The day has finally arrived and our Kansas City Chiefs will begin their season tonight against he New England Patriots in Foxborough, Massachusetts where they will also begin their defense of the AFC West crown. They appear to have the right pieces in place. Now, all that’s left is the game itself. Except… we need to take a moment and provide you with our great wisdom about just how good these Chiefs will do this year. We’ll also compare that with what the writers said about last year’s team. Overall, we were pretty darn accurate. Enjoy!
Jason Seibel, 12-4
Predictions are difficult things. The team we think we have at the outset of the season may not be the team we end up with at the end of the season. Injuries, trades, players not performing to standards…these are all things that can affect 
the outcome of a football season. All that said, I think this Kansas City Chiefs team is more than capable of going 12-4 this year. Rather than concentrating on the games I think they will win—because that would take an entire article—I will look at the games I think they will lose.
First, as much as I am hoping for the inverse, I think they will lose the opening night tilt against the New England Patriots. Tom Brady is the G.O.A.T., and nothing the Chiefs’ defense can throw at him will slow him down. However, after tonight’s loss, I believe the Chiefs will win the next five in a row before facing the Oakland Raiders at O co. Coliseum on October 19th. The last time the Raiders beat the Chiefs was on a Thursday night…in Oakland. I think history repeats itself here.
The Chiefs will then beat the Broncos at Arrowhead before falling to the Cowboys in Arlington. The ‘Boys are just too good, and running back Ezekiel Elliott will back from his six-game suspension by then. After the bye week, the Chiefs will trounce the Giants before losing to the Buffalo Bills. This game is being played in upstate New York in late November. At this point the AFC playoff race will be hot and heavy, and I think the Chiefs will fall to the Bills. From there, they will learn their lesson, take one game at a time, and win the rest of the season, finishing 12-4 and earning the no. 2 seed in the AFC once again.
Here’s what Jason said last year:
“13-3. In looking at the Chiefs’ schedule, it’s difficult to find a week in which they’re the overwhelming underdog. It’s not until Week 10 until the Chiefs face last year’s NFC Champion Carolina Panthers can I say they may lose a game. I suppose the Pittsburgh Steelers could give them a run for their money when the Chiefs travel to the Steel City in Week Four. This seems much more likely since the guy who smokes more weed than Josh Gordon and loses more cell phones than Tom Brady will actually be playing when they meet. Of course, of I’m talking about all-pro rusher Le’Veon Bell, who will sit out the first three weeks of the season because of his drug habit. The only other loss I can possibly see on the Chiefs schedule is a possible trap game in Week Eight when KC travels to Indianapolis to face the Colts. While I don’t think the ponies come close to matching the Chiefs in talent, the boys in red and gold always struggle with Indy no matter where the game is played. In the end, the Chiefs match their franchise-best season win total and get 13 en route to an AFC West division title and an appearance in the AFC Championship game, which be played in the BBQ City, courtesy of a No. 1 seed.”
John Dillman, 11-5
dropping 3 games in a row. After picking up the slack they recover and tie with Oakland fit the division crown. Oakland wins due to a tie breaker. We go on to the playoffs as a wildcard entry and win or first playoff game against the Steelers. Bonus prediction! –> Kareem Hunt will post over 1,000 yards rushing this season and will be the Chiefs most productive back.
Frank Rodela, 11-5
The Chiefs will win the AFC West with a record of 11-5, edging out the 10-6 Raiders and the 9-7 Chargers with the 6-10 
Broncos bringing up the rear. When predicting the season I like to think of every game as winnable and find the ones that are lose-able. I also factor in that Reid does not lose too many back to back games. The last rule I use is all away Thursday Night games, not week 1, are counted as a loss. With that in mind, the Pats game is lose-able. Week 7 at Oakland is counted as a loss. I am counting weeks 5 and 6, Texans and Steelers, as one loss. Same for weeks 9 and 10, Cowboys and Giants. That is four losses, plus an added one loss for the inevitable “how did we lose that one” loss.
Here’s what Frank said last year:
“11-5. I am very optimistic about the coming season; the Chiefs have a chance to make a deep run into the playoffs. I think 11 games will be needed to win the AFC West and the Chiefs will be the ones to hit that mark to edge out the Oakland Raiders. I predict 4-2 in division play, losing on the road to both the Raiders and to the Denver Broncos. Outside of the division, the Panthers and the Steelers will not be easy games with teams like the Texans, Jets, Jags and Bucs being potentially dangerous. As long as this team can stay relatively healthy they should be able to not only win the AFC West, but should be contenders for the Lombardi Trophy. The keys to being this successful, in my opinion, are the offensive line and corners. If the offensive line can gel quickly and the corners can learn early from what mistakes they will make, 11 games and a deep playoff win should be easily obtainable… well, as easy as it can be in the NFL.”
expect. I think we see another division sweep. Losses come at Patriots, Steelers and Giants. Chiefs focus on run D and Bob Sutton’s ability to stop young QBs, will lead to a win against Dallas. Loss of Nelson hurts Chiefs a lot against strong passing teams.“12-4. When I look at the schedule I only see two definite losses. Chiefs play the Steelers on the road early in the season a huge challenge for a young secondary. They also play a really good panther’s team on the road. Outside of that, I can’t come up with any games the Chiefs should lose. Oakland is tougher this year, but Chiefs play their road game against them after the bye week and Chiefs should beat the Raiders in arrowhead. Denver has a great defense, but the league has a year’s worth of tape on it now, plus their QB situation is laughable. That said, teams often lose games they should win and win games they should lose. I can’t seriously predict 14-2 with all the uncertainty wrapped up in an NFL season, so I’ll go with 12-4 predicting that Chiefs will lose two games I think they ought to win. Chiefs road game against the Texans, road game vs the Broncos and their home game against the Raiders are ones to watch. Alternatively, Chiefs could get to 12-4 by wrapping up a playoff berth early and playing a game or two with back-ups.”
of the season. Linebackers were the problem, inside and out. I am very confident that the ILB problem is solved. I am fairly certain, the OLB;s will be okay, with Houston back to form, with Ford kicking it forward another notch or two. But I wills say this? Kpass may end up being the monster of the midway … If he gets it going, like Jones did, think about it. Logan is strong against the run in the middle. All these guys will fit in to Sutton’s scheme. Secondary has the exposure of losing nelson for up to 8 weeks. But I believe in Phil Gaines… He is a better player than we saw early on. Health? yeah, that’s exactly the Exposure. I think Sutton would figure it out and how to counter play that is Frank Leggio, 12-4
Looks like I think we are going 12-4, dropping games to the Patriots, Raiders, Jets, and Broncos. In going through this
exercise, I would consider a couple games a coin toss at this point. I could see us playing to the level of our competition throughout the season. We also have a couple of short and long weeks with all of the Prime Time games, so that is going to help and hurt. Let’s play the games. Go Chiefs!
Here’s what Frank said a year ago:
“12-4. Taking a look at the schedule for this year, and trying very hard to not be too much of a homer, I came up with a record of 12-4, with 2 games that could be games we give away. I have us going 7-1 at home this year. Two reasons being we are strong at home and we have some weak teams coming in this year. I think we could drop the home game to Oakland. They are on the rise and played us tough in recent years. This obviously leaves us with a 5-3 road record. I see us giving up games to Pittsburgh, Carolina, and Indianapolis. These teams are solid,throw in being on the road and I give them the edge. If these were played at home, I’d say we take 2 of the 3. The two games we could drop are Oakland and San Diego away. Again, Oakland has been playing tough recently. The San Diego game could be another of those final games of the season where we sit the starters. Couple that with it being away and this one is risky.”
Merlin, Prediction: 11-5
The Chiefs are a second tier playoff contender. They are not on the level with New England and Pittsburgh, but on the 
next tier down. The Chiefs are Super Bowl Contenders, but several things have to go right for them to go deep in the playoffs. Mainly, Justin Houston has to return to form and Tyreek Hill has to become a legitimate #1 receiver. The Injuries to Steven Nelson and Terrance Mitchell have me concerned about the secondary.
“10-6. The Chiefs should clean up at home, but it’s the tough road schedule that has me worried. The Chiefs have the Broncos, Raiders, Steelers, Texans, Panthers, and Colts on the road. The Chiefs need to go 3-3 against these playoff contenders to beat my prediction.”
The early schedule is hairy (and Reid teams start slow), but it opens up in the second half, and allows the Chiefs to
slide under the national radar once again. After eight games, the Chiefs will be an unimpressive 3-5, but when people stop paying attention, they’ll ride a second-half winning streak into the playoffs.“The Chiefs will have to go 4-2 in the division if they’re going to steal the AFC West crown from Denver. Oakland is on the rise (supposedly), the Broncos proved last year that they can win with sub-par Quarterback play (don’t sleep on Denver), and San Diego should be improved (though how improved remains to be seen). If the Chiefs can sweep the Chargers and split with Denver and Oakland, they should be in a good spot. With brutal road tests in Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Carolina, and Atlanta, 10-6 looks reasonable.”
more game. I hope they go 16-0 but until we begin to see them dominate… beginning tonight… then we have to expect that they’ll lose their share of games. I think the Chiefs will tie for the division lead, most likely with the Oakland Raiders. The defense will probably be better than last year’s but the offense has some thing things to prove before this team can make a legitimate move to the top of the conference. In Andy Reid’s first four seasons he’s had winning streaks of 9, 5, 11, and 5… which proves that although they might lose a game… like tonight’s game, not to say that they will… they are also capable of stringing together a lot of wins in a row to stay at the top of the division (what I’m more interested in is, seeing them string together a long row of playoff wins).“12-4. The 2016 season will likely be one of the best the Kansas City Chiefs have ever had. At least, there’s the potential for that and so I am predicting their final record will be 12-4. In the first three seasons of the Andy Reid/John Dorsey era, the team has a Home record of 5-3, 6-2 and 6-2 consecutively. Also during that span the Chiefs have gone on winning streaks each season of 9, then 5, then a giant 10 game winning streak in 2015 which means they are ripe and capable of piling up win after win. There is a core group of players who’ve been in the system going on four years now and that consistency and schema should help produce a record number of wins while the team continues to maintain one of the youngest rosters in the league. Savvy veteran play, at key positions, new additions on the offensive line and defensive backfield plus overall improved team speed should get this team to the top of the mountain. If the cards fall right and the football Gods keep the injury bug away these Chiefs can win it all.”
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