With the final week of OTA sessions wrapping up this week before next week’s mandatory mini-camp, the national media is very optimistic about the Chiefs’ ability to reach their fourth consecutive Super Bowl.
The Kansas City Chiefs remain the top team in the NFL. With seven primetime TV slots spanning both traditional broadcasting and streaming services, they have emerged as the league’s new cash cow. However, following a disastrous loss in Super Bowl LIX, many believe the window for their current dynasty has closed, while others disagree.
So, which one is it?
Chiefs Dynasty’s Window
As a fan who endured fifty years between Super Bowl wins, I believe the window is wide open for the Chiefs. The national narrative seems to agree, and the Chiefs enter the 2025 season on paper with likely their best roster since trading away wide receiver Tyreek Hill four years ago.
With Patrick Mahomes in the huddle, the Chiefs will always be Super Bowl contenders. That can’t be said for any other quarterback in the game today. While he holds a 3-2 record in Super Bowls, no other quarterback since Tom Brady retired has appeared in two, except for the Eagles’ Jalen Hurts. Although he outperformed Mahomes last season, he’s not considered an elite quarterback.
Don’t get me wrong; he’s very talented and has all the qualities of a potential superstar, but most quarterback rankings place him near the bottom of the top ten in the game today. Mahomes is generally at the top, and who knows how much damage he will do in 2025 with the weight of that Super Bowl loss on his shoulders.
General Manager Brett Veach has done a terrific job of building a competitive roster with limited cap space. Head Coach Andy Reid has done his best work with the roster he’s been given.
Three Super Bowl wins are nothing to sneeze at, and this trio has shown they can win with both highly talented teams and those with lesser talent.
That may explain why the Chiefs are where they are today and why NFL experts think they could be even better than their 15-2 team from last year.
Help in the Trenches
The key to their future, however, might unfairly rest on a rookie left tackle coming off a serious knee injury, who nearly slid out of the first round. Josh Simmons is the real deal, but for the Chiefs’ dynasty to continue its dominance in the NFL, he must become their Trent Williams.
The San Francisco left tackle is the game’s best, and people have compared Simmons to Williams. That’s unfair because there’s no guarantee he’ll start this season for the Chiefs.
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With Williams’ 49ers understudy on the Chiefs roster, Jaylon Moore, he seems to be the team’s starting left tackle this season. Thus, Williams likely remains on the bench, waiting for his opportunity.
As for his health, all signs indicate that he will be a full participant in training camp in July.
Mahomes has already noted how impressive he looks in practice and must be excited about their future together in the NFL. He’s not wrong, but that’s an understatement about why this duo will be central to the Chiefs dynasty.
If it continues, Simmons must be the enforcer on the offensive line, setting the tone for the offense. Mahomes has been sacked frequently over the last two-plus seasons due to the offensive line’s struggles with the tackle position.
However, that could change quickly if Reid can manage to have Moore and Williams on the field simultaneously. Despite a large contract, it’s possible that starting tackle Jawaan Taylor could lose his position to one of the Chiefs’ projected starting left tackles.
Taylor has been dealing with a knee issue, and now that he’s in the third year of his four-year contract signed with the Chiefs before the 2023 NFL season, he will almost certainly be released after the postseason.
Andy Reid has stated that the best five will start on the offensive line. We will see if that holds during training camp. For now, we await Simmons and the answer to our question about the Chiefs’ dynasty.
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