The Chiefs arrived at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday morning staring right at a possibility they hadn’t faced since Patrick Mahomes was a freshman at Texas Tech in 2014: postseason elimination in the regular season. The Chiefs still had a hand in their fate; a victory Sunday would have staved off elimination for another week.

After Patrick Mahomes arrived in Kansas City in 2017, the Chiefs have made it to the conference championships seven times in a row. But this positive streak is expected to get disrupted in the 2025 season playoffs.

Justin Herbert and the Chargers look to defeat Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in freezing temperatures Sunday at 10 a.m. PST (CBS, Paramount+).

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