NFL fans are all saying the same thing after Chiefs suffer stunning 38-0 loss without Kelce and Mahomes
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NFL fans are convinced the Kansas City Chiefs deliberately lost their regular-season finale against the Broncos... in a bid to avoid facing the Bengals in the playoffs!. Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and Co traveled to Colorado for their Week 18 matchup with little to play for and Andy Reid rested most of his big guns ahead of the postseason.
![[Travis Kelce was also inactive as the Chiefs lost 38-0 for only their second defeat of the year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/00/93766657-14253125-image-a-34_1736122216669.jpg)
While there was little on the line for the reigning Super Bowl champions, the game did have huge implications elsewhere, with the Bengals on the outside looking in and hoping that Kansas City would do them a favor and stop the Broncos from winning. Instead, the Broncos sealed their first playoff spot in eight years with a remarkable 38-0 victory over the Chiefs, who were 15-1 heading into the game.
![[Fans claimed the Chiefs were scared to face Joe Burrow and the Bengals in the playoffs again]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/00/93767211-14253125-image-a-46_1736123248579.jpg)
The Bengals and the Chiefs have plenty of recent history, with Joe Burrow and Co beating KC at Arrowhead in the 2021 postseason their way to losing in the Super Bowl. The following year, the Bengals again beat the Chiefs 27-24, before a remarkable game in the 2022 playoffs in which the Chiefs won after Harrison Butker kicked a 45-yard field goal with just three seconds left on the clock.
![[Bo Nix put in a brilliant display to help the Denver Broncos reach the 2024 NFL playoffs]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/00/93766715-14253125-image-a-35_1736122220327.jpg)
Patrick Mahomes could only watch on from the sidelines as the Chiefs were heavily beaten. Travis Kelce was also inactive as the Chiefs lost 38-0 for only their second defeat of the year. Fans claimed the Chiefs were scared to face Joe Burrow and the Bengals in the playoffs again.
![[Carson Wentz is sacked by Jonathan Cooper on a rough afternoon for the backup QB in Denver]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/00/93766673-14253125-image-a-36_1736122222918.jpg)
