The Kansas City Chiefs are used to living on the edge and surviving it. This season, that aura is gone, which is why Andy Reid’s message after the crushing 22-19 loss to the Broncos was so blunt: reset and narrow the focus.

He told the locker room the only thing they can control now is showing up ready for the Colts, handling each day of preparation, and trying to claw their way back into the AFC race one week at a time.

The bigger problem is that the traits that once made Kansas City terrifying in tight games have completely flipped. As The Athletic detailed, the Chiefs were 12-0 in one-score games last season , including the playoffs, and routinely turned late deficits into wins with Patrick Mahomes at the controls.

This year, they are 0-5 in those same situations, and the numbe

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