NFL power rankings: Stacking up all 32 teams amid 2018 training camp

The Chiefs are such a hard team to gauge right now, particularly because it’s an open-ended question what happens with second-year quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Kansas City felt comfortable enough to move on from Alex Smith, all but giving Mahomes his featured role. And anyone who watched Mahomes knows he possesses such a big arm, which provides an entirely different element Smith never truly had.

All that’s fine in practice and training camp. But Mahomes’ biggest test will be revealed during the regular season, of course, where he’ll be under much more duress and won’t have all the time and luxury to hit wide receiver Tyreek Hill on deep go routes.

Fortunately, the Chiefs boast enough offensive firepower to make Mahomes’ life pretty easy his first real season under center.

Can the defense be more consistent in 2018?