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Outside Kansas City, obituaries for its dynasty are being prepared in anticipation of a passing after the Chiefs fell to 5-5.

However, there is no panic from Andy Reid.

“Yeah, we’re not quite as negative as the outside world is here,” Reid said half-chuckling, via the team’s official transcript. “We know what we need to clean up, and we need to do it. But the guys, they get it.

Some of these guys have been through some pretty good seasons, and it isn’t like this one’s lost. We just got to clean up a few of these things and the urgency level, obviously, we got to make sure we take care of that now.”

The comedy of the situation is that the Chiefs are actually playing better than a year ago when they came out on the winning side of a trove of close games to start 10-1 at this stage. This year, the regression to the mean has been stark.

Sunday’s loss pushed the Chiefs to 0-5 in one-score games. They’re one of three teams to be winless in one-score games in 2025 (also the Saints and Commanders). Kansas City went 12-0 in one-score games in 2024 (including playoffs). Reid said the key to a late-season turnaround is taking it one game at time.

“I mentioned that to them after the game, actually,” he said. “What can you do? (What) you can do is get yourself ready to play Indianapolis. That’s what you can do. Everything else is involved with a crystal ball. You can take care of today and tomorrow and the following day. Let’s start there.”