ARLINGTON, Texas -- Following yet another one-score loss for the Kansas City Chiefs , this time falling 31-28 to the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving, quarterback Patrick Mahomes summed up the team's bleak predicament.

"You've got to win every game now -- and hope that's enough," Mahomes said of the Chiefs' attempt to make the postseason with five games left in the regular season.

With a 6-6 record and outside the AFC's playoff picture, the Chiefs' chances of clinching a postseason berth dropped Thursday from 63% to 47%, according to ESPN Analytics. All five games remaining on the Chiefs' schedule, starting Dec. 7 against the Houston Texans , will be against AFC opponents, too. Mahomes understands that every game for the Chiefs is essentially a play-in game to keep their playoff

See Full Page