Okay, as we enter the end of the NFL season, heading into the playoffs, one of the biggest

storylines, one of the big storylines all year has been the, I feel like it's fair to call it a demise struggles, demise question mark of the chief's offense here to join me for a special edition of the

special edition of the Minic Show featuring Lenny, my friend,

nine years in the NFL, I think more than half of them with the Kansas City Chiefs,

all-pro Super Bowl champion, Mitch Schwartz.

Welcome to the show.

Thank you, good to be here.

Okay, I think we should probably actually start by deciding whether it is a demise or how bad is it?

What is the panic level here?

So it's funny, the Chief Star still six in offensive TVOA, which makes us feel a little bit dramatic.

However, over the last few weeks second half of the season you do see those numbers

falling off ninth in EPA per play, but since week 8,

that's dropped to 18th, and we're also coming off

of the game against Las Vegas Raiders,

that was arguably the worst offensive performance of the Patrick Mahomes era.

So I think it's fair to worry.

My question for you, before we get into the nitty gritty of it

and whether it can be turned around is,

on a scale of like 1 through 10, 10 being, the season's over, call it, why even bother talking about the

playoffs? What is your level of panic? For the chief specifically, it's at a 10. now you're never going to write them off because of Patrick Mahomes, because of kind of the infrastructure, but in terms of what we've seen since Mahomes got there, this is by far the worst that's ever been.

And to the original point is it. got there, this is by far the worst that's ever been.

And to the original point is that a demise,

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