NFL Warned To Beware 'Provoked' Kansas City Chiefs In 2025

The last thing NFL teams want in 2025, after witnessing back-to-back Super Bowls and making it to a third, is an angry Kansas City Chiefs team looking to prove a point.

So long the dominant force in football, they had their colors lowered in the Super Bowl, and that was enough for people to sharpen their pitchforks and descend on the AFC champs.

But that might not be the smartest move.

Much like a wounded lion backed into a corner, the Chiefs only have one option in 2025, and it isn't one teams are hoping to be on the end of - to fight back.

Still featuring Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid as the top duo, along with the return of Rashee Rice, Isiah Pacheco, and Marquise Brown, the expected improvement from Xavier Worthy and Travis Kelce, coupled with Steve Spagnuolo's defense, suggests the Chiefs still have some bite.

And for Fox Sports' Ben Arthur, when using one word to describe Kansas City's offseason, he chose "provoked."

"Following their humiliating Super Bowl LIX loss to the Eagles, the Chiefs are expected to have an edge in the new season," Arthur writes. "Not only did Travis Kelce commit to play in 2025, but Kansas City will also have Rashee Rice back from an injured knee that cost him all but four games in 2024."