Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ Playoff Probabilities in Doubt After Sunday Night time Soccer Loss to Houston Texans

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ postseason period is up within the air.

After dropping 20-10 to the Houston Texans on Sunday, Dec. 7 and dropping to 6-7 on the season, the franchise’s likelihood of creating the playoffs has dwindled to about 11%, in accordance with NFL.com.

The workforce has had bother discovering traction this season, with early accidents and the six-game suspension of broad receiver Rashee Rice hamstringing their offensive efforts.

Travis Kelce — in his thirteenth and probably closing NFL season — set a franchise file for receptions, however going into Sunday night time’s recreation, had posted 59 receptions for 719 yards on the yr.

Within the recreation, Kelce solely had one reception for eight yards marking his least-productive recreation of the season. Late within the fourth, he dropped two key passes, together with one which resulted in an interception.

Regardless of the season-long struggles, Kelce shared that he appreciated his workforce’s probabilities earlier this week.

“What’s actual is that we nonetheless have an opportunity, child, and that is all that f—ing issues to me, is we acquired an opportunity and we preserve coming into work with the mentality and the sense of urgency that we have to should get the ship mounted,” Kelce, 36, informed his brother Jason Kelce on their podcast New Heights.

The tight finish stated he is “certain everyone seems to be sick of us saying it,” earlier than claiming the Chiefs have been “a couple of performs away from being a one seed in my thoughts.”

Kelce added that he believed the issue was that the workforce was “simply not scoring sufficient.”

On Sunday, that was definitely the case.

Dealing with the NFL’s No. 1 protection, the Chiefs remained scoreless via the primary half and missed the chance to place factors on the board after kicker Harrison Butker missed a 43-yard subject purpose with a few minute remaining within the second quarter.

The second half acquired a bit higher after the Chiefs settled in and scored a landing, bringing the rating to 10-7, Texans. However quarterback Patrick Mahomes, limping at occasions and searching of types, was harassed all night time by the Texans’ oppressive protection.

Now the Chiefs will decide up the items — and can needn’t solely to win their remaining 4 video games, but additionally get some assist from a couple of different groups to lose — with a purpose to preserve their six-year streak of showing within the Tremendous Bowl alive.