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Chiefs can’t run this Mahomes-reliant mess back again in 2026

Patrick Mahomes has been the only thing holding the Kansas City Chiefs together, and Sunday’s loss without him exposed the full extent of the team’s foundational failures.

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Sunday's loss to a previously 2–12 Tennessee Titans team makes one thing abundantly clear: Patrick Mahomes has been the glue holding it all together. Without him on Sunday, this team looked hapless and much like the squad Andy Reid inherited when he arrived in Kansas City in 2013.