
Sunday’s Week 15 matchup against the Chargers was an unmitigated disaster for the Chiefs. Playing in front of home fans at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City failed to pull out a must-win game and lost, 16-13, to be eliminated from playoff contention. It’s the first time in a decade the Chiefs have missed the playoffs—and, even worse, Patrick Mahomes went down with an injury in the final minutes of the effectively season-ending loss.
It truly could not have gone worse. Afterwards, Travis Kelce did not want to speak to the media about everything and offered a weak quote for his reasoning.