The Kansas City Chiefs your older sibling told you about may finally be back.
\n\nThe Chiefs improved to 5-0 with a 22-6 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, and the Patrick Mahomes-led offense that once ran roughshod over the NFL appears to have returned in nearly full force.
\n\nFrom 2018 (the year Mahomes became Kansas City’s starting quarterback) to 2022, the Chiefs ranked first in expected points added per play on offense over those five combined seasons, per RBSDM.com, a website that specializes in advanced analytics. In that time, Kansas City won two Super Bowls, while Mahomes won two regular-season MVP awards.
\n\nFrom 2023 through 2025, however, the Chiefs ranked only 10th in offensive EPA, taking a significant step backward. Kansas City still managed to win one more championship during those three seasons. But in that time, the Chiefs also suffered a humiliating Super Bowl loss in which their offense crumbled, and last season they started 6-7 before Mahomes tore an ACL and ultimately missed the playoffs.
\n\nNow, Mahomes and the Chiefs are undefeated through five games for only the third time in his career, and the offense much more closely resembles the heights of his torrid five-year…
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