The NFL’s top 10 Chiefs plays of the 2025 season missed a big one
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- NFL list excluded the fourth-and-17 Bills play from its top 10 list.
- NFL labeled a top 10 but actually included 12 plays, with two tied at No. 9.
- Mahomes’ parallel pass to JuJu should have been the No. 1 play, the writer argues.
A no-look pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes. A Travis Kelce touchdown reception. A bone-jarring sack.
Those were all included in the NFL’s compilation of the Chiefs’ best plays from the 2025 season. Although their 6-11 record was disappointing, there were many exciting plays.
The NFL said it had picked the top 10 Chiefs plays, but it was really 12 plays.
Two Mahomes passes were tied for No. 9 on the list and a couple of catches by Tyquan Thornton were slotted into the No. 7 spot.
No. 3 was linebacker Nick Bolton’s diving interception after a Kristian Fulton tip.
No. 2 was Mahomes’ crazy off-balance throw against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving.
No. 1 was a Mahomes bomb to Marquise Brown in the opener on a fourth-and-7 play.
But I think the NFL missed one. Remember that fourth-and-17 conversion against the Buffalo Bills? That pass from Mahomes to Rashee Rice was one of the best plays of the year.
And the second of the No. 9 plays on the list should have been first. Mahomes’ parallel pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster was simply astonishing.
But I digress. Here is the top 10 and after that is the crazy conversion against Buffalo.
This story was originally published February 26, 2026 at 11:01 AM.
