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Cynical Misanthrope
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Alaska
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Chiefs Mirroring the Patriots Dynasty?
I admit to making the title clickbait. Sue me.
What I find interesting is the number of writers arguing that the AFC West is, top to bottom, the worst or second worst division in football despite the Chiefs' presence. Hard to really disagree considering we have Denver, Vegas, and LA Chargers in the division. For years, people derided New England in part because the rest of the division was so bad. That gave NE a pretty solid 5-6 wins each year and winning the division guarantees a playoff spot. I figure as long as Mark Davis is the owners, the Raiders are going to Raider but Nix's debut was promising and Harbaugh and Herbert could make the Chargers relevant but those teams won't turn it around this year. So for now, the best team in football in (one of the) the weakest division just helps perpetuate the dynasty. A smattering of division rankings: AFC West the weakest: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nf...ad-2024-season AFC West 2nd Weakest: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/r...ivisions-2024/ They argue NFC South is weakest but then state there are 2 teams that should compete for a playoff spot. AFC West really only has 1 team with a legitimate pre-season chance of going to playoffs, so I don't know if I agree with this Another AFC West 2nd Weakest: https://www.givemesport.com/ranking-...st-to-weakest/ Again, NFC South is chosen as weakest AFC West worst division: https://brobible.com/slideshows/arti...24-nfl-season/ Just enjoy that these are the best days to be a KC fan. We have the best QB/Coach/GM/owner team in the league. year after year we put an excellent team on the field. And we do so at a time when the Raiders, Broncos, and Chargers all suck. This won't last forever but we can certainly enjoy it now. |
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Today, 01:22 PM | #16 |
NFL's #1 Ermines Fan
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We are the Beatles. The patriots are Milli Vanilli.
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Today, 01:31 PM | #17 | |
You gotta kill a few people
Join Date: Sep 2007
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The Patriots win percentage outside of their division was basically just as good. |
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Today, 02:16 PM | #18 |
MVP
Join Date: Nov 2020
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I hope this means we don't have to wait a decade for another Super Bowl.
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Today, 02:53 PM | #19 | |
Rockin' yer FACE OFF!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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GOOD AT CHEATING amirite?!?!??? |
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Today, 03:14 PM | #20 | |
You gotta kill a few people
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Yeah, Deflategate was mostly bullshit but Spygate appeared to be some real shit. I’m glad we don’t have any scandals tied to our dynasty. Makes what we’ve done more impressive. |
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Today, 03:18 PM | #21 |
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Join Date: Aug 2000
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Did the Cheatriots benefit from playing in that weak ass division? Of course.
Do we benefit from playing in our own weak ass division? Of course. When it's gone on for TWO ****ING DECADES, give me a call. |
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Today, 03:37 PM | #22 |
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Join Date: Mar 2023
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Patriots formula:
1. Win easy division and get HFA throughout playoffs 2. Beat Houston, Denver, Miami, Tennessee or some other crap team in the divisional round 3. Beat Pittsburgh or Indianapolis in AFC Championship (or get lucky vs KC) 4. Squeak by opponent in the Super Bowl |
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Today, 03:53 PM | #23 |
Back-to-Back-to-Back.......
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Planet of Chiefs
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Die
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Today, 04:07 PM | #24 | |
NFL's #1 Ermines Fan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: My house
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Patriots formula: 1. Win easy division and get HFA throughout playoffs by filming other teams and feeding signals into brady's helmet. 2. Beat Houston, Denver, Miami, Tennessee or some other crap team in the divisional round by bugging other teams' locker rooms and stealing their playsheets. 3. Beat Pittsburgh or Indianapolis in AFC Championship (or get lucky vs KC) by getting ridiculously biased officiating calls at critical times. 4. Squeak by opponent in the Super Bowl via all of the above. I will never ever give any credit to the 20xx patriots or the 19xx broncos because both have been clearly proven to have cheated for their wins. |
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Today, 04:13 PM | #25 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Say what you want about the division but mahomes has had some of the toughest roads to the super bowl imaginable and he's doing it against an afc that is stockpiling the best teams and qbs, and played in the super bowl against the 1-2 nfc teams who were elite against a mostly bad group of teams.
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