Chiefs' alternate reality: Kansas City would be 2-11 if their one-score game results were flipped in 2024

The Kansas City Chiefs are 11-1 and have won several games by inches, similarly to the 2003/04 New England Patriots. Colin Cowherd and Tom Brady compare the two teams and ask if the Chiefs' recent loss to the

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Patrick Mahomes gets the ball, the Kansas City Chiefs drive down the field in the final seconds and win the game. 

Or how about this: the Chiefs defense comes through with a clutch fourth-down play to ice a victory. 

Andy Reid’s crew has pulled this off for the past few years, as this Chiefs team has developed into a dynasty. However, the 2024 season has been so crazy when it comes to last-second wins or close games for Kansas City, that even the head coach has to smile talking about it. 

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, #15, throws before the start of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

"It’s a unique year," Reid told reporters after his team’s latest game-winning, field-goal victory. "They’re all unique, [but] this one is unique from the standpoint that we’ve had a lot of close games. We’ve been able to battle through some things to get these victories. I’m sure we’ll continue to do that."

Ask Mahomes, Travis Kelce and others on the Chiefs, and they’ll tell you they don’t want to be in this position every single week. However, the reality of the NFL is great teams win those close games, and the Chiefs do it constantly. 

In fact, if the results were flipped this season in games the Chiefs won by one score or less, they would be 2-11 at the bottom of the barrel in the NFL standings. 

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