Week 16 · 2025–26 season
Chiefs
L 9-26 at Titans · Dec 21, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Chiefs fans openly admitting the roster was a Mahomes mirage, with Butker and Nagy next on the chopping block.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
K.Hunt getting swallowed in the end zone for a safety set the tone, and C.Oladokun's day was the kind of audition that answers no questions in anyone's favor. By the time T.Kelce was pass-blocking in garbage time of a 17-point December loss, the argument had shifted from "what's wrong" to "how much of this was ever real without Mahomes." The roster looks exposed, and the coaching isn't covering for it.
What fans said
“Having Travis Kelce out there pass-blocking in the waning minutes of a meaningless December blowout loss is just fucking insulting.”
u/deathtotheemperor▲ 173rage
“If we keep it a buck right now, we ass.”
u/Chief_Peej▲ 271frustration
“Not just trash roster, but trash coaching.”
u/Double_Bowl_8340▲ 129rage
“Incredible how much Pat covered up this trash roster.”
u/kollin_with_a_k▲ 432frustration
“And for their sake I hope after this season it’s a while longer until they have to see it again.”
u/themoinmo▲ 81despair
“Get rid of Butker please, being the highest paid Kicker but having the most missed kicks is inexcusable.”
u/MasWas▲ 106frustration
14 more
“good Lord after this game the last three years with this offense, he deserves THE MVP”
u/MAYVIEWS▲ 161pride
“Target the fuck out of him these next 2 games. It’s on you Reid.”
u/flower_ladyyy▲ 27rage
“# CAN WE PLEASE FIRE MATT NAGY?”
u/Bionicjoker14▲ 20rage
“Mahomes was really this whole team😭”
u/morepesa25▲ 29despair
“Can we start talking about how bad this roster is yet?”
u/TheRealMoody76▲ 75frustration
“Whatever this current offense is just….sad. Not what we used to be”
u/Captain_Tunahands▲ 24despair
“Brady would never, ever, ever put up with this level of coaching incompetence, and it would be an 'They're all gone or I'm gone' situation.”
u/thegeebeebee▲ 16betrayal
“This is painful. Like Colts without Peyton Manning in the mid-2000s painful.”
u/TheBoyisBackinTown▲ 19despair
“If we wheel out Oladokun against the broncos we are losing 80-0”
u/Fast_Watercress7763▲ 22despair
“This coaching staff is unbelievably inept at evaluating and developing players.”
u/Vyuvarax▲ 15rage
“Nah Toub is ass, dude. Return units are straight up bad.”
u/stonewallace17▲ 15rage
“Now *that* is the kinda loss that gets somebody fired...it better be. We need systemic change”
u/tynman35▲ 15rage
“Sheesh good thing I did!”
u/KamKorn▲ 34joy
“Now we’re most likely stuck polishing that turd for a while longer.”
u/MissionNo6771▲ 33frustration