The Chiefs failed to clinch the AFC West on Christmas Day, falling 20-14 to Las Vegas after the Raiders turned two first-half turnovers into touchdowns, which was enough at least to delay an eighth straight division title for Kansas City.
The performance, in which the Chiefs outgained Vegas 308 to 205, and the defense held Aiden O’Connell to 62 yards on 9-of-21 passing, was another uneven one by Andy Reid’s standards. All season long, Kansas City hasn’t found consistency with its offense. Whether it’s been drops, penalties, or, this week, turnovers, something seems to plague the group each week.
With two weeks left in the regular season, Patrick Mahomes believes there’s still time to correct the problems.
“You see glimpses of it,” Mahomes said, via ESPN. “You see glimpses of us moving the football, you see glimpses of us scoring in the red zone. It’s just we haven’t consistently done it enough game in and game out at this end of the season. We kind of had one good game, one bad game, one good game, one bad game, but we have to be more consistent because when you get to the playoffs, you have to string some together.”
