The Kansas City Chiefs had no margin for error on Sunday night.

They had the challenge to get past the Houston Texans' bruising defense without two of their starting offensive linemen and in a game they just couldn't afford to lose.

DeMeco Ryans' team showed up ready to play, and they kept Patrick Mahomes on his toes. More than that, they made the former MVP look mortal, arguably for the first time in his career.

Patrick Mahomes' struggles doom Chiefs vs. Texans

As pointed out by Dianna Russini of The Athletic, Mahomes had a historically bad performance in the 20-10 loss.

"Patrick Mahomes finished 14/33 for 160 yards. It’s a career-low completion percentage for a single game (42.4%), and the Texans intercepted him three times," Russini wrote on X .

Of course, that's not to say that

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