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1 incredibly underrated aspect of Chiefs missing the playoffs<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> are entering uncharted territory this offseason, as it will be the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era that\u00a0they aren’t in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

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For most, it is all doom and gloom.<\/p>\n

The once invincible AFC champs are no longer, and now change is coming for the franchise.<\/p>\n

But offensive coordinator Matt Nagy has given insight into what the Chiefs’ offseason has been like over the years, and having a quieter one might not be the worst thing.<\/p>\n

“It’s weird, it’s different,\u201d Nagy said<\/a>. \u201cSince 2014 that we’ve experienced this feeling. I think about Coach Reid, [Travis] Kelce, Patrick [Mahomes], and Chris [Jones], what they’ve been through from 2018 until now, and not just from the season part, but it’s taxing mentally and physically. Once the Super Bowl ends, you have a week or two, then it’s the combine.<\/p>\n

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“Before you know it, the guys are showing up for OTAs, then it’s summer. When you go eight years in a row like that, that’s long. Now you’re in a weird spot where we’re not experiencing that, it’ll be interesting how a longer off-season is. I just know that we’ll all come back stronger mentally, physically.”<\/p>\n

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Missing playoffs not a bad thing for Chiefs<\/p>\n

Hearing Nagy’s comments, it does sound a little like the Chiefs were simply burnt out.<\/p>\n

Year after year, playing more games than any other team, consistently fighting for a Super Bowl, it can be hard to keep that up both mentally and physically.<\/p>\n

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Maybe 2025 was the year the dam wall broke?<\/p>\n

Now, the Chiefs will turn over the offseason with a clean slate. No playoffs, no nothing for months, as they can finally exhale after years of gold-standard production.<\/p>\n

Yes, being in the playoffs would have been better, but missing out might not be the worst thing in the world.<\/p>\n

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