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Why the Chiefs’ Predictability Is Becoming a Serious Issue

Originally posted on Kansas City Chiefs on SI
By Michael Canelo | Last updated Dec 13, 2025 11:00 AM ET

The Kansas City Chiefs enter Week 15 with slim playoff hopes. They are on the outside looking in. They are not thinking about any of that. They want to get back into the winning column and play the game their way, and make sure they are doing it right.

The Chiefs are having a difficult season. The games that they were winning last season by one touchdown or less, they are now losing. And like many say, a team could tell you how good they are by the outcomes they have in close games.

The plays that the Chiefs were making a season ago, those are the same plays that are showing up this season. There is just one difference: the Chiefs are not executing on those plays this season. They are mostly the same group of players from a season ago, when this team made the Super Bowl. But the Chiefs have not made the proper adjustments to make sure they give the team the best opportunity to win. Is the NFL catching up with the Chiefs and Andy Reid this season?

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Fixing the Chiefs Offense

"Predictability. "I’m pretty tapped in with Kansas City, and I think there’s a predictability element right now," said former NFL quarterback and Heisman winner Robert Griffin III.

"The offense really hasn’t been super explosive consistently since Tyreek Hill left, but they’ve been able to dink and dunk, run really good concepts, utilize Rashee Rice, Travis Kelce, and Xavier Worthy, and Juju Smith-Schuster, and Tyquan Thornton in various ways to make it hard to cover because you have to be prepared for everything," Griffin said.

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"But you know when Tyquan Thornton comes into the game, it’s going to be this. You know when Xavier Worthy comes into the game, it’s going to be this."

"This is just a suggestion from a guy who’s played a ton of football, who’s watched a ton of football and has been studying them all year, I think the Kansas City Chiefs need to transition their offense into a two-minute offense," he said.

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"Allow Patrick Mahomes to do what he does best, run up-tempo, call what he is seeing. He’s at a point into his career where he can see it, and he can make the calls and adjustments and control everything at the line of scrimmage. I think that will also alleviate some of the pressure on their offensive line, tire out the defense.

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