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A despondent Patrick Mahomes sat, arms folded in his lap with a 1,000-yard stare, for several minutes at his locker Sunday night.

Youre just getting late in the season and youre not going to get these opportunities back, Mahomes said.

It was approaching 11 p.m. and the Chiefs had just suffered a 20-10 defeat against the Houston Texans, a result that makes it difficult but still not impossible for Mahomes and company to reach the playoffs this season.

Just having two more opportunities to go down and tie the football game and not doing it, Mahomes said. Youve got to be able to make that stuff happen, and we havent done that enough this year.

Rashee Rice dropped a sure fourth-down conversion in the closing minutes.

Kansas City trailed 17-10, but the defen

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