Chiefly "meh"

 Your world famous Kansas City Chiefs lost by a hair again yesterday, this time on Thanksgiving to the surging Dallas Cowboys. Who, don't look now, have won three in a row, came from 21-0 down to clip the division-leading Eagles last week, and now are GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, DADGUM RIGHT, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, HOSS. HOW 'BOUT THEM COWBOYS??

Sorry. Some guy in a Stetson and a throwback Roger Staubach jersey just Linda Blair-ed me for a second. Demon possession can be such an ugly thing.

But back to the World Famous Chiefs.

If you're sick of them, you had one more thing to be thankful for yesterday, because Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the rest of 'em seem on the verge of going away, at least for now. And by "going away," I mean, "failing to make the playoffs."

Believe it or not, this could happen. And it's probably the latter -- not -- because it seems like every year for the last, I don't know, century or so, you're turning on your TV on Super Bowl Sunday and there that bleeping Mahomes and those bleeping Chiefs are again. They're like the Tom Brady Patriots only with more State Farm commercials.

Anyway, the Chiefs are 6-6 now, three games behind the Broncos in the AFC West and one game behind the Chargers. They've lost three of their last four, and would have lost the fourth had Shane Steichen not lost his nerve with the Colts up 11 in the fourth quarter in Arrowhead last week.

Now, it's true all of those six losses have been by a touchdown or less. But except for a win over the Lions on Sunday night six weeks ago, the Chiefs haven't beaten a team with a winning record this season. And they're 1-6 in those touchdown-or-less games -- a revealing stat for a team that was 10-0 in one-score games last season.

So, these are no longer the World Famous Chiefs. These are the Just Kinda "Meh" Chiefs.

Sorry, Patrick. Sorry, Taylor Swift's fiance. And, mostly, sorry, Chiefs fans.

You treated me right that time I covered a game in Arrowhead years ago, and I've had a soft spot for you since. But your guys are not going anywhere this year.

Your one bright spot: I'm almost always wrong when I say stuff like that. So there you go.