The Kansas City Chiefs might’ve been 9-1 heading into Week 12, but they were far less dominant than their recorded suggested. Out of their nine wins, eight were in one-possession fashion with some being games where Kansas City should be considered lucky to be winners of.

Mahomes played his best football of the 2024 season in the Chiefs’ 30-27 win Sunday against a Panthers team that gave them all they could handle — the kind of football we used to characterize as routine for this offense. But it’s been a minute.

The Kansas City Chiefs improved to 10-1 with a bounce-back win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday but it once again didn't come easy as they needed a field goal at the buzzer to secure the 30-27 victory over a team that they should have easily beaten.