been on the wrong side of it more often than he’d like.
“We got to be better,” the Chiefs’ superstar QB urged after the latest loss.
Adding: “We’ve lost too many games already. And so, we’ve got to find a way to be better as a team and come together and play better throughout the rest of the season.”
Michael Obermuller covers the NFL for Heavy Sports, where he began writing in 2021. His areas of focus include the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Steelers, with expert knowledge on each based on years of coverage. Michael is an NYC area native and Quinnipiac graduate. More about Michael Obermuller
