AFC West

Vahe Gregorian: Why the Kansas City Chiefs are well-poised to handle the Chargers in Thursday's rematch

Exasperating as it was when the Chiefs lost 36-35 at Baltimore after a startling event, Clyde Edwards-Helaire's first fumble in the NFL, it also was reasonable to rationalize it as a fluke or a blip. But that festered into an anxiety-inducing trend a week later against the Chargers, when the Chiefs began mass-producing turnovers with a jaw-dropping three straight to open the game at Arrowhead Stadium. A fourth, on a rare miscommunication between the mind-merged Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, set up the decisive Los Angeles touchdown in the 30-24 loss. Their first losing streak in two season…