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The Kansas City Chiefs have a bye week for Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are just 5-4 after their Week 9 loss at the Buffalo Bills. Next up on the schedule is a massive game for the AFC West Division race when the Chiefs visit the Denver Broncos at 3:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16.

Although their reign atop the AFC West is over, the Chiefs' playoff hopes aren't officially dead yet. At 6-7, the Chiefs will need quite a few things to go their way down the stretch if they want to make the postseason, which explains why our SportsLine projection is giving them just a 9.1% chance of getting in. Patrick Mahomes can do that math.

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The Kansas City Chiefs do not play on Sunday in Week 13 of the 2025 NFL season. Kansas City is coming off a 31-28 loss against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 27.

If/when the Chiefs are officially eliminated from playoff contention, it'll mark a seismic moment for their dynasty and the NFL landscape as a whole. And it could be just the top of the iceberg, as the road forward through 2026 could be even worse for Kansas City.

With the Week 14 loss to the Houston Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs' run of AFC West dominance will officially come to an end. The Chiefs are mathematically eliminated, as they can no longer catch the Denver Broncos,

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