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Jaden Hicks is now painfully lost in the Chiefs' safety rotation

Jaden Hicks' inability to find the field with such a golden opportunity before him is costing all parties involved.

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Jaden Hicks has not made the leap. Or at the very least, he's not earned the trust of coaches. Two years into his rookie deal, that's a real problem for the Kansas City Chiefs.

In Sunday's game against the Houston Texans, a stomach punch of a loss that sent the Chiefs to their first losing record in December since 2012, Hicks played only 11 total snaps—or 16 percent of all defensive reps.