長，指導者s TE Travis Kelce 直面するs （激しい）反発 for 決定／判定勝ち（する） After Texans Game

The Kansas City 長，指導者s’ プレーオフ hopes took another serious 攻撃する，衝突する Sunday with a 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans, a 敗北・負かす that ended their nine-year run of AFC West 肩書を与えるs. The result also 示すd the 長，指導者s’ fourth loss in five games, 急落（する），激減（する）ing Kansas City to 6-7 on the season, with just four games remaining.

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes struggled, 完全にするing just 42.4% of his passes for 160 yards with three interceptions, while Houston’s balanced attack and stifling 弁護 controlled the night.

Tight end Travis Kelce, typically a reliable 的, had a night to forget. He finished with only one catch for eight yards and dropped a 批判的な pass that was 迎撃するd, 調印（する）ing the 長，指導者s’ 運命／宿命.

With the 長，指導者s 追跡するing by 10, they 試みる／企てるd a 復帰 運動 late in the fourth ４半期/4分の1. On second-and-10, Mahomes threw a pass toward Kelce. But the ball slipped through Kelce’s 手渡すs and was 迎撃するd by Houston linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, 殺人，大当り the 運動 and 消滅させるing the 長，指導者s’ 復帰 hopes.

After the game, Kelce was approached by reporters but 拒絶する／低下するd two separate interview requests, per The 運動競技の’s 足緒 Newell.

That 決定／判定勝ち（する） drew swift （激しい）反発 from fans and 分析家s on social マスコミ. 長，指導者s wide receiver Rashee Rice, who dropped a fourth-負かす／撃墜する pass from Mahomes in the fourth ４半期/4分の1, also 避けるd 演説（する）／住所ing the マスコミ.

“Every time Kelce makes a mistake he 拒絶する／低下するs an interview,” one fan wrote.

“But then hell be laughing it up with his brother on the podcast in 2 days?” another fan 追加するd.

“Not a good look for the guys who need to be your lead players,” a third fan wrote.

“逃げるing the 罪，犯罪 scene ?? 逃げるing the locker room,” another fan について言及するd.

“No accountability on or off the field lmfao, pathetic,” one fan 地位，任命するd.

“Anyone can show you character when they are winning. Their true character comes out when they are losing tho,” another fan said.

This season, Kelce has struggled to replicate his usual 生産／産物. His 減少（する）s and 減らすd yardage totals have also raised 関心 の中で fans, 特に given that he is in the final year of his 契約 with the 長，指導者s. There is growing 不確定 over whether 2025 might be his last season in Kansas City if 業績／成果 and accountability 問題／発行するs 固執する.

With Sunday’s loss, Kansas City’s path to the プレーオフs becomes 極端に 狭くする. The 長，指導者s must 勝利，勝つ their remaining games and hope for 都合のよい results どこかよそで.

The 長，指導者s return home in Week 15 to 直面する the Los Angeles Chargers. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on CBS. Kansas City already lost to the Chargers in the NFL Kickoff Game in Brazil, and much will be riding on whether its 罪／違反 shows up spring-負担d to silence critics or remains a 義務／負債 in a make-or-break stretch for the team’s postseason hopes.

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