Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
Shannon Sharpe and Stephen A Smith would be "shocked" if the Chiefs make it back to the superbowl. "They can't rely on the defense anymore. The O-line is terrible and the offense is bad". Shannon has the Bills getting the one seed and Stephen A would be confident about the Bills winning in Arrowhead if they have to.
Colin Cowherd "the Chiefs are a flawed team. The Bills are the best team in the AFC and are a champion in waiting".
Keep em coming.
I mean, I get what they're saying about the Chiefs. :-)
BUT, I would not bet against them. [Reply]
Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
Shannon Sharpe and Stephen A Smith would be "shocked" if the Chiefs make it back to the superbowl. "They can't rely on the defense anymore. The O-line is terrible and the offense is bad". Shannon has the Bills getting the one seed and Stephen A would be confident about the Bills winning in Arrowhead if they have to.
Colin Cowherd "the Chiefs are a flawed team. The Bills are the best team in the AFC and are a champion in waiting".
Keep em coming.
Trying to steer the general public off the Chiefs SB bet..."Put your money on Allen"
Part of this is also generating hype/hope...nobody wants to hear "11-1 Mahomes is getting a new LT/Hollywood Brown and will steamroll through the post season for a third straight time...you have no chance". The fans of all the other contenders want to hear how the Chiefs suck and this is their year.
Then when it comes to game-time and predicting the winner...they all pick KC. "How can I bet against Mahomes"
Everyone wants the champion to fall...these show's producers give them the angle to take.
Let's see who Sharpe picks in a few weeks...it's all about clicks.
Colin Cowherd also predicted the Wilson Broncos would win the AFC west...and were SB favorites. They finished 5-12. [Reply]
Threepeating is almost impossible so if they keep predicting we won’t win the Super Bowl every eventually they will be wright and will definitely gloat and I think we embarrassed some of theses schmucks the last years they hope we lose but giving this team bulletin board material has proven to be counterproductive in that goal. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar:
People have blathered about KC looking beatable late in the year basically every season. Never more so than last year.
The year before, KC lost to Cincinnati on Dec 4 and the defense was awful. Literally didn't get a stop other than when Bengals players dropped a ball. The next week they needed a late pick to eek out a win vs Brett Rypien and the Broncos. The following week they needed OT to beat a terrible Houston team. And in the last home game, they barely got by Denver again.
The roster they're going to have this postseason is going to be far better than either of those rosters.
The oddity is that, statistically, the Chiefs are better this year than last year. The eyeball test tends to show some areas that are of major concern that they didn't have last season though, and those can be detrimental in the playoffs.
The LT situation is horrendous and with Taylor already being mediocre on the right side and Smith playing uncharacteristically bad, that shapes up as a recipe for disaster. We already saw how that can play out by looking back to the TB SB. Now, we all hope Humphries is the answer but I'm reserved because he's never been great and he's coming back from a major injury. You just hope he can give you that floor Easy6 was talking about yesterday.
The pass rush is anemic. I haven't seen a pass rush this bad from a Spags defense in a while. Not being able to get to the QB is going to be a problem, especially if it forces exotic blitzes all of the time just to generate something. The best QBs will be there in the playoffs and they tend to feast off of blitzing.
The defensive backfield is a hot mess and really exposed. I think some of it is pass rush and some of it is they are just playing like ass. We can't bank on Watson coming back for the playoffs. Williams is starting to play better but it still feels like this unit is walking a fine line.
Then we get to the elephant in the room and that's how poorly Patrick has played at times. He's not seeing the field like he has in the past and he's sure as hell not taking the shots like he used to. The real question is to what extent the lack of quality OT play has damaged his psyche. [Reply]
What is the quote? ‘The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.’ What in recent Chiefs history says that they’re NOT going to ramp it up in the playoffs and win the Super Bowl? We saw how this played out last year. We are having a better season, record wise, and people still want to act like we’re frauds. Sure, we may get bounced in the playoffs. But, at this point, why in the hell would anyone doubt us? [Reply]
Originally Posted by MVChiefFan:
What is the quote? ‘The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.’ What in recent Chiefs history says that they’re NOT going to ramp it up in the playoffs and win the Super Bowl? We saw how this played out last year. We are having a better season, record wise, and people still want to act like we’re frauds. Sure, we may get bounced in the playoffs. But, at this point, why in the hell would anyone doubt us?
Because many of the wins were due to the other teams pooping the bed [Reply]
Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan:
Because many of the wins were due to the other teams pooping the bed
Not the point of my post, at all. We shit the bed several times during the regular season last year. So much so, that we had to play two road playoff games. Again, how did that turn out? I’m well aware of why they’re saying it, I just think they’re fools to consider us the same as any other ‘lucky’ team in the NFL. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MVChiefFan:
Not the point of my post, at all. We shit the bed several times during the regular season last year. So much so, that we had to play two road playoff games. Again, how did that turn out? I’m well aware of why they’re saying it, I just think they’re fools to consider us the same as any other ‘lucky’ team in the NFL.
Yeah so call the Broncos and Raiders losses as those were pretty damn lucky... and then throw in the Falcons with the missed DPI in the end zone.
You could pick other close games, but then it gets kind of dumb because the Chiefs win a ton of close games... but those are definitely extreme.
So, now they're 8-4 just like last year... :-) [Reply]
We’ve seen teams get bounced that have had success in close games and then lose in the playoffs. We’ve seen dominant teams lose. We’ve seen just about every damn situation. Why is this an issue now? [Reply]
Originally Posted by kccrow:
The oddity is that, statistically, the Chiefs are better this year than last year. The eyeball test tends to show some areas that are of major concern that they didn't have last season though, and those can be detrimental in the playoffs.
The LT situation is horrendous and with Taylor already being mediocre on the right side and Smith playing uncharacteristically bad, that shapes up as a recipe for disaster. We already saw how that can play out by looking back to the TB SB. Now, we all hope Humphries is the answer but I'm reserved because he's never been great and he's coming back from a major injury. You just hope he can give you that floor Easy6 was talking about yesterday.
The pass rush is anemic. I haven't seen a pass rush this bad from a Spags defense in a while. Not being able to get to the QB is going to be a problem, especially if it forces exotic blitzes all of the time just to generate something. The best QBs will be there in the playoffs and they tend to feast off of blitzing.
The defensive backfield is a hot mess and really exposed. I think some of it is pass rush and some of it is they are just playing like ass. We can't bank on Watson coming back for the playoffs. Williams is starting to play better but it still feels like this unit is walking a fine line.
Then we get to the elephant in the room and that's how poorly Patrick has played at times. He's not seeing the field like he has in the past and he's sure as hell not taking the shots like he used to. The real question is to what extent the lack of quality OT play has damaged his psyche.
Last year's offensive personnel was far worse. Rice was great as a rookie but he was very limited in his route tree. Then we had Sky Moore, Toney as the supposed guys to step up and MVS was awful.
It was so bad that Justin Watson was the featured WR in a key game against Philly. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MVChiefFan:
What is the quote? ‘The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.’ What in recent Chiefs history says that they’re NOT going to ramp it up in the playoffs and win the Super Bowl? We saw how this played out last year. We are having a better season, record wise, and people still want to act like we’re frauds. Sure, we may get bounced in the playoffs. But, at this point, why in the hell would anyone doubt us?
You can't expect every year to be the same but yeah - Chiefs do have a good track record in the playoffs.
Anyone counting us out is making a big mistake [Reply]
