KANSAS CITY, Mo. – You could write epic poetry about the season the Kansas City Chiefs just had, dragging your reader through dizzying highs, puzzling lows and briefly renewed hope to a devastating surprise ending. It’s hard to believe any team has ever started 5-0, gone 1-6 in the middle, recovered to win its division and then blown an 18-point halftime lead to a bottom-10 offense in a home playoff game. The 2017 Chiefs were unprecedented -- Star Wars meets Shakespeare meets Andy Reid’s gruesome postseason career.
But all of that is over, and as a stunned group of Chiefs dressed and packed and tried to explain themselves in the locker room following Saturday’s loss to the Tennessee Titans, you couldn’t help but think about what comes next.