The Kansas City Chiefs’ offense has taken a step back in recent years, statistically speaking, but they haven’t been fully healthy, and that has impacted their overall production.
In 2025, at least as of June 28, they are healthier and well-stocked with young, offensive playmakers. And yet, the Chiefs’ offense was just ranked an astounding 12th ahead of the new season within a Pro Football Network document that was shared with Heavy.
On the surface, this offensive ranking is straight up insulting, considering everything Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs have done over the past seven years. But PFN did offer a somewhat complimentary explanation of why they have Kansas City so low.
“Remember having group projects in school where one member would seem wildly unprepared during the class time allotted for the assignment, only to show up and crush the final presentation?” Pro Football Network wrote, regarding KC.
Reasoning: “The Kansas City Chiefs were a top-five unit for four straight years (2019-22), but have developed into a ‘it’s not if, but when’ we peak sort of team. They are the opposite of the [Buffalo] Bills/[Baltimore] Ravens; we will trust them to get it together at the right time until they don’t.”
Having said that, they added that “the odds of Kansas City finishing much higher than [12th] don’t seem too likely (an explosive Rashee Rice season could change some things), but that’s more because they don’t have the desire to, not because its ceiling is any different than some of the names sitting atop this list.”
For those wondering, the NFL offenses ranked above the Chiefs were the Detroit Lions, Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bills, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Commanders, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams, in that order.
Patrick Mahomes & Chiefs Must Play With More Urgency on Offense
If the biggest knock on the Chiefs’ offense is that they “don’t have the desire to” finish atop the list of production, that’s not the worst thing.
However, it does point out an area where Mahomes and Kansas City could potentially improve.
Most years, head coach Andy Reid doesn’t like to bust out all of his new tricks and offensive plays until late in the season. So, that’s unlikely to change — and it shouldn’t either, considering the Chiefs have had a lot of playoff success utilizing this strategy.
But that doesn’t mean Mahomes, Travis Kelce and his collection of offensive skill position players cannot aspire to ramp things up a notch and play with more urgency in 2025.
Kansas City won a lot of one-score games last year, and the expectation is that their luck will change if that happens again this season. One way to defend against that theory is to blow teams out of the water, like the Chiefs of old.
Perhaps, it’s time to unlock that former top-ranked offense once again.
Patrick Mahomes Is Still Chiefs’ Most Likely MVP & Offensive Player of the Year Candidate
Despite being snubbed as a top 10 offense, Mahomes is still the Chiefs’ most likely Offensive Player of the Year candidate in 2025, according to Pro Football Network.
“Patrick Mahomes was the last MVP to also win Offensive Player of the Year in the same season. Could he perhaps do it again in 2025?” The analysts at PFN pondered.
“The Kansas City Chiefs have a talented group of weapons for Mahomes to throw to, and they invested heavily at offensive tackle this offseason,” they continued. “He remains a perennial MVP contender, but if Mahomes can bounce back to his 2022 level of MVP production, a corresponding OPOY award could be in his future.”
It seems the prognosis isn’t all bad for Mahomes and the Chiefs.
