Aaron Rodgers’ next team? Can Chiefs keep this up? What’s wrong with C.J. Stroud?

As the holidays commence and NFL football becomes a near-daily affair, one question burns in the minds of fans everywhere: Where will Aaron Rodgers play next season? 

OK, maybe not, but it’s an interesting question to contemplate as the Rodgers era disintegrates in New York. In this week’s roundtable, FOX Sports’ NFL experts tackle that topic and several others, including whether the Chiefs can keep squeaking by, if the Commanders have hit their ceiling and who’s the blame for C.J. Stroud’s sophomore slump. 

Let’s get started.

Eight of the Chiefs’ 10 wins have come by a single score. Can they keep squeaking by, or will it eventually catch up to them?

If there’s a team that can keep doing it, it’s the Chiefs. We have to remember that narrow victories also defined their 2023 season. They had six wins by seven or fewer points last year — and still won the Super Bowl. So it’s not the narrow wins I’d be concerned about if I’m Kansas City but who they’re coming against. The Chiefs should not be squeaking past the Panthers, for instance. It doesn’t matter how good Bryce Young has been as of late. 

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But most of the Chiefs’ one-score victories have actually been against good and talented teams. They beat the Raiders by only seven points in Week 8, but there’s a caveat there with it being a division game. Overall, I wouldn’t be too worried if I’m Kansas City. —Ben Arthur

They’ll keep squeaking by. I have a theory that the Chiefs have been holding out on us. At the beginning of the season, they were slow-playing Travis Kelce in hopes it might force some of their younger players into bigger roles. It also helped save the 35-year-old tight end for the postseason run. Kelce has come on lately out of necessity. We’ve barely seen Andy Reid get creative with his playbook — no trick plays, barely any fancy playcalling and design. So if my theory proves correct, the Chiefs are going to keep…

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Publish date : 2024-11-27 16:34:00

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