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8. I doubt that.

Tanking is widespread. The Bears tanked in 2022, trading away basically any good players they had, finishing 3-14 and getting the #1 pick in the next draft (which they traded for a king's ransom to the Panthers). There's a difference between playing lousy players - so you lose - and deliberately losing. The NFL will throw the book at you for the latter, and turn a blind eye to the former.

The Chiefs are on a third string QB now, someone I've never heard of (Chris Oladokun). Even before Gardner Minshew got hurt, though, it had become clear that Mahomes had been carrying a flawed offense. The Chiefs are pretty solid on defense but they need help on the offensive line, at receiver, and at tight end (Kelse is headed for the HoF but his best days are behind him). They're not "trying to lose" but they don't seem committed to winning like they have been for the last decade or so.