Despite a blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX, the Kansas City Chiefs seem like they will open the 2025 season without addressing their roster’s biggest flaw.
Anyone watching the Eagles rout the Chiefs in the Super Bowl could tell you the Chiefs’ biggest issue: their inability to protect superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes took a career-high 36 sacks in the 2024 season and was sacked six times in the Super Bowl.
The weakest part of the Chiefs’ offensive line is the left side, and Bleacher Report’s Moe Moton explained that it is the team’s biggest roster flaw heading into the 2025 season.
“In Super Bowls LV and LIX, the Kansas City Chiefs, particularly Patrick Mahomes, struggled mightily against dominant defenses, resulting in blowout losses,” Moton wrote. “Even the league’s best quarterback performs poorly when his offensive line crumbles under pressure. The Chiefs could open the season with two inexperienced starters on Mahomes’ blind side, which isn’t ideal for a strong start to the campaign.”
“Kansas City traded two-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears, which created a vacancy at left guard and stripped them of an emergency plan at left tackle. If the Chiefs swing and miss again at left tackle, with a project on the same side of the line, Mahomes will face a ton of pressure all season.”
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The Chiefs have two players competing for the starting left tackle spot in Jaylon Moore and first-round draft pick Josh Simmons. Kansas City has proven it can make a playoff run every year with Mahomes on the roster, but if the team wants to improve after last season, one of these options will need to step up.
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