Chiefs News 11/5: No one really cares that the Chiefs lost

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I have four quick takeaways from Mahomes’ performance against the Bills:

The first is fundamentally simple: The QB was bad and the defense was good. The Bills sniffed out what the Chiefs were planning to do, and they generated 20 pressures (?!?!) on 52.6% of his dropbacks. On the back end, the defensive backs played really good, smart coverage. Shoutout to Bills safety Cole Bishop.

Even with Mahomes’ numbers looking bad, it’s remarkable that he nearly won this game — that Allen looked genuinely stressed on the sideline when Mahomes got the ball after a missed field goal. That’s respect. But that’s also the fear that Mahomes has put into Allen through the years.

It’s remarkable that the Chiefs can take a loss like this and no one seems to really care. And that’s because their postseason track record (particularly against the Bills) speaks for itself. The Chiefs just make sure these regular-season defeats don’t end up mattering when the season is over, even if it costs them home-field advantage. Because KC always ends up in the Super Bowl.

And finally, Mahomes converted a fourth-and-17 on what was a really cool and really improbable play. It looked like a fake-rollout play (that fooled Joey Bosa) and allowed Mahomes to throw against the flow of the defense for a huge pickup. How does Andy Reid think of this stuff? It’s just incredible.

The Josh Allen-Patrick Mahomes dance at the top of the MVP odds board took a twirl after the Buffalo Bills beat the odds and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Allen, who spent a few weeks atop the odds board before Mahomes vaulted over him in Week 6, took the lead back with that win.

Allen (+160) has an implied nearly 40 percent likelihood of repeating this year at those odds. Mahomes, who was +140 last week to Allen’s +350, is now in second at +350 (22 percent).

Of course, following these little flips and flops at the top of the odds is sort of like taking a microscope to the proverbial elephant to figure out what it is — and then trying to predict if the elephant is going to win NFL MVP. These two quarterbacks are obviously generational talents, and both could easily win MVP again. Hop on one of them if you want when their odds lengthen a bit, but we’re not learning much from these fluctuations.

Jermod McCoy CB
Tennessee • Jr • 6’0″ / 193 lbs
Projected Team
Kansas City
PROSPECT RNK7th
POSITION RNK1st

McCoy is a physical corner who can play man on an island and is also comfortable in zone looks. He’s in phase on vertical routes, and in run support he comes downhill looking to thump someone. He’s coming off a January ACL injury and while he’s yet to get back on the field, he could end up being the best CB in this class.

Kansas City Chiefs

Panic meter rating: 2.5/10

If the playoffs started today, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs would be on the outside looking in. Kansas City is the No. 8 seed in the AFC and two full games behind the Denver Broncos in the AFC West after losing to the Buffalo Bills in Week 9, but it shouldn’t be worried yet. The Bills have taken down the Chiefs in five straight regular-season matchups, yet Kansas City reached at least the AFC Championship Game after each of the last four.

The Chiefs play the Broncos in Week 10. A win would put the reigning AFC champs right back in the thick of the division race. If they lose, the panic meter rating will look a lot different next Monday.

Around the NFL

A mammoth NFL trade has happened during the deadline with the New York Jets sending 25-year-old All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Indianapolis Colts. The deal was first reported by Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.

The Colts are giving up two first round picks and WR Adonai Mitchell in exchange for the defensive back, which is an incredibly steep price given Gardner’s recent play. It’s a sign that Indianapolis is all-in on trying to cement themselves not just atop the AFC South, but believe they’re capable of making a legitimate Super Bowl run right now while the window is open.

The New York Jets have traded defensive tackle Quinnen Williams to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a first-round pick and more, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport, Tom Pelissero and Mike Garafolo reported.

Williams, the No. 3-overall pick of the 2019 draft and three-time Pro Bowler, arrives in Dallas on the same day the Cowboys acquired linebacker Logan Wilsonfrom the Bengals.

The Jets traded Williams just after sending star cornerback Sauce Gardnerto the Colts for their second stunning blockbuster deal.

Jerry Jones wasn’t bluffing, after all. After foreshadowing on Monday that a deal was in the works, the Cowboys pulled off the first big trade of NFL deadline day by acquiring Bengals veteran linebacker Logan Wilson in exchange for a seventh-round pick.

Wilson, 29, has been a productive player in the middle of Cincinnati’s defense since 2021, his second NFL season. Along with recording at least 100 tackles each year from 2021-24, Wilson also has 11 career picks that includes his critical interception late in the Bengals’ upset win over the Titans in the divisional round of the 2021 playoffs.

The Seahawks are bolstering their banged-up receiving corps by acquiring Rashid Shaheed in a trade with the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Seattle is sending 2026 fourth- and fifth-round picks to New Orleans, the source said.

Shaheed, 27, has 44 receptions for 499 yards and two touchdowns in nine games this season. He reunites with offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who was New Orleans’ offensive coordinator last season. He gives the Seahawks some needed reinforcement at receiver behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba, as Cooper Kupp, Jake Bobo and Dareke Young are all injured.

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VOTING: WR Nikko Remigio (5), P Matt Araiza (2), LB Jeffrey Bassa (1), LS (James Winchester), LB Jack Cochrane (1)

Picking a special teams MVP is always difficult. The plays are the hardest to follow — few fans truly understand the finer points of special teams — and the players change frequently.

But few Kansas City special teams players have drawn more praise from coordinator Dave Toub than the former Fresno State (and California) wideout, who spent his 2023 rookie season on the team’s Reserve/Injured list, began 2024 on the practice squad and has spent all of 2025 on the 53-man roster.

“I’ve gotten used to having him back there,” noted Toub as this season was getting underway. “He just keeps getting better — and he really had a great training camp. He’s become a leader for us, as far as his work ethic and everything he’s about. He’s a great teammate — and he’s a good guy. And I’m happy he’s on the team.”

In early October, Toub raved about him again.

“He’s a guy I can depend on,” he declared. “I call him, ‘the adult in the room.’ He’s the oldest guy back there.”

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