The Chiefs are in trouble. Everybody knows this. That very much includes the Chiefs themselves. Why else would Andy Reid go for it on fourth down from his own 41 with only 5:31 remaining in a tie game? The “old Chiefs” would have trusted the defense to get a stop, and for Patrick Mahomes to get another chance.

The even bigger difference between then and now, however, is that the old Chiefs would have never gone in search of “one weird trick” to begin with. It would not have been necessary. Kansas City’s problems have had a way of resolving themself since Mahomes took over as starter.

Now, they are looking too big for any one man, even Mahomes. Although 15 was hardly sterling against the Texans’ elite pass rush, he was not the issue behind his makeshift offensive line. A skill corps that

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