The Chiefs went to the Super Bowl for the fifth time in the last six years last season, but that hasn’t stopped people from wondering if the team will take a step back this season.

A blowout loss to the Eagles in New Orleans capped a year that saw the Chiefs squeeze past opponents for 12 one-score wins in the regular season and playoffs. Another year of wear and tear on bodies and a few bounces the other way are often cited as reasons to think that someone else will rise to the top of the AFC, which is a point of view that Chiefs head coach Andy Reid can comprehend but it isn’t one he thinks is particularly relevant to his team.

“You understand because there were so many close games ,” Reid said on Up & Adams . “But that’s the National Football League, so I was proud of the guys an

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