The Kansas City Chiefs are getting very close to the end of the road.
Most seasons in recent memory, there's not even a question as to whether the Chiefs will make it into the playoffs.
This year, the Chiefs are in trouble, and at this point, it feels like grave danger. A loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football in Week 14 has dropped the Chiefs to 6-7 on the season with four games to play.
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Can the Chiefs still make the playoffs?
Technically, yes, the Chiefs can still make the playoffs. They haven't been mathematically eliminated or anything like that.
But the path is tough.
As of Sunday night, the three AFC wild card teams would be the Bills (9-4), Texans (8-5) and Chargers (8-4 before playing Monday night).
The Chiefs are two games back of the Texans (and now have lost the tiebreaker), three of the Bills (and don't have the tiebreaker) and could be as much as three back of the Chargers, too, if they beat the Eagles on Monday.
The Colts are ahead of the Chiefs, too, at 8-5 themselves and just out of the wild card on the tiebreaker of themselves vs. The Texans (that could still change in Week 18).
The Chiefs are only even with the 6-7 Baltimore Ravens in second place in the AFC North, although at least the Chiefs hold that tiebreaker.
It's looking very, very dire for the Chiefs. They might have too much ground to make up, too many teams to catch up to and pass with too little time to make it happen.
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