{"id":37746,"date":"2025-11-16T02:19:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T02:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37746"},"modified":"2025-11-16T02:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T02:21:02","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-see-afc-rival-weakened-in-a-big-way-paving-a-path-to-another-division-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=37746","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 Chiefs\u2019 Path Clears? AFC Rival Suffers Major Setback \u2014 Could Kansas City Claim Another Division Crown? \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"

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T<\/span>he\u00a0NFL<\/strong>\u00a0doesn’t care too much about how big your wins are. At the end of the day, wins and losses is what matters most. Point differential could play a role in tiebreakers, but it isn’t the main one. So despite the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs<\/strong>\u00a0owning the\u00a0sixth-best point differential in the entire league<\/strong>, they are currently outside of the playoff picture.<\/p>\n

Losses to the\u00a0Buffalo Bills<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/strong>\u00a0have the Chiefs on the outside looking in. Being 2.5 games back in the\u00a0AFC West<\/strong>\u00a0isn’t helping matters, but there’s a lot of season left for Kansas City to make up ground. That starts this upcoming week in a road date against the\u00a0Denver Broncos<\/strong>, who are currently leading the division. This week,\u00a0the Broncos were dealt a brutal blow<\/strong>, which\u00a0Patrick Mahomes<\/strong>\u00a0and co. can take advantage of.<\/p>\n

Denver Broncos running back J.K. Dobbins out for the season with foot injury<\/h2>\n

Broncos running back\u00a0J.K. Dobbins<\/strong>\u00a0was placed on\u00a0Injured Reserve with a lisfranc injury that will require surgery<\/strong>. He’s set to\u00a0miss the rest of the regular season and possibly all of the playoffs<\/strong>. Dobbins was having a fantastic first season in Denver,\u00a0averaging 5.0 yards per carry<\/strong>\u00a0as the main early down back.<\/p>\n

Dobbins was playing so well that second round rookie running back\u00a0RJ Harvey<\/strong>\u00a0could barely get on the field, surpassing 33% of the offensive snaps in only one game this season. Now,\u00a0Harvey will step into the featured role<\/strong>, with\u00a0Jaleel McLaughlin<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Tyler Badie<\/strong>\u00a0backing him up.<\/p>\n

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Broncos RB J.K. Dobbins will be placed on injured reserve with a foot injury that requires surgery and likely end his season, per ESPN sources.<\/p>\n

Dobbins sustained the injury on a hip-drop tackle during the Broncos\u2019 Thursday night win against the Raiders. Set to become a free\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DhuqTNZirx<\/a><\/p>\n

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n