The 2010s are in the books and with that, it’s time to look at every Kansas City Chiefs season from 2010-2019 and rank them from worst to first.
The Kansas City Chiefs had quite the decade..
When the 2010s began, Todd Haley was coaching this franchise and he did so for another year and a half before getting canned. That paved the way to Romeo Crennel’s one year as the Chiefs head coach and I don’t think I need to reiterate how bad that season was for this organization.
The bad season did, however, lead to one of the best decisions the Chiefs ever made and that was hiring Andy Reid. Reid has led the Chiefs to a winning season every year he’s been in town and they finally got over the proverbial playoff hump by winning multiple playoff games in that time, making it to two AFC title games, and winning the Super Bowl, something that the Chiefs hadn’t been done in 50 years.
Before Reid took over, this team would be good for one year, then bad for three years, then good again, and then bad for the next few years. Since Reid has taken hold of the franchise in 2013, the Chiefs have had a winning record every year and made the playoffs in all but one of those years.
So, with the decade in the rearview mirror, let’s take a look at every single Chiefs season from the 2010s and rank them!
We’ll start with not only the worst season of the decade, but the worst season in franchise history. I’m sure it won’t take you too long to figure out which season that is.
**EDITOR’S NOTE – I started writing this in December, but due to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl run, I have held onto it until their 2019 season was over.**
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 10 (WORST SEASON): 2012
- Regular Season Record: 2-14
- Playoff Result: None
- Biggest Win: Week 13 vs Panthers (27-21)
- Worst Loss: Week 17 vs Broncos (38-3)
- Team MVP: Jamaal Charles
- Rookie of the Year: Dontari Poe
- Notable Achievements: 6 Pro Bowlers
Oh jeez. Where do we even start when discussing just how horrible the 2012 season was for the Kansas City Chiefs? It was bad all around, but somehow only winning two games wasn’t even the worst part.
For the first 11 weeks of the season, the Chiefs failed to hold a lead in regulation in a single game. They won a week three game against the Saints, but forced the game into overtime and didn’t take the lead until the overtime final. Kansas City didn’t win another game until week 13 and that game happened to come the day after a tragedy.
On December 1st, Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend and then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and turned the gun on himself in front of head coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli.
The Chiefs considered forfeiting the game being held the next day, but instead opted to go forward with it. It ended up being just the second win they’d get all year.
Wins were hard to come by because the offense was an absolute joke, sitting near the bottom in nearly every offensive stat that year. Matt Cassel and Brady Quinn failed to do much at the quarterback position and in turn, their receivers couldn’t get much done either.
Jamaal Charles was the only bright spot on offense, rushing for 1,509 yards (his career high) and five touchdowns while also hauling in a receiving touchdown as well. He deserved so much better that year; He had just five carries for eight yards in a 26-16 loss to the Raiders early in the season. Crennel had no logical explanation for the lack of Charles’ involvement either, which only made the situation worse.
It’s crazy how bad both sides of the football were considering the Chiefs had good players on their roster. We’ve already touched on Charles, but overall the team had six total Pro Bowlers that year, including Charles, Eric Berry, Dustin Colquitt, Tamba Hali, Justin Houston, and Derrick Johnson.
Throughout the 2012 season, Chiefs fans were very vocal with their displeasure of how the team was being run. Planes flew over Arrowhead Stadium urging the front office to relieve Pioli of his duties and in another game, fans cheered when Cassel went down with an injury, which led to all kinds of national scrutiny.
With all of the bad that came during the 2012 season, it did lead to some good moments for the Chiefs in the long run. The 2-14 record gifted them the number one pick in the 2013 NFL Draft where they selected offensive tackle Eric Fisher, who has blossomed into a solid left tackle for the franchise.
The biggest silver lining from the abomination that was the 2012 season was that it paved the way for the Chiefs to hire Andy Reid as their next head coach. Reid took over in 2013 and turned things around immediately.
So yes, while the 2012 season was a terrible time for Chiefs fans, it had to happen in order for things to get turned around. It was the last losing season Kansas City had and fans know that things can always be worse with their team because we all sat through the misery that was the 2012 season.
2012 was not only the worst season of the decade for the Kansas City Chiefs, but the worst season of all time.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 9: 2011
- Regular Season Record: 7-9
- Playoff Result: None
- Biggest Win: Week 15 vs Packers (19-14)
- Worst Loss: Week 2 vs Lions (48-3)
- Team MVP: Derrick Johnson
- Rookie of the Year: Justin Houston
- Notable Achievements: Beating the previously undefeated Packers in week 15
If there’s one thing the 2011 season will be remembered for, it’s how inconsistent the team was that year. They had a losing streak of three games followed by a winning streak of four games, followed by a losing streak of four games, and then rotated wins and losses to close out the season and finish at 7-9.
It was an odd year with the team looking great for a stretch and then sinking back to irrelevancy again. Jamaal Charles got hurt in week two, which made fans think the worst was coming after he went down so early in the season. It was even worse when you consider the Chiefs were blown out 59-10 in their first two games.
Despite playing poorly for large chunks of the season, the Chiefs were still in the running to win the AFC West due to the other three teams in the division hovering around the same record. Denver ended up winning the division at 8-8 and the Chiefs finished in last that year at 7-9 if that’s any indication to how bad the division was.
Some of the most notable moments from 2011 included the firing of head coach Todd Haley, who was relieved from his duties after a 37-10 blowout loss to the Jets. The Chiefs front office had seen enough by that point and chose to part ways with Haley after not even three years at the helm.
Romeo Crennel was named interim head coach and went 2-1 to close out the season. We all know how his head coaching tenure went as I discussed on the previous page, however, and it wasn’t good, but he did have his moments in 2011 for sure.
The biggest highlight of the season came in week 15 when the Chiefs hosted the then 13-0 Green Bay Packers, who were defending Super Bowl champions at the time and looked to be on their way to a second championship. Instead, the Chiefs shocked the Packers, winning it 19-14 and handing Green Bay their only loss of the regular season. No one gave Kansas City a chance to win that game, but they did it and it was epic.
This season was also when the Chiefs scooped up Kyle Orton off waivers due to Matt Cassel’s injury and Tyler Palko being Tyler Palko. Orton did well during his time as the Chiefs starter, but opted not to return to Kansas City for the 2012 season (and we all saw why the very next year).
Another highlight was more of a comical one, as the Chiefs hosted the Broncos in the final game of the season. In that game, Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow went just 6 of 22 for 60 yards and the Chiefs won it 7-3. It’s one of the funniest games in Chiefs history to this day.
The 2011 season was a bizarre one with the Chiefs missing the playoffs due to allowing a last second field goal. They lost to the Raiders in overtime, who kicked the game winning score (back then you could kick the field goal first and win in overtime), and that was what ultimately kept them out of the playoffs, and put them in the basement of the division.
To go from being able to win the division and make the playoffs to missing the playoffs and being in last place in the division showed how weird the 2011 season was for the AFC West.
While this season was a weird one, it wasn’t necessarily THAT bad. The Chiefs won exciting games and had a chance to make the playoffs at the end of the year.
The 2011 season is this low on the rankings due to having a losing record and the rest of the decade being pretty dominant for the Kansas City Chiefs. They also had some terrible losses and their head coach was fired midway through the year, so yeah… That’s pretty rough for most teams. It sits as the second worst season of the 2010s.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 8: 2014
- Regular Season Record: 9-7
- Playoff Result: None
- Biggest Win: Week 4 vs Patriots (41-14)
- Worst Loss: Week 1 vs Titans (26-10)
- Team MVP: Justin Houston
- Rookie of the Year: De’Anthony Thomas
- Notable Achievements: Beating both teams that made the Super Bowl; Second straight winning season for the first time in over a decade
Andy Reid’s second year at the helm brought about a lot of expectations from Chiefs fans, but it didn’t start out great. The team started the year at 0-2 and the first loss of the season was a downright embarrassing performance against the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead. The Titans would only win one more game the rest of the year if that’s any indication as to how embarrassing the loss was.
Week two saw Kansas City drop a closely contested battle against the Broncos, who once again had KC’s number. After that, however, things picked back up with two straight wins and the Chiefs sitting at 2-2. After another loss, fans weren’t really sure what to think of this team, but they wound up going on a five-game win streak to sit at 7-3.
Once again, the Chiefs got in their own way, dropping three straight games and their late season push for a playoff spot came too late. While Kansas City finished the year with a winning record, they had to bank on a lot of other things happening and those things, sadly, did not happen – though they did keep the Chargers out of the playoffs, which was hilarious.
The Chiefs had two big time wins in 2014, with one coming against the Patriots on Monday Night Football where KC absolutely crushed New England on primetime television. This was when Arrowhead Stadium went for the loudest outdoor stadium record and still hold the record to this day.
Their other big win was against the Seahawks, who had won the Super Bowl the season prior and were a lethal team on both sides of the ball. It came down to the wire, but the Chiefs defense stuffed Seattle on multiple fourth down attempts and won the game. At the end of the season, both Seattle and New England competed in the Super Bowl, and the Chiefs were the only team to beat both of them in the regular season.
This was the infamous season in which the Chiefs went the entire campaign without a wide receiver catching a touchdown pass. When looking at their wide receiver depth chart that year, it’s not crazy to see how that was possible (remember Donnie Avery?).
The defense was one of the best in the league and kept the Chiefs in a lot of close games. The offense, however, stalled a lot and fans were constantly whining about Alex Smith being their quarterback. He started all but one game and the one he didn’t start was the season finale against the Chargers, where Chase Daniel led the Chiefs to victory and kept the Chargers out of the playoffs as a result.
The 2014 season had its moments, but when push came to shove, it’s the only year under Reid as the Chiefs head coach where the team failed to make the playoffs. For that reason, it’s the third worst season of the decade.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 7: 2010
- Regular Season Record: 10-6
- Playoff Result: Lost in Wild Card Round to Ravens
- Biggest Win: Week 1 vs Chargers (21-14)
- Worst Loss: Week 14 vs Chargers (31-0)
- Team MVP: Jamaal Charles
- Rookie of the Year: Eric Berry
- Notable Achievements: Winning AFC West for first time since 2003
After a disappointing first season under Todd Haley, fans weren’t sure what to expect heading into the 2010 season, the first of the new decade. We were all surprised when the team got off to an impressive 3-0 start, including a thrilling victory over the San Diego Chargers in the season opener, which was the later game played in week one on Monday Night Football.
The sudden resurgence for the team after such a dismal 2009 season came via hiring Charlie Weis as their offensive coordinator, who propelled Matt Cassel into becoming one of the better quarterbacks in the league (yeah, I said it). Cassel was great in 2010, throwing for 3,116 yards, 27 touchdowns, and seven interceptions while leading the Chiefs to a 10-5 record.
In the one game Cassel missed, the Chiefs were shutout by the Chargers, showing just how important he was to the team that year. Even with Cassel’s impressive 2010 season, Jamaal Charles was the MVP of the team, rushing for 1,467 yards and five touchdowns while adding another three receiving touchdowns.
Both the offense and defense were a little above average in 2010 and it paved the way for the Chiefs to win their first division title since the 2003 season. It didn’t come until late in the year, but the Chiefs won the AFC West and hosted the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round. Of course, the Ravens pulverized the Chiefs to the tune of a 30-7 loss, but winning the division seemed to be a step in the right direction.
Instead, we saw how quickly the team reverted back to their old ways. The offense regressed after Weis left for the Florida offensive coordinator job and Haley eventually paid the price for his team’s inconsistencies by losing his job. For that one year, however, Haley did what was asked of him and got the Chiefs to the playoffs.
The 2010 season was an exciting one for Chiefs fans at the time, but looking back on it now, it’s funny how excited we all were for THAT team. Cassel had a good year, Charles was dominant as always, and the defense had their moments, but that playoff loss was probably who the Chiefs REALLY were that year when we sit down and think about it.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 6: 2017
- Regular Season Record: 10-6
- Playoff Result: Lost in Wild Card Round to Titans (22-21)
- Biggest Win: Week 1 vs Patriots (42-27)
- Worst Loss: Week 11 vs Giants (12-9 in OT)
- Team MVP: Alex Smith
- Rookie of the Year: Kareem Hunt
- Notable Achievements: Winning back-to-back AFC West titles for first time in franchise history
After a promising 2016 season that saw the Chiefs go 12-4 and notch a two seed in the playoffs, fans expected even more in 2017. The Kingdom really started to buy into this team when they started the year at 5-0 and Alex Smith was out there throwing dimes week after week.
Then, of course, the decline came and it hit quickly, as the Chiefs were sitting at 6-6 in week 13 after starting out 5-0. For those whose speciality isn’t math, that means they went a mere 1-6 after that hot start.
The worst skid came after the week 10 bye when the Chiefs dropped three straight games to subpar opponents (all of them being New York teams oddly enough). The overtime loss to the Giants was arguably the most frustrating loss of the year with Smith and the offense sputtering and not being able to do a darn thing against a horrible Giants team, who ended up with the second worst record in the league that year.
Despite that bad skid, the Chiefs finished the year going 4-0 to end their season with a 10-6 record. That was good enough to win the AFC West and hold the four seed in the playoffs where the Chiefs were heavy favorites against the Wild Card Tennessee Titans.
Well, we all know how that one ended. It was obvious after that loss that the end of the Alex Smith era had come and it was time to hand the keys to the car to Patrick Mahomes, who was a rookie in the 2017 season.
Mahomes, of course, made his NFL debut in week 17 due to the Chiefs not being able to move up in the playoff standings and resting their starters as a result. He beat the Broncos and that, in turn, showed the Chiefs organization that the future MVP was ready to take over the franchise.
The 2017 season started off so promising, but in the end, it’s going to be a forgotten season despite everything the team accomplished. They dominated the Patriots on the road in week one on what was “banner and ring night” for the then-defending Super Bowl champions.
They also had that crazy “Hill Mary” play in Dallas against the Cowboys where Tyreek Hill took a fairly short pass from Smith and was somehow able to find the end zone. That was a play that we’ll all remember for a long time even though Kansas City lost that game.
As mentioned, the 2017 season ended on a sour note, but it paved the way for Mahomes to become the superstar that he is. Even with that in mind, it’s sixth on this list.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 5: 2013
- Regular Season Record: 11-5
- Playoff Result: Lost in Wild Card Round to Colts
- Biggest Win: Week 15 vs Raiders (56-31)
- Worst Loss: Week 16 vs Colts (23-7)
- Team MVP: Jamaal Charles
- Rookie of the Year: Marcus Cooper
- Notable Achievements: Starting the year 9-0 after winning just two games in 2012
After going 2-14 in 2012, the Kansas City Chiefs tore it all down and started from scratch. They hired Andy Reid as their next head coach, John Dorsey as their general manager, and they had traded for Alex Smith to be their next quarterback.
It was quite the shock when the Chiefs rattled off nine wins to start the Andy Reid era in Kansas City, but fans weren’t upset about it. The team might have been a bit of a fraud during that 9-0 run because they played a lot of backup quarterbacks and overall crummy teams.
Still, a 9-0 start after winning just two games the season prior was awesome for Chiefs Kingdom and honestly – All any of us wanted at that point in time was a competitive team. Fans didn’t expect to win the Super Bowl or anything absurd like that; We just wanted a team who could win games.
The 2013 season was a tale of two halves for the Chiefs. They started the season by beating teams with good defense; forcing turnovers and keeping teams out of the end zone was KC’s specialty through the first half of the season. It was needed too because while Smith was better than any quarterback the team had had for years, the offense wasn’t explosive by any means.
Something happened after the bye week though and that was the defense suddenly playing poorly and the offense heating up and winning games for the Chiefs. That was especially the case in week 15 when the Chiefs went into the Black Hole and hung 56 points on the Raiders while allowing 31 points.
That win over Oakland was also the famous Jamaal Charles game in which he killed the Raiders as a pass catcher and scored five total touchdowns on the day. What a performance by the eventual 2013 Chiefs MVP.
While the 2013 season was special at the time, it ended on an incredibly sour note. We all remember the collapse against the Colts in the Wild Card round that year, so there’s no need to discuss that here. It put quite the damper on what, at the time, had been a pretty fun and special season.
Going from 2-12 one year to 11-5 and making the playoffs the next was a huge leap though and for that reason, the 2013 season sits as the fifth best season of the decade.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 4: 2016
- Regular Season Record: 12-4
- Playoff Result: Lost in Divisional Round to Steelers
- Biggest Win: Week 13 vs Falcons (29-28)
- Worst Loss: Week 4 vs Steelers (44-14)
- Team MVP: Eric Berry
- Rookie of the Year: Tyreek Hill
- Notable Achievements: First AFC West title since 2010, two seed in AFC playoffs
After a 2015 season that saw the Kansas City Chiefs winning a playoff game for the first time in over two decades, fans were amped for what the 2016 season had in store.
The early part of the season was rough, with the Chiefs being demolished by the Chargers until they had one of the best comebacks in team history and ultimately won it in overtime. After the first quarter of the season, however, they sat at 2-2 on the year and no one was really sure what to expect from this team, especially after an ugly blowout loss to the Steelers on Sunday Night Football.
Well, after that, the Chiefs went on a five game win streak to sit at 7-2 and that came at the perfect time, as both the Raiders and Broncos were also doing well in the AFC West. The biggest stretch of games came during weeks 12-14 in which the Chiefs went into Denver and posted another big comeback with yet another impressive overtime victory.
The next week, they battled hard with the explosive Atlanta Falcons (who ended up going to the Super Bowl that year) and the following week decimated a Raiders team who had been nipping at their heels in the West all season long.
While it was a close finish at the end of the season, the Chiefs won the AFC West despite both them and the Raiders finishing the year at 12-4. It was the first time the Chiefs had won the division since the 2010 season and gave Kansas City the two seed in the playoffs.
The ending of the 2016 season ended up being a disappointment, as the Chiefs fell to the Steelers in the AFC Divisional Round despite Pittsburgh not scoring a single touchdown. This was also a season of firsts for the Chiefs and saw them win a lot of games that they honestly had no business winning.
As mentioned above, the win over the Falcons was a big one and Eric Berry was the reason KC won that game. He had a pick six and a “pick two”, intercepting the pass on the two point conversion to ice the game.
Kansas City had another similar game where they went into Carolina and looked to be on their way to a loss before Marcus Peters punched the football out to help the Chiefs clinch a victory. Berry also returned for a fumble for a touchdown in that game.
Even though the 2016 season ended on a sour note, the regular season was a lot of fun to follow along with and for that reason, it sits at as the fourth best season of the decade.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 3: 2015
- Regular Season Record: 11-5
- Playoff Result: Lost in Divisional Round to Patriots
- Biggest Win: Week 10 vs Broncos (29-13)
- Worst Loss: Week 2 vs Broncos (31-24)
- Team MVP: Alex Smith & Eric Berry
- Rookie of the Year: Marcus Peters
- Notable Achievements: Finished regular season on 10-game win streak after starting the season at 1-5, won first playoff game since 1993 season
The 2015 season looked to be on its way as one of the worst of the decade sitting early on in the season. After winning their season opener and being on the cusp of knocking off the Broncos for the first time since the 2011 season, the Chiefs lost five straight games and were 1-5 on the year.
The fans were pretty upset by that point and some were even calling for Andy Reid’s job. It wasn’t a fun time to root for the Chiefs, but brighter times were ahead.
In week 7, the Chiefs defeated the Steelers for the first time in what felt like forever (though Big Ben was injured in that one for what it’s worth) and many feel that Eric Berry’s first pick six since returning after having cancer was what turned the season around.
From then on, the Kansas City Chiefs were red hot, winning the final ten games of the regular season to end up at 11-5 on the year. They made a strong run at the division title, but the Broncos took the AFC West unfortunately.
Still, starting off at 1-5 and ending up at 11-5 was almost unheard of and it was a lot of fun to follow along with. The best game of the year was easily in week ten when the Chiefs, who were coming off a bye and sat at 3-5 at the time, went into Denver, a place they had struggled, and crushed the Broncos.
The game started off with a Peyton Manning interception and he ended up throwing four total picks that afternoon (one less than the amount of completions he had) and wound up getting benched. Yes, the Kansas City Chiefs got Peyton Manning BENCHED. This was someone who had owned the Chiefs throughout his career, but his final game against KC was one of the worst of his career.
While that game was obviously a highlight, the Chiefs making it to the playoffs after a 1-5 start was one of the most memorable parts of the season. KC went on to win their first playoff game in 22 years, defeating the Texans on the road 30-0 in the Wild Card round. The Chiefs gave it all they had against the Patriots the next week, but lost by a touchdown.
The 2015 season was the beginning of some great years for the Chiefs, but because of the 1-5 start to 11-5 finish, it winds up as the third best season of the 2010s.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 2: 2018
- Regular Season Record: 12-4
- Playoff Result: Lost in AFC Championship Game to Patriots
- Biggest Win: Divisional Round vs Colts (31-13)
- Worst Loss: Week 15 vs Chargers (29-28)
- Team MVP: Patrick Mahomes
- Rookie of the Year: Andrew Wylie
- Notable Achievements: Number one seed in AFC playoffs, first ever MVP, hosted AFC Championship Game, won home playoff game for first time since 1993 season
Before we knew the ending to the 2019 season, the next best season for the Chiefs was 2018 in which the Kansas City Chiefs finished with a 12-4 record for the second time in three years. This record gave them home field advantage throughout the playoffs and they actually held serve there this time, hosting their first AFC Championship Game in Arrowhead Stadium’s existence.
This was the first full year of the Patrick Mahomes Experience and he wowed the pants off of everyone, throwing for over 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns on his way to the league MVP award, the first time a Chief had ever won the distinguished award.
Mahomes and the offense dazzled throughout the season putting up mesmerizing numbers all year long. We’ll all remember the video game like numbers that both the Chiefs and Rams put up in that week 11 loss to the Rams (who went on to make the Super Bowl that year).
The 2018 season was magical from beginning to nearly the end and had Dee Ford not jumped off sides, Kansas City would have advanced to the Super Bowl. Unfortunately, he did do that and the Chiefs instead had to settle for a great year and having the league MVP on their team.
The best part of the 2018 season was watching Mahomes do what he did on a week to week basis and knowing that he’d be a member of this team for the unforeseeable future. FINALLY the Kansas City Chiefs had a franchise quarterback who they actually drafted; No more castoffs from other teams, but a homegrown guy who wanted to be here. It was an awesome feeling.
The Chiefs might not have gone to the Super Bowl in 2018, but they finally won a home playoff game and did so against the Colts, a team who had been a thorn in this franchise’s side over the years, especially in the postseason.
They beat down the Colts in the Divisional Round and that truly made Chiefs fans believed that good things can happen to this team in the postseason; They just needed the right quarterback to make the big plays happen.
The only way the 2018 season wouldn’t have been number one on this list would have been if the Chiefs made it to the Super Bowl in 2019 and we all know that ended up happening, so here we are. No one should be upset about the 2018 season being number two on this list because it paved the way for the number one season of the decade.
RANKING EVERY SEASON FROM 2010-2019
NUMBER 1: 2019
- Regular Season Record: 12-4
- Playoff Result: Won Super Bowl LIV vs 49ers
- Biggest Win: Super Bowl LIV vs 49ers (31-20)
- Worst Loss: Week 10 vs Titans (35-32)
- Team MVP: Tyrann Mathieu
- Rookie of the Year: Mecole Hardman
- Notable Achievements: Winning the Super Bowl for the first time in 50 years
Honesty hour – When I first started working on this article in mid December, I had the 2019 season as the third best season of the decade. At that point, the Chiefs were set to be the three seed in the playoffs and while they were red hot, a three seed hasn’t made it to the Super Bowl in quite awhile, so the chances of them making it to the big game as the three seed didn’t seem likely.
Well, we all know now how the 2019 season ended and it was with Andy Reid and company hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in front of millions of viewers. It was the first championship for the Chiefs in 50 years and this team really did have the feel of a special group once they went on their six-game winning streak to close out the regular season.
Before we dive more into all of that, let’s start from the very beginning.
Coming off a 12-4 season, the number one seed, and being so close to making the Super Bowl, it was no wonder why the Chiefs were as hyped as they had ever been in the 2019 season. They picked up right where they had left off, starting the year at 4-0 with Patrick Mahomes continuing his MVP-like performances.
Like there is with every championship team, however, losses started to come. The Chiefs lost two in a row (both at home) to fall to 4-2 on the year and in week seven, it looked like Mahomes would be lost for the rest of the year due to a dislocated knee cap.
After missing two starts (in which the Chiefs went 1-1), Mahomes returned in week ten to the delight of everyone. He played lights out against the Titans, but three awful miscues by the Chiefs led to their fourth loss of the season and all seemed lost.
The team had four losses on their resumé at that point and some difficult games still to come plus the Ravens and Patriots were cooking at that moment, so it really didn’t seem likely that KC could make much noise in the playoffs.
Instead, the Chiefs rattled off six straight wins to close out the regular season.
In the season finale against the Chargers, fans were eagerly monitoring the Patriots/Dolphins game to see if the Fins could pull off the upset there. With a little FitzMagic guiding them, the Dolphins stunned the Patriots, dropping them to the three seed and propelling the Chiefs to the two seed. It was one of those moments where you started to truly believe this could be Kansas City’s year.
In the Divisional Round, the Chiefs fell behind 24-0, but took a 28-24 lead by half time. They went on to blowout the Houston Texans and wound up securing home field advantage in the AFC Championship Game due to the number one seeded Ravens losing.
In the title game, Kansas City once again trailed by double digits, but Mahomes’ insane touchdown run was something we’ll all remember forever. The Chiefs won by 11 points over a pesky Titans team that had had their number over the years and advanced to the Super Bowl for the first time in five decades.
Advancing to the Super Bowl would have been enough to move this season into number one for the decade, but the Chiefs did that one better by winning the whole dang thing. You won’t believe this, but they were down double digits once again and ended up scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter to win the game and be the world champions of football.
With their first Super Bowl title in 50 years, how could the 2019 season NOT be number one?