The Kansas City Chiefs have essentially earned the benefit of the doubt for any regular season problems that they may have over the last few seasons, coming back to make the Super Bowl in almost every year with Patrick Mahomes at the helm. However, that doesn't make their season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Chargers any prettier.
Friday night's opener in Brazil was ugly and sloppy from the Chiefs on both sides of the ball at times, allowing the Chargers to get ahead of their division rivals with a very impressive 27-21 victory.
While the result isn't shocking against a good Chargers squad, the way that the Chiefs got there didn't feel like the Kansas City that NFL fans have come to know during the 2020s. The Chiefs usually figure this stuff out, but there is still some reason fo