Chiefs’ Defense Must Improve—Dramatically, Immediately—to Keep Super Bowl Hopes Alive

The Kansas City defense came up short on a handful of big plays against Seattle, and this time the offense couldn’t quite mask the defense’s flaws.

One thing was abundantly clear after the Chiefs’ 38–31 loss to the Seahawks on Sunday night: This Kansas City team has no chance to win a Super Bowl if its defense does not improve dramatically, miraculously and immediately.

Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense looked uncharacteristically pedestrian for large parts of the early goings of the game, before stringing together moment after moment of magnificence in the second half. It was the type of game where a great offensive team—a championship team—needed to get just a few big plays from a…