It’s not often that an 11-1 team has its play scrutinized, but for the Kansas City Chiefs, the head that wears the crown is heavy.

The back-to-back Super Bowl champions have already clinched a playoff spot and are in control of the AFC’s No. 1 seed, but with how they got here, there are doubts about their ability to win the first three. peat in NFL history are justified.

Kansas City has made a habit of pulling off miraculous, nail-biting victories this season, which is nothing to scoff at in the NFL. But that often happened in games against teams the Chiefs were expected to topple.

Take for example their last two victories. They needed a last-second field goal to knock off the Carolina Panthers 3-9 in Week 12, then were bailed out by poor clock management by the Las Vegas Raiders 2-10 to win by two during week 13.

So how worried should chefs really be? After all, they still have Patrick Mahomes, who has already established himself as one of the greatest QBs in NFL history.

But even the great Mahomes can only do so much if he has time to throw, and therein lies the Chiefs’ biggest problem: their offensive line, particularly at the offensive tackle position.

Mahomes has been sacked 10 times in the last two games and 32 times this season in just 12 games. As a reminder, his previous career high in sacks taken in a season was 28 in 17 games in 2021.