{"id":244332,"date":"2025-08-29T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=244332"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:41:24","slug":"chiefs-get-reality-check-about-ominous-patrick-mahomes-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/08\/29\/chiefs-get-reality-check-about-ominous-patrick-mahomes-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Get Reality Check About Ominous Patrick Mahomes Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kansas City Chiefs are by no means reaching the end of the road with Patrick Mahomes<\/a>. However, they may be at a significant reckoning point.<\/p>\n

Entering his ninth NFL season, and the eighth as the Chiefs\u2019 starting quarterback, Mahomes, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, is as accomplished as any player before him when counting his individual and team accolades.<\/p>\n

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Key Factor in Ominous Trend<\/h2>\n

Chiefs Defense Covering For Patrick Mahomes, Offense<\/h3>\n

As his 30th birthday nears, things have changed drastically around Mahomes since Year 1 with the Chiefs. The Athletic\u2019s Jeff Howe noted the \u201csurreal\u201d way conversations around the Chiefs have \u201cchanged,\u201d particularly over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a discussion of their roster makeup with rival executives, the conversation quickly pivots to their defensive identity,\u201d Howe wrote<\/a> on August 29. \u201cNo one is diminishing Patrick Mahomes\u2019 body of work, but the ongoing turnover in offensive personnel has taken a toll on his statistical production. The Chiefs averaged 493 points during Mahomes\u2019 first five seasons as the full-time starter, but just 378 over the past two seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mahomes' first TD pass of the game \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n

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— NFL (@NFL) August 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n