Chiefs fighting for playoff lives against visiting Texans

PRESSED to detail how 10 consecutive playoff berths, with three Super Bowl titles included in that stretch, could bolster the Kansas City Chiefs during these trying times, quarterback Patrick Mahomes was quick to acknowledge how these current circumstances are different.

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The Chiefs (6-6) will host the Houston Texans on Sunday, likely needing a string of wins to keep their playoff streak alive. They are two games out of the playoff picture with both the Texans (7-5) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-6, but ahead on tiebreakers) ahead of them in the standings. The scenario is bleak.

"I don’t know if we've been in this situation this early in the season," Mahomes said. "I think just learning from it together, building together, and using what we can use from prior seasons to hopefully make a run at this thing and try to get ourselves into the playoffs and see where we can go from there.

"This will be a big game for us to showcase who we are and who we can be moving on the rest of the season."