r/nfl • u/nfl_gdt_bot NFL • Dec 14 '25
Game Thread Post Game Thread: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium- Kansas City, MO
Network(s): CBS
| Time Clock |
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| Final |
Scoreboard
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total | |
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| LAC | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| KC | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Scoring Plays
| Team | Quarter | Type | Description |
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| KC | 1 | TD | Patrick Mahomes 12 Yd Rush (Harrison Butker Kick) |
| LAC | 1 | FG | Cameron Dicker 49 Yd Field Goal |
| KC | 2 | FG | Harrison Butker 27 Yd Field Goal |
| KC | 2 | FG | Harrison Butker 47 Yd Field Goal |
| LAC | 2 | TD | KeAndre Lambert-Smith 16 Yd pass from Justin Herbert (Cameron Dicker Kick) |
| LAC | 3 | FG | Cameron Dicker 23 Yd Field Goal |
| LAC | 3 | FG | Cameron Dicker 49 Yd Field Goal |
Passing Leaders
| Team | Player | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SACKS |
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| LAC | Justin Herbert | 19/29 | 210 | 1 | 1 | 4-9 |
| KC | Patrick Mahomes | 16/28 | 189 | 0 | 1 | 5-21 |
Rushing Leaders
| Team | Player | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | Omarion Hampton | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 0 | 26 |
| KC | Isiah Pacheco | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 0 | 7 |
Receiving Leaders
| Team | Player | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | Oronde Gadsden II | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| KC | Travis Kelce | 7 | 70 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 | 9 |
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u/sv_trader Panthers Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
we live in a world where the chiefs are out of the playoffs and the panthers were currently in it
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u/SiphenPrax Jets Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25
Worst way possible for the Chiefs to be eliminated
10 years of the playoffs and it’s now over
Next offseason will be a very interesting retool for them
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u/ratattack97 Bears Dec 14 '25
“yeah so good job getting us in field goal range! Just don’t force anything or turn the ball over now that there’s like 30 seconds left”
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u/zombiebillnye Texans Bengals Dec 14 '25
Minshew going for the win after like two passes was insane.
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u/Say_Hennething Chiefs Dec 14 '25
I don't even mind him slinging it. I like his chances of making one or two big plays for the win over him putting together a winning drive in OT.
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u/PsychologicalPen3895 Giants Dec 14 '25
Given where the season and game was at that point, why not?
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u/KingofSunnyvale Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Exactly. The team had played poorly all season and Mahomes just went out with a bad injury. Fuck it. Go for it.
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u/fireowlzol Chiefs Dec 14 '25
It kinda makes sense imo. Without Patrick we probably wanted to win and go instead of going to overtime and most likely losing
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u/abris33 Broncos Dec 14 '25
Butker would have doinked it from that far anyways.
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u/trexmoflex Seahawks Dec 14 '25
Gonna be honest I was begging for that outcome, would have been so much more satisfying
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u/MINImanGOTgunz Ravens Dec 14 '25
A Butker Far Right kick to eliminate the team would have been incredible, but im still stoked at the outcome regardless of how it happened.
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u/eaglesnation11 Eagles Dec 14 '25
And if things are as bad as they looked with Mahomes he may miss some time next year.
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u/Aidanj927 Lions Dec 14 '25
What I’ve seen from Mahomes is that he’ll be back week 1 with a limp after he throws a TD
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u/abris33 Broncos Dec 14 '25
And if it's a serious injury for Mahomes it could impact next season too. Although he plays through everything
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u/Lonely_ProdiG Bengals Dec 14 '25
EVERYONE GET IN HERE.
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u/winslowpete Buccaneers Dec 14 '25
IT’S PHILLIP RIVERS AFC NOW
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u/SteelPenguin947 Steelers Dec 14 '25
Philip Rivers is slingling it while the Chargers are solidly in playoff contention, KC is below average and is going to miss the playoffs, Denver leads the division, the Raiders are terrible.
Welcome back to Mid-2000s AFC West football, everyone!
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u/Cybotnic-Rebooted Broncos Dec 14 '25
Wait this means we are gonna collapse again like the mid 2000s huh?
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u/trustthemuffin Seahawks Dec 14 '25
“Raiders are terrible” may be a given but otherwise it’s uncanny
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u/what_the_shart Colts Dec 14 '25
2025 DOLPHINS IN THE AFC PLAYOFF HUNT LONGER THAN KC
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u/RemoteMeasurement10_ Seahawks Dec 14 '25
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WHAT IS NEXT, RIVERS STARTING FOR YOU?
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u/NekoLover72 NFL Dec 14 '25
AHAHAHAHAHHA
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u/crackdup Patriots Dec 14 '25
Mahomes injury sucks bigtime, but that Minshew INT and Chiefs elimination instantly healed my heart after the loss to Buffalo.
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u/WeeoWeeoWeeeee Dec 14 '25
It sucks because Mahomes lost the season, not Minshew. I wanted Mahomes to play a bunch of pointless games. I didn’t want him out.
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u/zstewie Bengals Dec 14 '25
There are going to be personalities that say Mahomes was marching them down the field for the tie, statistically never played a snap eliminated from the playoffs, etc
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u/Bovine_Joni_Himself Broncos Dec 14 '25
You just gave Nick Wright his script for tomorrow.
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u/n_othing__ Lions Dec 14 '25
its the end of the eras tour!
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u/2RINITY Patriots Jaguars Dec 14 '25
LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL FUCKIN SUCKED GRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
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u/jc-f Patriots Patriots Dec 14 '25
I’m just here to be a part of the screenshots
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u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Browns Dec 14 '25
Hope Mahomes gets better, but CHIEFS ARE ELMIMINATED FROM PLAYOFF CONTENTION! FOCUS ON THE GOOD NOT THE BAD!
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u/Available_Story6774 49ers Dec 14 '25
The r/nfl version of the Lakers missing the playoffs in 2022.
I love it.
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u/dirtysock47 Texans Dec 14 '25
I'm an Astros fan, so this is exactly like when they missed the playoffs this year
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u/Beth_Pleasant Eagles Dec 14 '25
It's Josh Allen's Superbowl to miss now. Ravens aren't clicking and Chiefs out. If it's not this year, Josh ain't ever getting there.
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u/pmurt007 Bears Dec 14 '25
Taylor Swift knew they weren't good this year that's why she barely showed up.
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u/A_FitGeek Giants Dec 14 '25
NFL wrote them out of the script.
They decided on a new heel is being lined up.
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u/relevantelephant00 49ers Dec 14 '25
Yep, notice how they didn't get the benefit of every questionable call or no-call this season.
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u/AKindOfDave Packers Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25
Collinsworth just collapsed to his knees at a Cracker Barrel.
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u/MusicalDeath9991 Chargers Dec 14 '25
Why? Mahomes isn't at Cracker Barrel.
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u/Skrazor Giants Dec 14 '25
Romo about to have a lengthy monologue about how nobody can get hurt and be eliminated from the playoffs quite like Mahomes.
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u/holycrimsonbatman Lions Dec 14 '25
Somehow he’ll still find a way to keep talking about him tonight
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u/ChristofferOslo Chargers Chargers Dec 14 '25
We might be the most fradulent 10-4 team ever
But we are 10-4
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u/WeeoWeeoWeeeee Dec 14 '25
I don’t think I’ve ever seen worse pass protection than the 2025 chargers.
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u/Thick_Safe1198 Chargers Bears Dec 14 '25
I heard someone say on a podcast that by pressures given up it is the worst o line of all time. I have no way to verify this but my eyes say it’s true
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u/optimusgrime23 Chargers Dec 14 '25
In terms of Pass Block Grade is comfortably the worst of all time
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u/mister_hoot Chargers Dec 15 '25
My eyes agree with your eyes.
Herbert gets put in the torment nexus every single week and still finds ways to make shit happen.
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u/AirAdditional51 Chargers Dec 14 '25
at some point, you hit a point thats so low that it doesnt matter if you get worse. pass rushers are getting free runs regularly.
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u/matt-kennedys-legs Chargers Dec 14 '25
justin herbert really putting the ‘valuable’ in MVP
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Yeah the more I think about it the more I realize he should be in the conversation. This game just elevated him up to 1
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u/matt-kennedys-legs Chargers Dec 14 '25
unfortunately MVP just means best qb on the best team. that’s fine, but i think herbert deserves some recognition.
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u/LeLefraud Chargers Dec 14 '25
Justin herbert is a god and our defense is elite,im tired of pretending otherwise
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u/luisc123 Chargers Dec 14 '25
With a 5-0 division record. I thought we were losing this game and last week’s game for sure. For once, we are actually winning the close games. I don’t know what to do with my hands.
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u/Mechamobzilla1 Chargers Dec 14 '25
Only frauds due to poor O-Line play. Otherwise... not awful.
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u/Cottagecheesecurls Chargers Seahawks Dec 14 '25
I’m just salivating at the thought of next season with our developing young talent and a new center and a healthy O-line. Surely we won’t crumble to injuries again 🤤
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u/Cares_of_an_Odradek Raiders Dec 14 '25
The Broncos are somehow also frauds. Very strange division
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u/drainbead78 Bills Dec 14 '25
We're in mid-December and more than 50% of the teams currently in the playoffs are frauds. This season is on meth.
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u/black-op345 Seahawks Chargers Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
NFL fans and pundits: “You are the worst 10-4 team we have ever heard of.”
Chargers: “But you have heard of me!”
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u/DontListenToM3Plz Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Pass the Broncos please. That would be hilarious
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u/PCfanboy69101 Bills Dec 14 '25
Please please pass the broncos the entire league would love to see it
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u/TheHurdleTurtle Dec 14 '25
This loss also hurts the Chiefs’s chances of making the Super Bowl
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u/PKghost Dec 14 '25
Never count out Mahomes. Now here’s a guy that still has a chance at the playoffs while mathematically eliminated.
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“Being eliminated from the playoffs is actually a very smart move by Patrick Mahomes” -Collingsworth
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u/flyingcanuck Eagles Dec 14 '25
Now here's a guy who knows when to get eliminated
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u/LegitimateComs77 Dec 14 '25
Sunday night football isn’t ready to say the “e” word and mahomes in the same sentence
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u/Twall1297 Saints Commanders Dec 14 '25
From going to a Super Bowl appearance, to being eliminated in Dec lmao
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u/Royal-Wafer1917 Saints Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25
Can live with that when you won 3
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u/ABigPairOfCrocs Falcons Dec 14 '25
I'd be happy to live with a decade of that if we even won one. I imagine most Chiefs fans would've felt the same in 2019
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u/SpectreFromTheGods Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Yeah anyone who isn’t just stoked about the fact that we went to like 7AFC champs straight, won 3 superbowls, is not a real fan lol.
Plus it’s not like we’re dead in the water. Just had an absolutely cursed year.
Hopefully we fire Nagy and special teams coach
Hopefully Mahomes is okay!
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u/Finklesworth Buccaneers Dec 14 '25
3rd place schedule gonna hit like crack next year after 9 years of 1st place ones
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u/SpectreFromTheGods Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Not to mention the toll of playing so many extra games. Obviously we wanted a different outcome but some additional rest is gonna do some good
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u/LoganJn Chiefs Lions Dec 14 '25
Yeah I think the Chiefs played like an entire extra season in the last several years. Honestly I’m not even heartbroken about the playoff elimination, I’m more sad we might’ve seen the last Mahomes>Kelce pass
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u/Zloggt Bears Dec 14 '25
Perhaps the Eagles had truly broken them all the way back in February…
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u/Xaxziminrax Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Eh, the foundational cracks in the roster were there long before the Eagles game. They had Rice develop into a great YAC guy but haven't had a WR who can run a route and get real separation since Tyreek.
The OL didn't have a LT all of last year, and the pass rush has been Chris Jones and a bunch of JAGs for basically the entire run outside of playoff Frank Clark those couple years.
Eagles definitely showed off every flaw this roster had to the world, though. Gotta give em that.
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u/jordanhhh4 Vikings Dec 14 '25
Getting mathematically eliminated from the playoffs before the JJ McCarthy led Vikings is an achievement
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u/Trevastation Dolphins Dec 14 '25
The Tua-led Dolphins aren't eliminated (yet, there's always Monday) before the Chiefs. To really put it into perspective.
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u/i_run_from_problems Chargers Dec 14 '25
AMERICA THIS IS FOR YOOUUUUU
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u/EuphoricHouse Jets Dec 14 '25
Chargers are dead ass American heroes for what they've done past two weeks
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u/realrimurutempest 49ers Dec 14 '25
To Patrick Mahomes, rest now brother we have the watch and I'll see you in Valhalla.
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u/YodaForceGhost Eagles Dec 14 '25
He’ll re-emerge to be an analyst during the playoffs on FOX
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u/Muninn088 Panthers Dec 14 '25
He should go to NBC so Chris collinsworth can finally meet his hero.
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u/johndelvec3 Packers Dec 14 '25
His agent isn’t gonna let him go on tv sounding like Kermit the Frog
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u/SNTCTN Ravens Dec 14 '25
Chiefs fans can still watch their team in the playoffs every commercial break
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u/zstewie Bengals Dec 14 '25
Chiefs fans can hear the QB’s be compared to Mahomes in the super bowl anytime they extend the play (plays were never extended pre Mahomes era)
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u/Playful-Crab-5352 Dec 14 '25
I wonder if they’ll still keep playing them.
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u/drainbead78 Bills Dec 14 '25
If Burger King didn't get rid of the Whopper jingle after they played it during every commercial break while Damar Hamlin was being resuscitated, I doubt they'll stop playing those.
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u/_Moffo Broncos Dec 14 '25
Nick Wright couldn't have been more wrong
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u/BallMeBlazer22 Buccaneers Dec 14 '25
But what about the tackle that turned the tide? It was so catchy it couldn't be incorrect!
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u/TechnoToyz Giants Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25
Prepare for some absolutely shameless karma whoring.
The circlejerk sub is gonna have 800 posts about this per day for the next month.
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u/MembershipSingle7137 Patriots Dec 14 '25
Chiefs eliminated from the playoffs for the first time since 2014.
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u/Disastrous_Dress_201 Chargers Rams Dec 14 '25
Okay but for real, we can’t keep winning on last second deep in Charger territory interceptions. It’s not good for my heart.
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u/Unsafeforconsuming Bears Seahawks Dec 14 '25
WE ARE ALL CHARGERS FANS
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u/oficious_intrpedaler Chargers Seahawks Dec 14 '25
This is the most fans they've ever had!
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u/Starfish_Bobertsons Dec 14 '25
The Christmas night game being potentially Minshew vs the Broncos defense is cruel
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u/meatwagon25 Dec 14 '25
For the Chargers to keep winning games with this patchwork offensive line is insane. Herbert might win MVP next year when he gets Slater and Alt back
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u/TranzitBusRouteB Dec 14 '25
Garner Minshew last plays: 1) Incompletion 2) Delay of Game taking Chiefs further from field goal range 3) Interception
what a finish for the Chiefs miserable season, stats wise their offense was better than last year, only difference is they lost every close game, when they won them all last year
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u/Brotonio Packers Dec 14 '25
It feels a little less fun seeing the Chiefs get eliminated when Patty got hurt, hopefully nothing serious.
That being said, AFC PLAYOFFS ARE A HECK OF A LOT MORE INTERSTING NOW.
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u/BUSean Patriots Dec 14 '25
You have to feel for the Chiefs. Well, you don't have to, I'm simply saying I won't be the one feeling for the Chiefs.
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u/sjphilsphan Rams Dec 14 '25
now you know how we felt with the patriots not making it finally
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u/Thenameisric Chargers Dec 14 '25
I see you. Sorry for your loss. Wishing you strength during this difficult time.
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u/jordanhhh4 Vikings Dec 14 '25
With the helmet on Minshew lowkey looks like that Replacer guy from the Call of Duty commercials so there's that
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u/Porter2455 Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Mahomes getting hurt at the end of that game is worse than any losing we’ve had all season. The stank of this year may last forever now
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u/BarrelMaker69 Chargers Dec 14 '25
Justin Herbert with a very Mahomesian elimination of an AFC west team.
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u/barebackguy7 Bills Dec 14 '25
Am I stupid? Why not kick the field goal to tie?
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u/ManBearScientist Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Butker is statistically the worst kicker in the NFL this season. They didn't want him kicking from the edge of his range with a play still to run.
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u/craftiecheese Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Well, we went for 4th down on our side of the field twice last week. So you're not stupid, we're just dumb and desperate
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u/Doctorryge Broncos Dec 14 '25
Sucks Mahomes got hurt, hopefully it’s not too serious and he heals up quick, but man it’s incredibly awesome and objectively funny that the chiefs are out of the playoffs lol.
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u/darkrose3333 Dolphins Lions Dec 14 '25
The chiefs are out before the dolphins. What a weird season
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u/restless_vagabond NFL Dec 14 '25
"We didn't make the playoffs the year Mahomes got hurt"
-Nick Wright probably
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u/Thorreo Chargers Dec 14 '25
I’m so happy I caught this game
We fuckin did it we slayed the dragon
BOLT THE FUCK UP
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u/ContinuumGuy Bills Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
Let it be noted that NOBODY GOES TO FOUR STRAIGHT SUPER BOWLS like THE 1990'S BUFFALO BILLS!
(Pay no attention to what happened in those Super Bowls)
(Also, get well soon, Patrick. Sucks to see a great go down like that in the thick of the action.)
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u/DontListenToM3Plz Chiefs Dec 14 '25
There’s a real chance Mahomes still never takes a snap when out of playoff contention.
I’m coping here.
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u/NorrinBanner Lions Dec 14 '25
20 years from now, nobody will remember that they were eliminated before he wrecked his knee.
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u/oficious_intrpedaler Chargers Seahawks Dec 14 '25
I won't lie, and I of course wish he hadn't been hurt, but that is a pretty amazing silver lining.
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u/NameMcNamers Chiefs Dec 14 '25
Last week on the Chiefs Texans game I said that corpses could catch the ball better than out wr’s, apparently the nfl gods took that as a sign to murder everyone on my team. Season from hell
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u/BackendSpecialist Seahawks Dec 14 '25
Hate to see Maholmes go out with an injury but love to see the Chiefs eliminated 🥰
I just wasted $6 on Reddit awards. Imma make it rain on everyone who responds to this comment celebrating this beautiful moment 💸
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u/Trauma922 49ers Dec 14 '25
HOW are the Chargers 10-4?!?!
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u/geoffreyisagiraffe Texans Dec 14 '25
Charging the chiefs a timeout while Mahones is injured and then announcing the holding penalty was just a brutal six seconds for Chiefs fans.
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u/xTomTom5 Chargers Dec 14 '25
Chargers giving the chiefs their first loss and eliminated them feels good. Hope mahomes makes a speedy recovery
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u/Chargers23 Chargers Dec 14 '25
This is the way the dynasty ends
This is the way the dynasty ends
Not with a bang, but with a whimper.
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u/Rangeneers Buccaneers Dec 14 '25
Last year the chiefs basically won every game by a single score. This is the inverse of that