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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Yes and no.
In hockey I've always heard the axiom 'A championship team will knock on the door before they kick it in...'
I think it applies in most sports, really. If the Chiefs are going to win a Super Bowl - I mean actually win the damn thing - I think I want to see them go win a home playoff game first. It may not hold up to scrutiny, but the "Eagles Model" of coming out of nowhere and just winning all of the sudden seems pretty uncommon to me. For a lot of teams, they first experience some success and come up just a bit short. They learn from it and then blow past it the following year.
"House money" is maybe a little strong - I'd like to see them shake that '1 and done' tag a little better this season and situate themselves for a nice little 3-4 year run where they enter the season hungry and as prohibitive favorites.
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Like Seattle did early. It's what most teams do.
Go to the Afc divisional round, get beat by a score late or something.