With playoff hopes gone, Kansas City can still salvage value from a lost season by evaluating young talent, chasing milestones, and making clearer decisions about the roster’s future.
Here’s a phrase I didn’t think I’d be saying four months ago: The Kansas City Chiefs were eliminated from the playoffs two weeks before Christmas. Crazy, right?
Kansas City’s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers last Sunday extinguished the team’s playoff hopes, bringing to an end a run of 10 straight postseasons, nine consecutive AFC West titles, seven conference championship games in a row, and three straight Super Bowls.