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The Kansas City Chiefs find themselves in familiar territory, as they are currently on the outside looking in and looking at the playoff picture.
After falling to 6-7 on Sunday night with a loss to the Houston Texans, the Chiefs are the 10th seed in the AFC with just a 12% chance of making the playoffs.
Travis Kelce hasn’t missed the playoffs since his first full season in 2014, but he had a crucial fall on Sunday that led to the loss.
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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) reacts to dropping a pass in front of Houston Texans cornerback Myles Bryant (25) during the fourth quarter at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)
It may be regression to the mean after the Chiefs managed to come away with plenty of wins last year and find answers, but Kelce admitted those answers are currently lost this year.
“I feel like I’ve always had the answers in years past. And this year, I just can’t find them,” Kelce said on his “New Heights” podcast with his brother Jason. “I keep thinking that if I show up to work and I work and I fix the kinks through my practice habits and perfecting the game plan and my fundamentals and what I’ve been taught and try to go wild for my guys next to me, everything is going to come together like years past. And this year just isn’t it, man.”
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) warms up before the game against the Houston Texans at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Amy Kontras/Imagn Images)
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Kelce hinted, when announcing he would return for the 2025 season, that this would be his final NFL campaign. While it’s not set in stone whether Kelce will return for a 14th season in the NFL, it’s certainly not the way he’d want to go out.
“If there’s a game to be played, I’m going to make it the most important game in the world, but obviously, looking at the playoffs, it’s a tough reality to live with, especially with the way we’ve always found a way in years past, so it’s a fucking feeling, especially to drop the fucking ball late in the game like that when we were on our last fucking chance to shake something. It’s a shit feeling, man. You put in all this work to be here for your guys,” Kelce said.
Kelce is on pace to return to the 1,000-yard club for the first time since 2022 (he was 16 yards short in 2023 and didn’t play in two games).
Mahomes threw three interceptions, but he certainly didn’t get any help from his weapons late, as Kelce and Rashee Rice dropped crucial passes.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce leaves the field after an NFL football game against the Houston Texans on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The three-time defending AFC champions have four games left on the schedule to make a run, and their home stretch begins with a matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
