f.Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes knows what must be done to turn losses into wins and is more equipped than ever to do it.f
Oct 8, 2025 3:47 PM EDT
The Kansas City Chiefs are off to a disappointing 2-3 start on the season, but have played much better in each of the past two games.
Although they lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Monday night, the Chiefs executed well when they weren’t shooting themselves in the foot. It seems like they are close to putting it all together and going on a run, but are in danger of falling two games under .500 for already the second time this season.
Kansas City was on the other end luck spectrum last season, winning 11 one-score games. In 2025 the Chiefs are 0-3 in that department, which quarterback Patrick Mahomes acknowledged while speaking to the media on Wednesday.
“We’re just not making winning football plays in certain moments,” Mahomes said. “If it goes down to the interception in the redzone that I threw, that’s a 14-point swing. I feel like we’ve played better these last few weeks, but in this league, it’s going to come down to one-score games. That’s what Coach [Andy] Reid preaches when we start training camp every single year. It’s about who executes at a higher level, and we haven’t done that as a team throughout these first five weeks.”
Chiefs have the right guys in place to right the ship
It’s just a matter of time before Kansas City begins to click on all cylinders and gets back to consistently winning. No other team in the NFL knows how to win better than the Chiefs do. We’ve already seen the offense and defense gel and play as expected coming into the season, now it’s about cleaning up self-inflicted errors.
Most of the burden will come down on Mahomes like usual, and he has more than enough of a track record being able to handle it. He also has the most complete offense around him since the early days of his career. The Chiefs’ offensive line has allowed just one sack over the last two games, and Mahomes is spreading the ball around to numerous playmakers.
Mahomes is playing as well as he ever has, and the statistics are beginning to reflect that. All that’s left now is for K.C.’s win-loss record to also reflect it, as Mahomes went on to say.
“We’re getting better,” Mahomes continued. “That’s all you can do, is get better and better. Obviously we got one more week [until] we add Rashee (wide receiver Rashee Rice), getting him into the offense as well. But at the end of the day, it’s all about winning. I think if we can start making those winning plays, that’s the last step that we need in order to take our offense to the next step.”
Oct 9, 2025 5:24 PM EDT
After the game, fans noticed that Jones had deleted all of his social media accounts. The prevailing thought over it was that Jones was embarrassed about the play, and didn’t want want to see all the negativity surrounding it. However, Jones told the media on Thursday that was not the case.
“I deleted my social media before the game,” Jones said. “I never run from constructive criticism. Never been that guy. Always addressed it head on. There’s a lot you can take from criticism. It’s like fuel. It’s like gas for me, personally. I didn’t delete my social media because of a play that I thought he [Lawrence] was down.
“I deleted my social media days before. I guess people want to address me head on, on social media, and they saw my social media wasn’t active, so they figured that I deleted it for that, but it was deleted couple days before. I don’t mind constructive criticism. It’s actually fuel for me. For me to delete that, I’ve never been a guy to run from it.”
Jones has not always handled things perfectly, but he has always held himself accountable. It’s safe to assume he will learn from the incident and not make the same mistake twice. Jones’ value to the Chiefs’ defense doesn’t always reflect in the stat sheet, but he helps open things up and makes the players around him better.
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