0-2? Yes. But Don't Bury the Chiefs Just Yet, With Nora Princiotti

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🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Sheil and The Ringer’s own Nora Princiotti get together to talk about how concerned we should be with the Chiefs’ rough first couple of weeks of the 2025 season, and break down the silver linings that should see them right the ship going forward. (0:00) Intro/cold open (2:14) What is the panic level in Kansas City? (7:05) How many ways can the Chiefs win? (14:11) Patrick Mahomes’s 2025 narrative (18:33) Which teams wouldn’t swap situations with the Chiefs? (22:53) The Hurry-Up: Joe Burrow’s injury The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rg-help.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Nora PrinciottiProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm your host, Sheel Kapadia. Wild endings around the NFL on Sunday. But maybe the biggest story, the defending AFC champs, the Kansas City Chiefs are in a spot they've never been in with Patrick Mahomes. Oh, and two, after a loss to the Eagles. Are they cooked? Are they fine? Is it somewhere in between?
0:22.6	We're going to talk about it all with my friend Nora Prenciatti. But nor before we start,
0:27.4	I mean, let's just get to the question on everyone's mind. Your analysis of Travis Kelsey's pregame
0:33.0	fit tonight today. Oh, no. Oh, Travis. Look, I don't I don't love a shorts look. Today. Oh, no. Oh, Travis.
0:45.7	Look, I don't love a shorts look, but I understand it was a warm afternoon.
0:49.6	But I don't love a shorts look. And for my sanity and the sanity of those I care for in the Swifty community, we'll leave it at that.
0:57.3	Okay. There you go. Suit up top. Shorts below. Travis Kelsey. Tough game for Travis Kelsey. We're going to get to that. We're going to talk Kansas City Chiefs. We'll take a break. We'll come back and do it.
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2:31.7	So let's get into this, Norm, because I do think this is the story that everyone's going to be talking about this week.
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