Under Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs have easily been the NFL’s best team

You most likely already know it is a incredible time to be a Kansas Metropolis Chiefs fan. It’s not arduous to see that the staff is having the best success it’s ever had.

However do you know that below head coach Andy Reid — and particularly with Patrick Mahomes beginning at quarterback — no different staff has had as a lot success?

Listed here are the highest 10 regular-season information for NFL groups since Reid turned Kansas Metropolis’s head coach in 2013.

And bear in mind: the primary 5 seasons of this era featured Alex Smith at quarterback.

Some would possibly recommend that in this identical interval, the New England Patriots had extra postseason success. They actually did.

The Patriots, after all, appeared within the Tremendous Bowl 4 instances throughout this era. They received three of these championship video games — whereas the Chiefs have received two in three appearances.

However look what occurs while you mix regular-season and playoff information from 2013 via 2022.

So throughout Reid’s tenure, Kansas Metropolis has had essentially the most constant win-loss document.

Then take into consideration what it seems like after we solely contemplate the time since Mahomes has been Kansas Metropolis’s beginning quarterback — beginning with the common season.

As you see, the Chiefs below Mahomes have been fairly dominant throughout the common season.

However whereas Mahomes has led the staff, Kansas Metropolis has additionally led the league within the playoffs.

So naturally… after we mix regular-season and playoff information throughout the Mahomes years, the Chiefs lead by loads.

How a lot is “loads”? On this case… fairly a bit.

If we convert these received/misplaced percentages from the final 5 seasons into letter grades (that’s, if we break them into tiers based mostly on how they evaluate utilizing normal deviations from common), the league has six D grades, 21 C grades, 4 Bs and one A — the grade given to the Chiefs.

In different phrases, the distinction between Kansas Metropolis at 0.7813 and New Orleans at 0.6437 is similar because the distinction between an A and a B-minus.

The underside line

Andy Reid’s Chiefs nonetheless have a methods to go earlier than they will declare to have the best dynasty in league historical past. Over the 20 years that the Patriots dominated the NFL below head coach Invoice Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady, they received 11 straight division titles, appeared in eight consecutive convention championships and received six Tremendous Bowls.

Nevertheless it’s simple to see that the Chiefs (and Mahomes) are properly on their option to related sorts of outcomes — they usually’ve already carried out one thing no different staff has ever carried out: host 5 consecutive convention championships.

So now it’s on to the 2023 season — and no matter comes subsequent.