Hands of Stone Travis Kelce, Rashee Rice Fail Chiefs in Major Loss To Houston Texans
The Chiefs are rarely this reckless. They're paying for it.
Kansas City's butterfingers doomed the Chiefs.
The reigning AFC champs now need a miracle ahead of an uphill battle the rest of the season to make the playoffs.
The Chiefs are warming up to the reality of missing the postseason with a bad loss to the Houston Texans, full of miscues.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - DECEMBER 07: Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs speaks with an official during the third quarter against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium on December 07, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images)
Houston beat KC, 20-10.
Kansas City tallied six bad drops in the primetime game, which was crucial to inching up the AFC wild-card race.
The Chiefs lost the fourth of their last five games. Rashee Rice and Travis Kelce suffered brutal drops, which KC paid for.
Rice, specifically, got lit up on a tackle and drop in the third, and had his most baffling miscue in the fourth quarter with a fourth-down drop.
Head coach Andy Reid caught some flak over a fourth-down attempt from his own 41-yard line, which failed and set up the Texans for a go-ahead TD.
The Chiefs' offense was bottled up by the Texans' defense, headlined by Mahomes' three interceptions. The three-time MVP tied his career-high for interceptions in a single game.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - DECEMBER 07: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts after an incomplete pass defended by Myles Bryant #25 of the Houston Texans during the fourth quarter at Arrowhead Stadium on December 07, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images)
Still, Kansas City was stunted by the brutal drops most.
One of Mahomes' INTs first slipped out of Travis Kelce's hands, right to the Texans' Azeez Al-Shaair.
DeMeco Ryans' league-leading defense and ascending Texans crew nabbed their fifth straight win.
Chiefs fans were rightly upset knowing that the playoff odds would drop off dramatically after a Houston loss.
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