Spreadsheet Warriors: Chargers

The latest newsletter from KCSN Sports Data Scientist, Joseph Hefner

Every week, the Chiefs look like they are going to lose the game, and every week, they just keep on winning. It is a new experience every time. Blocked walk-off field goal. Early snap leading to a fumble. Walk-off field goal doinked off the left upright. The Chiefs are inventing new ways to win at the last possible moment in the game.

What a ride this season has been.

12 and 1 with four games remaining. The Bills lost this past weekend to the Rams, and face the Detroit Lions next. That gives the Chiefs a two game lead on the rest of the AFC for the 1 seed and the bye week in the playoffs. A bye week is something this team desperately needs, especially with all the older players they have been bringing in due to injuries.

A week for Kelce and Chris Jones to catch their breath. A week for Mahomes to recover from all the hits he has taken this season. A week to help settle the offensive line in preparation for the playoffs. A week for Spags and Merritt to figure out how to best utilize the defensive backs they have and stem the bleeding from the Jaylen Watson injury.