Strap in, friends, I’m here to predict the improbable and sometimes ridiculous with reckless abandon. Bold Predictions: Week 12, AFC West Edition. If you’re looking for logic-supported certainty, this ain’t it.

Sunday's 22-19 loss to the Broncos on Wil Lutz's 35-yard field goal as time expired makes a record-tying 10th straight division crown a long shot. The Chiefs are currently out of playoff position; they haven't missed the postseason since 2014.

The Kansas City Chiefs find themselves in a situation that they haven't really experienced since Patrick Mahomes became the starting quarterback in 2018.

Welcome back to my weekly AFC West check-in – a quick, data-driven power ranking that tracks how the divisional shifts from Sunday to Sunday. Rankings aren’t box-score trophies – they’re context-adjusted judgments on where these teams are at and who’s sitting pole week to week.

Their streak of nine straight AFC West titles appears to be over. And if Kansas City is unable to get on track soon, so could its decade-long streak of playoff appearances, which predates Mahomes' days as the starting quarterback by a full three years.