CRITICAL: Kansas City Chiefs STUMBLE—Can Patrick Mahomes and Trent McDuffie RECOVER?

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Kansas City Chiefs stumble against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving, as execution issues and untimely penalties overshadow Patrick Mahomes’ late-game heroics. Can the reigning champions recover with playoff hopes hanging by a thread? Ryan Tracy, Chris Clark, and Matt Derrick break down the Chiefs’ 28-point outing, spotlighting struggles from Trent McDuffie and the depleted secondary against explosive Cowboys receivers. The crew discusses Chris Jones’ critical mistake on a long touchdown run, Rashid Rice’s costly drop, and the concerning inability to generate pass rush despite favorable matchups. Injury concerns and lineup shuffles loom large as Kansas City faces must-win scenarios with just five games remaining. Will Andy Reid’s squad rally or is this the turning point where their Super Bowl window starts to close?

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0:00.0	Chiefs put up a good fight, but come up short on Thanksgiving Day. What does it mean for their season? Well, it is a crossroads. We're going to go through it all right now live with Matt Derek on Locked on Chiefs.
0:12.2	From the land of the three and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.
0:21.2	Welcome back, friends and neighbors.
0:23.0	Happy Thanksgiving to you.
0:24.8	We appreciate you joining us here on Lockdown,
0:27.0	Sheets, your daily podcast and holiday podcast for the Kansas City.
0:32.2	She's part of Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every single day,
0:35.2	and now the number one sports podcast network.
0:37.4	We appreciate you every dayers, especially on a day like today. Thank you very much. Make another lockdown show your next listen next. I'm Ryan Tracy, the founder of Rogue Analytics and Performance Consulting with my partner, Chris Clark over there at KC Chiefs Corner and our special guest, always post game, Matt Derek from Chiefs Digest.com, Chief Digest on YouTube and 41 is the mic, the podcast. We've been doing this for quite a long time. We appreciate you guys being with us. On a holiday, we're going to make it brief on the intros because this was a dynamic game. This was a game that they had to have. They come up just short, Matt. We're going to hit you with what the standouts were on the positive side and what
1:10.8	the failure points were. That's later in the show. Before that, what this means for the season?
1:15.1	What are the turning points in this game? And it starts right now, Matt. What goes on next?
1:20.4	The biggest takeaway from this game is I thought effort was there. I thought the plan was decent.
1:26.7	Just couldn't execute at key moments for me.
1:29.8	And obviously, big injury takeaway.
1:32.8	What changed this game for you?
1:35.7	Yeah, I mean, there was a lot of little things once again.
1:38.4	I mean, execution, like you said, really let this team down consistently throughout the day.
1:43.1	It was one of the weaker defensive
1:46.1	performances, particularly from the secondary that we have seen from this defense in a long,
1:51.0	long time. I mean, when Trent McDuffie is struggling, which it makes sense against some big
1:57.6	talented receivers, that's what Trent McDuffie's going to struggle against.
2:01.7	But Jalen Watson had some rough moments. Everybody had rough moments. And this game, whether you
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