A team like these Chiefs has never done what these Chiefs want to do, and this has nothing to do with a punting cornerback or screen pass-catching nose guard.
This team is an outlier among its peers already, and if it advances in the playoffs it will be an outlier in modern football history.
The Chiefs are 10-3 and in first place of the NFL’s best division. That is a king’s throne, but then there’s this — they rank 24th in offense, and 27th in defense.
Of the 80 teams to reach a conference championship game in the last 20 years, here is the complete list of those that have ranked similarly on both sides of the ball:
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