I expect their season wins total to be 11/11.5
No longer do they have four easy wins in their division as the Broncos and Raiders will be good next season. The Chiefs play a first place schedule and I was very uneasy with what went on with the Chiefs' offense and Mahomes last season, and of course they melted down in their home playoff loss in the second half. The season before that they could not cover a game during their regular season.
I am putting money down that it comes to a head and falls apart for them this season. They will lose Matthieu it looks like, and they have traded a player that Andy Reid said is one of the best football players he's ever seen in Hill.
As happened with Russell Wilson and the Seahawks, it's all gravy when your superstar qb is on a rookie contract and you have money to spend to pay quality football players around him. After the rookie quarterback contract expires and your quarterback is making superstar money,....your team loses other stars because you can't pay them what other teams will pay, and they go off to greener pastures.
Their schedule next year besides playing Seattle, Jacksonville and Houston will be difficult.
Home opponents.......1) Broncos 2) Raiders 3) Chargers 4) Jaguars 5) Titans 6) Rams 7) Seahawks 8) Bills
Away opponents.......1) Broncos 2) Raiders 3). Chargers 4) Texans 5) Colts 6) Bengals 7) 49ers 8) Cardinals 9) Bucs
I expect them to NOT win the division and to win 8 or 9 games for the season.