Kansas City Chiefs Confront Criticism For Building Team Around Patrick Mahomes

Here's the angle that almost no Kansas City sports newsie is brave enough to take . . . 

"A few people suggested to me that missing the playoffs won't be such a bad thing for the Chiefs, as it will force them to rethink their roster-building strategy around Mahomes. There's a perception that the Chiefs have been kind of perpetually retooling and counting on Mahomes' greatness to cover up their flaws and bail them out when things get dicey. Now, they basically have two extra months to focus on their offseason plans, and they hope to put them to good use," Graziano wrote. "The Chiefs need to build a run game, which they didn't do this season. ... By the time Mahomes returns, the goal will be to have a roster that doesn't need as many heroics from him as it has the past few seasons"

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