Originally Posted by siberian khatru:
He used to gripe that the Chiefs relied on Mahomes too much, and that they lacked an "identity." That's his code for not playing tough defense -- he's old school in those ways. That's another reason why he's loved the Ravens.
Well, guess what, the Chiefs got themselves a tough defense, and now Jeff has switched gears and found other things about the Chiefs to bitch about.
They could win 5 straight Super Bowls and he'd say it was the easiest path you could possibly have created.
I really just don't know how any sort of argument can legitimately remain at this point.
By most objective measures, the Chiefs ran the toughest gauntlet in NFL HISTORY to win a championship last season. It was remarkable. And they went through both Allen and Jackson to do it.
And both Allen and Jackson had several opportunities to make the plays that would've won them those games and they failed to get the job done.
I mean the goddamn discussion is closed. Especially when you combine that with the 2022 SB season where his weapons were as bad/worse than 2023 and he DIDN'T have the complete dynamic defense carrying him. He then proceeded to play a nearly perfect SB to beat a friggen loaded Eagles team.
I guess the last 2 seasons have just made things awfully tough on these talking heads. Because lord, what more is there to say? This kid is authoring the greatest early career that any QB has ever had. And it's not particularly close in that regard. And if he hangs them up tomorrow he has one of the 3-5 best resumes of all time.
Just stop. Y'all are just making yourselves look foolish at this point. [Reply]
This is a slightly worse, but not significantly worse, version of what Cook had to deal with last season and it happened 7 weeks prior to Cook's injury.
I absolutely think there's a chance he returns this year. But you really can't know because it's ligament stuff that will ultimately make the determination. And there's no way to know how those are going to bounce back because it's very person to person. [Reply]