Their reign of terror is officially over.

With a 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs have been mathematically eliminated from winning the AFC West. They have fallen to 6-7, are barely hanging on in the AFC Playoff picture, and now trail the Denver Broncos by 5 games in the win/loss column.

From 2016 through 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs have won 9 straight AFC West titles and reached at least the AFC Championship in every season that Patrick Mahomes has started for them at quarterback. While I hate the Chiefs, Mahomes, Kelce, and everything about that team, you have to respect their dominance.

However, their time is over.

They sit a 6-7, are the 10th seed in the AFC, and face long odds of even making the playoffs. We have a changing of the guard happening, and it is

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