KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andy Reid tried to shoulder the blame for the Kansas City Chiefs’ latest loss in Denver on Sunday.

Patrick Mahomes tried to take it, too.

No need to fight over it: There was plenty of blame to go around.

Now, the Chiefs find themselves 5-5 with seven games to go in the regular season, a full 3 1/2 games behind the Broncos in the AFC West and having lost head-to-head tiebreakers to both Denver and the Chargers in the division race.

Their streak of nine straight AFC West titles appears to be over. And if Kansas City is unable to get on track soon, so could its decade-long streak of playoff appearances, which predates Mahomes’ days as the starting quarterback by a full three years.

“Obviously it’s going to be tough to get back in the division race,” Mahomes said a

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