{"id":291759,"date":"2025-11-18T20:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/291759\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:50:07","slug":"chiefs-take-huge-tumble-in-nfl-power-rankings-amid-identity-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/291759\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs take huge tumble in NFL power rankings amid ‘identity crisis’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fallout from the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>‘ 22-19 loss to the Denver Broncos<\/a> has been exactly what you’d imagine — not good.<\/p>\n

Now at 5-5 with the AFC West, likely for the first time in nine years, unattainable for Kansas City, and even a playoff spot looks unlikely right now, this is uncharted territory for Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid.<\/p>\n

Granted, there is still hope that the Chiefs can turn this ship around in time to punch their ticket to the playoffs, but it promises to be a difficult task.<\/p>\n

Especially when in Eric Edholm’s latest power rankings, the Chiefs have tumbled all the way down to No. 15. Yeah, you read that right.<\/p>\n

\u201cHearing Patrick Mahomes almost acknowledge that the AFC West is gone was downright shocking,\u201d Edholm wrote<\/a>. \u201cThere’s still a playoff-caliber roster here, but multiple losing streaks in a single season is an identity crisis for Kansas City.\u201d<\/p>\n

More:\u00a0Chiefs handed odd grade as ‘magic’ runs out in Denver loss<\/a><\/p>\n

Chiefs facing identity crisis?<\/p>\n

It is rare to see the Chiefs in such a position after 10 games, and it is even rarer to see that the once invincible team in the fourth quarter of one-score games has suddenly lost all five this season.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Chiefs were 12-0 in one-score games, including the playoffs.<\/p>\n

But this season? The football gods have had enough with Kansas City 0-5.<\/p>\n

Has the magic run out? Or are the Chiefs simply not as good in pressure situations as they once were?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Either way, the next handful of games are going to be crucial to the Chiefs’ playoff hopes, which are already wafer-thin.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs have to find their identity and fast, otherwise their season could be over before we get to Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

More Chiefs news:<\/p>\n

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