Kansas City Chiefs vs. Chargers — Can Patrick Mahomes DELIVER When EVERYTHING Is at Stake?

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4.7 • 956 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Kansas City Chiefs face a season-defining showdown against the Los Angeles Chargers—can resilience and execution save their playoff hopes? Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark spotlight critical matchups, including Steve Spagnuolo’s defensive schemes against Justin Herbert and the impact of injuries to Trey Smith and Jawaan Taylor on the offensive line. With Patrick Mahomes under pressure, the team’s reliance on his heroics sparks debate, while questions swirl around the wide receiving corps and the effectiveness of the run game. Key discussion points feature Trent McDuffie's uncertain status, Chamarri Connor’s potential X-factor role, and how the Chiefs' battered offensive line will battle Khalil Mack. The hosts provide score predictions, analyze game strategies, and tackle whether Kansas City can overcome penalties, drops, and cold weather to keep their postseason dreams alive. Will Mahomes deliver another miracle, or is time running out for Andy Reid’s squad?

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0:00.0	It's two minutes to midnight, and the Chiefs don't get it right against the Chargers.
0:05.5	Everything's going to fall apart today.
0:07.4	On Locked on Chiefs.
0:10.0	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.
0:18.7	Welcome back, Chief's Kingdom.
0:20.1	Thanks for making us your first listen here on the Locked-on Chiefs podcast.
0:23.5	Your daily podcast with the Kansas City Chiefs here on the Lockdown Podcast Network,
0:27.1	your team every single day and now the number one sports network for podcasts.
0:32.4	You every dayers, I know you guys already know that, but thank you for being here and making
0:35.5	another lockdown show your next listen. If you want to be in every day or make sure that you get in every single day on one of the
0:41.9	feeds. We have a ton of information here as we get ready for maybe the pinnacle of the turning
0:48.6	point of this season for the chiefs. I'm Ryan Tracy, the founder of rogue analytics and performance
0:53.0	consulting where we break down the draft class, do everything, analytics and physiology. You can bind it all
0:58.8	there, as well as over at NFL 33 for my league-wide work and RGR football. My partner,
1:04.9	Chris Clark, runs Casey Chiefs Corner. You can get quarterback stats, all kinds of insight on the
1:10.1	chiefs over there.
1:10.9	We've been doing the show together for nine years going on 25 to 30 for total of us covering
1:17.3	this team. And there's a ton to go over there. We appreciate you joining us today.
1:21.4	Where we're going to start with, they have to be resilient. They have to find a way to go get
1:26.9	this win or it all starts to crumble.
1:30.2	What are the matchups that they have to win?
1:32.5	That comes after we start.
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