Patrick Mahomes

What a game to watch as fans and fantasy managers alike enjoy their Thanksgiving dinner. The Chiefs were shut out in the middle quarters and put up 14 in the fourth, but lost to the Dallas Cowboys, who are now on a three-game win streak.

Rashee Rice caught two of Mahomes’ four touchdown passes on the day, finishing with eight receptions and 92 yards and those two scores. Rice now has six touchdowns since returning from his suspension, and he remains the top option for the Chiefs as they head down the stretch in a dog fight to secure a playoff wild card spot. Mahomes completed 23 of 34 passes for 261 yards and four touchdowns on the day, this is the first time since Week 8 that Mahomes threw for more than one touchdown. The Chiefs will look to keep the offense humming as they take on the Texans in Week 14.

Author: Dane Madoche(@FF_DaMaddog)

Amidst the Chiefs fight for the playoffs and the chase for a 4th straight Super Bowl appearance, Travis Kelce has shared he is considering his future in the NFL. Kelce said he will decide on retirement prior to free agency in March.

At 36, Kelce is the TE3 in fantasy football and his 13.9 fantasy points per game ranks 5th. While still productive, Kelce has shown signs of slowing down. Should Kelce decide to continue playing for another season, Chiefs fans and Swifties surely would rejoice!

Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)

Already having weathered a 3-3 start to their season, the Chiefs got a welcome sight in Week 7. It was in the guise of Rashee Rice showing up right on cue in Kansas City to face a divisional opponent in the Las Vegas Raiders. Rice had just finished a six-game suspension for his felony driving arrest, and fans everywhere wanted to know if he had to shake some rust off.

That’s what the Raiders are for, apparently.

It took the Chiefs and Rice all of nine minutes and 14 seconds through the first quarter (a nine-play, 92-yard drive) to finish off their first possession with a quick shovel pass from Patrick Mahomes to Rice from the two-yard line. The wide receiver scampered through the line untouched for an early 7-0 lead.

Kansas City was relentless on both sides of the ball, and immediately after forcing another punt on Las Vegas’ second possession, they drove down the field where Mahomes hit “Hollywood” Marquise Brown on an eight-yard strike. The Chiefs led 14-0 and did not let up. With 10 seconds to go in the first half, Mahomes found Rice on an outside-shoulder throw in the painted area after the wideout juked the corner with a nifty stutter-step at the snap.

It was all downhill for the Raiders in the game. They punted the ball six times, turned it over on downs once, and lost a fumble on their second drive in the fourth. Las Vegas finished the game with a whopping 95 total yards and three first downs on a grand total of 30 plays in the affair.

While the rest of the Chiefs all got in on the shellacking, the story was still the triumphant return of Rice. He looked as advertised in his rapport with Mahomes, seemingly picking up right where he left off on Sept. 29, 2024, when he suffered a season-ending knee injury. In his first game of 2025, Rice dashed the Raiders for a team-leading seven catches (10 targets) for 42 yards and the pair of touchdowns. He rewarded fantasy managers who drafted him and suffered through the long wait with 23.2 (PPR) fantasy points. A welcome splash for managers already dealing with injuries galore.

Rice and the Kansas City Chiefs (4-3) resume their campaign to return to the Super Bowl on Sunday, a home matchup with the Washington Commanders (3-4), who may be without the services of QB Jayden Daniels.

Author: Samwise (@BuyAndSellYou)

The Chiefs will be without their rookie receiver when they travel to Brazil to play the Los Angeles Chargers. Royals is dealing with a knee injury. While injuries are never convenient, the timing does hurt as the Chiefs view Royals as an adequate replacement for Rice. 

Royals’ skill set match would be perfect in the absence of Rice. Expect Patrick Mahomes to funnel targets to Travis Kelce and Xavier Worthy. A sneaky roster move is to pick up rookie running back Brashard Smith if he is available on the waiver wire. Smith ran with the first team offense plenty during training camp and drafters have aspirations of Smith filling the Jerick McKinnon role. Smith should be on benches everywhere as his role could grow into must start territory; a potential league winner.

Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)

ESPN conducted a survey with varies NFL Executives, Coaches, and Scouts to rank each position.  At the quarterback position, it was determined that Patrick Mahomes was once again the top quarterback.  He stayed put at the top spot in back-to-back years.  However, the gap is closing, whereas last year he received every first-place vote, except for one, compared to this year only receiving 60% of first place votes.

With Mahomes throwing for 3,928 yards, 26 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions on a declining offensive line and aging tight end he will need to produce better numbers this incoming season if he is wanting to be ranked first once again.

On this list the youth is prevailing to be the cornerstone of the NFL.  On the list there is only ONE player that is over the age of 30 (37 Years Old), which is Matthew Stafford (Ranked 6th).  While seven of these quarterbacks were on the list last year, we did have 3 who made it this year.  Jayden Daniels was not eligible due to being a rookie last season he is currently ranked 5th and should be on this list for years to come, but we also have Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts making it as well ranking 9th.  He was honorable mention on last year’s list.  Finally, Baker Mayfield rounds out the top 10 in his first appearance on this list.

While Mahomes finished 1st on this list, don’t let that sway you to thinking his is number one for fantasy, where he finished as QB 11.  But this list did have 7 of the top 10 fantasy quarterbacks so they are doing something right.

Author:  Jake Lewis (@Lewylewis5)