Kansas City have fallen off badly after a good start. They’ll now consider whether to risk bringing in the talented but unproven Patrick Mahomes
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid is not an impulsive man. He learned at the feet of Mike Holmgren, a coach who could be maddening at times in his devotion to an offense he trusted and the players he believed would make it work. Holmgren didn’t bench many players if they had a few bad weeks and Reid has rarely done the same himself.
But even Reid can’t sit patient watching his offense stagnate as his team stumbles into an abyss from which it may not recover this season. On Sunday, Kansas City lost for the fifth time in six games with a dismal 16-10 home loss to Buffalo. A team that started the season 5-0 with big victories over New England and Philadelphia, and seemed like a true Super Bowl contender are now 6-5 and in first place in the AFC West by the grace of a dreadful division.
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