Chiefs Predicted To Miss Playoffs For Two Silly Reasons

All talent acquisition periods of the offseason are complete and with OTAs ramping back up, the countdown for the 2025 season is on. For the Kansas City Chiefs, they enter the campaign in a spot they have experienced in three years. 

The Chiefs will be pursuing a Super Bowl this season rather than defending their champion status. Only one step away from a historic "three-peat" they were thrown from the gates of football immortality by the ruthless Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX. 

Given that sudden fall from grace and some concerns with next season's roster, the Chiefs admittedly lack the same untouchable aura that befitted them in a sense over the last three seasons. But some are reading too much into a potential regression. 

Jason McIntyre claimed on FS1's "The Herd" this week that the Chiefs are not only bound to miss out on the Super Bowl, they will miss the postseason altogether. 

Said the host: "The Chiefs aren’t going to the playoffs next year, guys... They were 12-0 in one-score games last year... Good luck duplicating that one.” 

McIntyre posited that Kansas City would not be able to come away with the same luck that helped them find success in so many crucial moments a year ago. Going further, he implied that future Hall of Famer Travis Kelce will show his age in his final season. 

“In the final two games of last year, Travis Kelce looked lost,” the analyst said. “Two catches for 19 yards against Buffalo. Then in the Super Bowl — four catches for 39 yards.”

McIntyre is unfortunately reaching a bit too far with these assertions. From the Kelce side, those two games conveniently ignore the massive AFC Divisional line he turned against the Houston Texans in with seven receptions for 117 yards and a touchdown. 

Two poor performances against top five teams do not define his prospects for this season. Should fans expect the Kelce of old? No, but any regressions of his own should not be the root cause of any Chiefs' failures. 

But more egregiously, the claim they will miss the playoffs outright is simply ridiculous. The Chiefs have won the AFC West each of the last nine seasons, automatically guaranteeing their postseason participation. 

And if that run comes to an end, there are three wild card spots to be had amongst relatively weak competition elsewhere in the AFC. 

What McIntyre predicts here would be a catastrophic collapse that would take one or multiple significant injuries. A franchise founded on winning behaviors that have withstood a decade will not fall off that easy.