Kansas City Chiefs — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
Kansas City Chiefs finished the 2025 season 6-11 · Missed the playoffs.
Kansas City Chiefs: 6-11 regular season.
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2025 · Missed the playoffs
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Chiefs Camp — Aug 31: Mahomes Practicing Fully, Not Yet Cleared for Week 1
The Chiefs cut to 53 with the only question that matters still open: Patrick Mahomes is practicing fully approaching the nine-month mark of his knee rehab but has no clearance for game contact, and Justin Fields starts against Denver if that doesn't change. Around the quarterback, the front office traded for two offensive linemen in a week, kept a three-man backfield with rookie Emmett Johnson in it, and waived a receiver coming off what one beat writer called a killer preseason.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Chiefs Camp — Aug 23: Butker Hits From 69, Then Gives It Back
Harrison Butker hit a 69-yard field goal on the last play of the first half in Tampa, then missed a 43-yarder and an extra point in a 16-15 loss played almost entirely by reserves. Rookie Emmett Johnson scored again, Garrett Nussmeier ran the touchdown drive, and first-round corner Mansoor Delane made his debut — while Eric Bieniemy returned to the building and camp closed with the starting receivers still waiting on their first preseason snap.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Kansas City Chiefs Camp Update — August 16: Worthy and Rice Are Back With Mahomes
The receiver room that spent last week sitting out padded practices spent this week catching passes from Mahomes. Xavier Worthy returned early in the week, Rashee Rice looked fully integrated Thursday, and the Bieniemy absence turned out to be a family tragedy, not a football mystery. The preseason loss to the Rams involved almost nobody who matters in September.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
Kansas City Chiefs Camp Update — August 9: Xavier Worthy Hasn't Practiced Since the First Padded Day
Mahomes is on schedule — brace under the pants, mobility improving weekly, chippy-camp quotes. It's everything around him that's complicating: Worthy's shoulder has cost him the whole padded phase, Rice keeps ducking out for maintenance, and the pass-game coordinator has quietly run the offense for over a week.
- 2026 Preview
Kansas City Chiefs 2026 Season Preview — the Bounce Is Priced, the Book on Mahomes Isn't
The 6-11 was a coin-flip season and the rebound is real — the question nobody's pricing is whether KC solved the man-coverage book on Mahomes.
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