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Examining slow starts of Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce & those 3-0 Chiefs | Podcast

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce catches a pass and is tackled by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce catches a pass and is tackled by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt. Denny Medley-Imagn Images

The Chiefs are having issues in the passing game. Patrick Mahomes seems a tick off. Travis Kelce isn’t getting open. The big plays aren’t there. Yet the Chiefs are the second highest scoring team in the AFC and take a 3-0 record into Sunday’s game at the Los Angeles Chargers.

The rest of the NFL would love to have the Chiefs’ problems.

On SportsBeat KC, The Star’s sports podcast (now on YouTube!), beat writer Jesse Newell and columnists Sam McDowell and Vahe Gregorian discuss the issues with the Chiefs offense and how the defense has risen to the occasion, like the fourth-down stop by linebacker Nick Bolton to seal last weekend’s victory over the Atlanta Falcons.

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Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star
Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
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