Week 11 · 2025–26 season
Chiefs
L 19-22 at Broncos · Nov 16, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Chiefs fans burying the season in real time, with Reid's clock management as the headstone.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
The T.Thornton 61-yard strike and the Mahomes-to-Kelce touchdown said this was a winnable game, which is precisely what makes the Lutz 35-yarder at the buzzer feel like a slow-motion mugging. Two B.Nix completions in the final two minutes — Sutton for 20, Franklin for 32 — walked Denver into chip-shot range while the offense settled for a three-and-out when it needed a clock-killing drive. The math on January is starting to look unkind.
What fans said
“Shit’s broken man”
u/LarryTheTerrier▲ 489despair
“Two chances to win this game and you piss down your leg and go three and out.”
u/DontListenToM3Plz▲ 213rage
“Not running on your last possession with a chance to hold the ball last? That’s a fireable offense for many coaches”
u/Captain_Tunahands▲ 200rage
“We're not making the playoffs.”
u/AlTheHellspawn▲ 281despair
“Season-ending type loss. Gonna need immense levels of help to even make the playoffs and frankly that was an embarrassment of a performance from Mahomes and Reid.”
u/LegoMyCraigo▲ 152despair
“Legitimately have zero faith in the two of them in end of game scenarios any more.”
u/Hammerhead34▲ 73despair
14 more
“Andy just cost us the season because of his refusal to run the ball.”
u/Denster1▲ 111betrayal
“Because they don’t deserve it playing like a bunch of sorry ass overpaid bums”
u/h1story_▲ 59rage
“For the love of God, run the ball and run it from under center.”
u/klogan83▲ 203frustration
“that third place schedule gonna hit like crack next season”
u/teal_iceberg▲ 507hope
“The game has literally passed Andy by. We are the ONLY team in the league not running QB runs on short yardage situations.”
u/GridironFilmJunkie▲ 72frustration
“Fuck Chris Jones, he is done, we’re not wasting his years, he is wasting our time”
u/ThrowRAkakareborn▲ 26rage
“I'm tired of being stressed on this dog shit roster.”
u/jonsnowKITN▲ 66frustration
“What a sorry ass fucking team. Nagy needs to be booted and someone needs to rip Andy a new one. Reid is not exempt from criticism. This team is pathetic as all fucking hell. We need playmakers and we need way better coaching. Defense gets no pressure, offense can’t make big plays”
u/Intelligent-Age2786▲ 21rage
“I don’t want to hear about Andy Reid after a bye ever again.”
u/j_dub81▲ 80frustration
“I feel bad for Kelce. He’s out there giving it his all for one last ride and they just keeping blowing.”
u/TheRealMoody76▲ 34despair
“0 runs on the last 2 drives is negligible and a fireable offense for someone.”
u/WhatInTh3LiteralFuck▲ 21rage
“Literally throw him into the coldest lake in Denver and leave him thefe”
u/iApathy---▲ 24rage
“An incredibly sloppy and disgusting showing off a bye with the healthier team.”
u/arup187▲ 92frustration
“Got outplayed by Bo fucking Nix”
u/deathtotheemperor▲ 19rage