If Sunday's Buffalo at Kansas City game comes down to a special teams play, the Chiefs likely will be in deep trouble.

Not that they aren't in most games during this six-game losing skid and 1-9 season.

It's just that the 5-5 Bills, after jumping out to a surprising 5-1 start, aren't in much better shape after losing four consecutive games and five of their last six.

They're making way too many turnovers during their losing streak—13, on eight interceptions and five lost fumbles—while the Chiefs have been pretty good at forcing turnovers (10 over the past four games, while making only two).

Like a slick and experienced salesman, Drew Brees knows how to close. Kansas City, desperate for a win, scored in the fourth quarter to get within seven points and had the home crowd raising a ruckus. But Brees coolly took the NFL's top-ranked offense on a 12-play drive that ate 6 minutes and 27 seconds off the clock and was capped by Garrett Hartley's 35-yard field goal.