{"id":122250,"date":"2025-11-24T07:01:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T07:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=122250"},"modified":"2025-11-24T07:01:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T07:01:51","slug":"%e2%9a%a1-report-mahomes-reveals-something-that-could-change-the-afc-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=122250","title":{"rendered":"\u26a1 Report: Mahomes Reveals Something That Could Change the AFC Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large !mb-2.5 md:mb-5\">The rest of the league is going to be panicking after this win.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F130%2F01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full\" title=\"Indianapolis Colts v Kansas City Chiefs\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4832,h_2718\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/130\/01kasckeq7t4xyrvh0yt.jpg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Colts v Kansas City Chiefs\" width=\"4832\" height=\"2718\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Indianapolis Colts v Kansas City Chiefs\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Indianapolis Colts v Kansas City Chiefs | David Eulitt\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1 odesa-article-main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content [&amp;_p]:leading-[30px] [&amp;_p]:md:leading-[28px] [&amp;_li]:leading-[30px] [&amp;_li]:md:leading-[28px]\">\n<p>Until Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are eliminated from\u00a0playoff contention, the other teams in striking distance won&#8217;t be resting easy. It felt like Mahomes and the Chiefs were close to seeing their dynastic run come to an end, but\u00a0they found a way to gut out a win\u00a0over the Colts in overtime and now sit at 6-5.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re still not in a great position moving forward, as Next Gen Stats gives them a 55% chance of making the playoffs but hey, that&#8217;s better than the 28% chance they&#8217;d have had if they had lost to Indy. This win didn&#8217;t just keep Kansas City&#8217;s playoff hopes alive but it might have ignited this team, which is\u00a0exactly what Mahomes confirmed\u00a0in his postgame press conference.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\"><em><strong>&#8220;This is exactly what we needed,&#8221; Mahomes said following the Chiefs&#8217; overtime victory over the Colts. &#8220;To win against a really good football team when things aren&#8217;t going your way&#8230; We could have folded&#8230; We needed a win like this&#8230; Now let&#8217;s try to win off this.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Patrick Mahomes confirms what Chiefs rivals feared might be coming<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">It didn&#8217;t look good for Mahomes and the Chiefs entering the fourth quarter, as they trailed 20-9 and looked lifeless offensively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The defense settled in, however, and completely shut down the Colts offense and that allowed the offense to get the team back into the game and send it to overtime where, well, the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Mahomes&#8217; comments are exactly what opponents don&#8217;t want to hear as we enter crunch time in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Mahomes and the Chiefs catching fire and sneaking into the playoffs on a big win-streak would be worst-case scenario for all of the AFC opponents because who is going to want to play a red-hot Chiefs team in the playoffs? Nobody, that&#8217;s who.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Mahomes saying point blank that this win proves to him and the rest of his teammates that they can bounce back when things aren&#8217;t going their way is nightmare fuel for everyone else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">It&#8217;s not even like they did it against a bad team either, they did it against the 8-2 (now 8-3) Colts, who are vying for the top seed in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Mahomes is right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">This win was exactly what he and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs needed because now they know they&#8217;re capable of bouncing back when things aren&#8217;t going their way. Now they know they still have some of that dynasty magic left in them. For the other potential AFC hopefuls, that is downright terrifying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rest of the league is going to be panicking after this win. 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