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**gblowfish** · 12-14-2018, 12:51 PM

Ten Things About Last Nights Game Week 15: KC 28 LAC 29

10. Like the last game against the Ravens, feel free to describe last night’s game with your favorite “OUS” word: Hideous, Ridiculous, Ruinous, Horrendous… take your pick. For you younger guys who are in your twenties, us older Chiefs fans have lived through this so many times that it is what defines our experience as “Long Suffering Chiefs fans.” I made that Bataan death march from my seats to the parking lot once again, with that old familiar loser stench, the Lucy pulling the football away cruelty; the “Why did I just pay $400 to sit in the cold and have my heart ripped out again?” feeling. The Chiefs are the undisputed Picasso of Failure. The Beethoven of Disappointment. The Rembrandt of the Rochambeau. If there is a unique and rare way to blow a game, the Chiefs will surely cook it up and serve it like a gourmet buffet of sadness. By the time I got home and got peeled out of my multiple layers of long johns and sweatshirts, it was after Midnight. Instead of spewing pages of ‘FIRE BOB SUTTON FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING” like Jack Nicholson writing “All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy” over and over and over in The Shining, I decided to further debase and injure myself before bedtime. I chose not to write the Ten Things. I didn’t cut myself, but I did eat a nasty microwave burrito and then got into bed. Now here at work (yes, I’m trying to write this and work at the same time) I think my head is a little clearer and we can talk (not exactly objectively) about this gosh darned disappointing loss. Take a deep breath, and here we go:

9. I used to call the Chiefs “the Chicago Cubs of the NFL.” I can’t do that any more, because the Cubs have actually won a Worlds Championship in the last 50 years. The Chiefs now stand on their own as kings of failure. They are the French Army of professional sports. Look at it this way: The Super Bowl has been played for just over 50 years. The Chiefs have won once. 32 teams in the league, they’ve won once. That means since 1967, since they’ve been doling out Lombardi Trophies, the Chiefs have won 2% of the time, and failed 98% of the time. Only the Lions have been worse. So where does all this “storied franchise” and “Great Chiefs History” and “Chiefs Kingdom” crap come from? It’s no wonder every other team in the AFC West laughs at us. We’re pretty good at winning AFC West titles. So what? This team is a bunch of pants wetting surrender monkeys once the playoffs begin. The last time the Chiefs made it to an AFC Championship game was 25 freakin’ years ago. The conference championship trophy has LAMAR HUNT’s name on it, yet we’ve never won one, or even sniffed having a home game to play for it. As it’s been pointed out in other threads, Phyllis was a career 0-20 being down by 14 with five minutes left in his career. And with last night’s ref-influenced “miracle victory” now makes Phyllis 1-9 vs Kansas City in his last ten attempts. Congrats Phyllis. I hope Terrell Suggs pushes in your stool next week. Let’s just stop all this “Chiefs Kingdom” crap. If they’re going to sell out to Bud Light, let’s just re-name Arrowhead Stadium “The Pit of Misery” until at what time we actually win a home playoff game. Don’t see that happening anytime soon. You think any team is afraid of playing the Chiefs in Arrowhead in January? Ask the Colts. Ask the Ravens. Ask the Steelers. Ask the Titans. Last night was the 12 year anniversary of Lamar Hunt's passing. Tony G goes into the Hall of Honor. And this is what they serve us?

8. One thing I’ll say for the Bolts. They wanted this game a lot more than we did. They overcame a 14 point lead in the last five minutes. All other teams in the NFL this year were 0-88 in that situation. They won on a two point conversion with :10 or less left in regulation for the first time since Minnesota did it in 2002. They had the stones to go for the win, and we got Scandrick’ed. Yeah, it was a pick play, but if gets called as OPI you just kick the extra point and go in to overtime. Smart call by Phyllis.

7. So now as I double up on my blood pressure meds, if we try to be objective, we can say this: How many other teams in the league would love to be 11-3 at this juncture of the season? You can say, well, most all of them. Only problem is, we’ve seen this movie before. In 2003, great offense. No defense. Result? We lose a shootout in the no punt game to the Five Head at home. The thing that really gets me is, why can’t we have that one magical year where it all goes our way? Most teams that finish 13-3 or 12-4 get in the playoffs, kick ass at home, and make it to the Super Bowl. With the Chiefs it doesn’t matter. The better the regular season, the more of a probability they’re going to shit the bed in the first round. And it’s lining up perfectly again this year.

6. It’s not hard to understand why we find ourselves where we are. The team is 11-3, but most of us were expecting the team to be anywhere from 8-8 to 10-6 considering we were trotting basically a rookie QB out for his first full tour of duty. Mahomes has exceeded all expectations, and that’s why we are where we are. As we’ve gotten into the grind of December, he’s shown to be mortal the last few weeks. Yeah, he came up big last week vs. the Ravens. But in the fourth quarter when we needed to sustain a drive and burn clock, he couldn’t get it done. Not all his fault. Guys need to not jump offside, and the line needs to protect. Not blaming the offense for this loss. If you had to assign percentage of blame, it’s 95% on defense, 3% on special teams and 2% on offense. When you score 28 points at home and have a 14 point lead with five minutes left, you should win. Period. Special Teams were a mixed bag again this week. Buttkicker hit all his XPT. Smith sprung a 50 yards kickoff return, but offense went three and out and could do nothing with it. When Kansas City got the ball back once the Bolts pulled to 28-21, they had a block in the back penalty on the kickoff, putting the team right back in a hole. Then Harris jumps offsides in his home stadium, Mahomes gets sacked, we punt it away and give Phyllis a short field with the two minute warning and a time out to win it. And then… Grandpa Bob, come on down!

5. Andy Reid will not fire Grandpa Bob until after the season because he’s too cozy with his coaching staff. Grandpa Bob is the longest tenured DC in the NFL. Last night the defense had five sacks and two picks and lost. Kansas City should have had three picks, but Murray can’t catch a football, period. If we don’t sack the QB on a pass play, we absolutely cannot keep any team in the NFL from making first downs. The Bolts were 6-10 on third down and were awarded five first downs on penalties. Chiefs run defense gave up 119 total rushing yards to LA’s third string backs. Bolts fumbled twice and recovered both, so the ball was bouncing their way. Minnesota fired their OC John DeFilippo for incompetence and ruining their season. Green Bay whacked their head coach Mike McCarthy mid season after 13 years. Why? Because he was failing at his job. The Chiefs will sit on their hands and go down in flames again this year with Grandpa Bob. He’ll probably retire after this season after another messy, ugly defensive playoff collapse. The only way this would change is if CHunt forced Reid to make a change. That’s not going to happen because CHunt is a global shield guy. He cares most about the corporate NFL success. If the Chiefs win, great. Was the stadium full? How’s the TV revenue? Did Bud Light have a guy dressed up in the stands? Andy will stand up in front of the media and say “It’s my responsibility to fix it.” And he’ll say that every time we lose. This loss was just like the losses in December and January last year. At least this choke job wasn’t in an actual playoff game, but you can smell what Grandpa Bob is cooking.

4. The Chiefs are now officially the most penalized team in the NFL. They’ve been flagged 150 times in 14 games, including ten times at home in last night’s game. This is mainly a coaching and discipline problem, but it’s also a talent problem. Our offensive linemen hold because they’re getting beat on third down pass rush. Part of that is because both of our guards are second stringers, but guys like Morse and Schwartz had been getting beat lately. Our defensive backs are holding because they don’t have the talent to cover first line NFL receivers. Grandpa Bob’s defense gave up over six yards per play last night, and could not get Phyllis off the field. With the news that Kendall Fuller may have fractured his wrist, the secondary is going to get a lot worse. Scandrick is now your number one defensive back, and he sucks like a Hoover. Nelson, your number two guy, can’t cover either. Murray is awful. Berry made four tackles early, but got beat deep twice because he was a couple steps slow covering over the top. It was maddening to see him on the sideline in a stocking cap watching during that last five minutes. Why is he not in there when we need him most? He was not injured, and he’s the only big play threat we have in the defensive secondary. As exciting as it was when he came out to start the first series -Phyllis threw a pick on the second play from scrimmage- it was equally frustrating that he was not on the field when the defense needed him the most.

3. Andy Reid may be Marty all over again. Philly fans warned us about the heartbreak that follows Andy. I’m afraid we’re in for it again this year. Great regular season coach, but he’s had two of the most historic, worst choke jobs in modern playoff history vs. the Colts at Indy and vs. the Titans last year at Arrowhead. So I’ve resigned myself to not expect anything this year. Russell Wilson and Lockett will carve up our secondary in Seattle. We may beat the Raiders at home, maybe. Then after that, we limp into the playoffs and we’re most likely done. It’s the penalty we must pay for allowing Grandpa Bob this final farewell tour.

2. Silver linings from last night (happy thoughts!) The D&D Williams Bros played well. They had a combined 62 yards rushing and 93 yards receiving, which would have been about what we would have gotten from the kicker we cut after the bye week. Jones now has sacks in ten straight games, which is a great personal achievement. Tyreek was able to suck it up and play, even though he was clearly hobbled. Mahomes got through the game uninjured. It didn’t rain. That’s about it.

1. When I woke up this morning I looked out the window and it was a gray day. I sat down on the edge of the bed and just thought “I shouldn’t let the Chiefs affect my mood this much.” I’m trying to get better at that. Meesh Meesh the cat jumped up in my lap and gave me some head bonks. My wife gave me a kiss and told me she loved me as she left for work. So I got up and started my Friday. The NFL is an entertainment enterprise. They don’t promise a clean, honest contest, just an exhibition of football for your entertainment. After 50 years of failure, I’m trying not to take it personally. I know many of you will most likely blast me for being Debbie Downer with this Ten Things, but I just needed to vent. Thanks for letting me rant. Just don’t expect the rest of this year to be anything magical. The magic is played out.

Naptown Chief · 12-14-2018, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Clyde Frog

Why don't you articulate your clenched fist right in your two team cheering, bandwagon ass? That would be an achievement.

Best22 · 12-14-2018, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kcpasco

Green Bay is lucky as **** they have the 1 championship under Rodgers. I see Mahomes future as another Marino or Rodgers under this management.

Another Rodgers? Sign me the f*** up!

kcpasco · 12-14-2018, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Best22

Another Rodgers? Sign me the f*** up!

Yes he’s almost there. Let’s hope KC goes the route of the Patriots and not the Packers.

Best22 · 12-14-2018, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kcpasco

Yes he’s almost there. Let’s hope KC goes the route of the Patriots and not the Packers.

Rodgers won a ring.

If Mahomes “only” wins one then his career was a huge success

Eureka · 12-14-2018, 08:41 PM

The “French Army” had Napoleon!

The Chiefs got their “loss” out of the way in the regular season vs the playoffs. The Chiefs are ready for post season?

All loses come against playoff teams.

**gblowfish** · 12-14-2018, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Eureka

The “French Army” had Napoleon!

Yeah, well Napoleon tried to win a championship for 12 years, but Russia's ground game was too much for his defense.

Katie · 12-15-2018, 02:40 AM

Stop the presses. This isn't previous Chiefs teams. They are not quitters and neither should we be.

Warrior5 · 12-15-2018, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by notorious

They better prepare to have a lot of fans check out for a few seasons

I will be one of them.

**dannybcaitlyn** · 12-15-2018, 04:54 AM

Well said George! I’m mentally preparing myself to be one and done for the playoffs. So no more talking shit and beating on my chest to my coworkers lol. Mostly saints fans from where I’m at. I just give them the answer we’re not doing nothing in the playoffs with this defense. It is what it is and Reid gets a lot of the blame for bringing Bob back when the majority wanted him out and every time we lose big leads the offense sputters from being so damn conservative playing not to lose. If Bob isn’t fired immediately after the season we need to warm up the plane and fly the “Fire Bob” banner. He’s definitely killed this magical season.

MMXcalibur · 12-15-2018, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by notorious

They better prepare to have a lot of fans check out for a few seasons

If you want to piss away the fun of watching our very own young record-setting QB over Grandpa Bob farting around for an extra season (maybe 2 if we’re incredibly unlucky) then godspeed.

I’ve waited too goddamn long for this team to draft and nurture a top end quarterback. Mahomes is everything I’ve wanted in a franchise QB and more.

Nothing is going to get in the way of that now. Personally, the Chiefs have me hooked and damn them to hell because they probably know it.

InChiefsHeaven · 12-15-2018, 07:24 AM

So I got up this morning specifically because I needed to read the stupendous 10 Things by Mr. Blowfish. As usual, you did not disappoint. My wife came into the computer room, and I explained to her why this site is important to me as a Chiefs fan. It's for a whole lot of reasons, but one is that we have some posters on here who are artists. George, you are a wordsmith extraordinaire, and other fan bases may have someone like you, but I'd take you over any of them. You have been there. You are the wiley grisled veteran of The Chiefs Wars. I salute you from my little computer room in Nebraska.

Now, about that damn game. You know, I've heard (I get 810 on the radio all the way up here in Nebraska) people say "Well, it was only one point, wer'e going to have a few not go our way," etc. Hell, in a way I'm one of those guys. But as has been said, we have seen this friggin' movie before...so many times...Lucy and the Football Yank is a great way of putting it. Yes, we've seen the Pats get beat, and then go on to win the SB. But we're not the Pats. We're the Chiefs. We find ways to break records of futility more than any other team in the league, I don't need to enumerate them...we all know. Until proven otherwise, this feels like that goddam movie that comes on AMC that you've seen a million times but for some reason you watch it when it comes on. Because it's what you do.

These last few years, I've really toned it down. It's actually been a good experience for me. Of course, I've gotten older and that certainly has a lot to do with it, but in the 90's when we would lose, I would be ****ed up for DAYS...now, it's more like I'm pissed, but for maybe an hour. I'll think about the game, and I'll want to commiserate with other Chiefs fans, but I'm not going to live this. It is what it is.

Next week, we'll beat the Seahawks, only to lose the next week to the Raiders. Why...because Chiefs.

I'm actually looking forward to 10 days off from this shit. God Bless fellas!

Steron · 12-15-2018, 08:16 AM

It took me 1/2 a season to get sucked back In. Now I wish there was a way we couldn't make the play offs. I really do.

synthesis2 · 12-15-2018, 09:27 AM

George, great write up as always and I think you are spot on with most of your views. The positive side of things for me is this. All three losses 7 total points as well as the other teams having to execute to win as well.

Against the rams I believe it was scandrick has a perfect pick come right to him that would have ended the game, all he had to do was catch a very easy pick... game over..... it was literally a catch most college DB's could make, heck it was a catch my kid could make. Didn't execute, game over.

We had several chances on the last drive and a crucial 4th and long to stop them.. Game over... one play to stop them and they can't do it, very poor execution. all it would take is a receiver drop, we win, etc but they executed and we dropped the ball. Then the respect at the end by going for two because they knew they would not win in overtime so they give mahomes the ultimate respect and go for it. Again, stop them on one play and you win, and they just executed better and our defense was holding their jock.

Both games were might I say easily winnable and should of been won with AVERAGE execution, not great execution but average execution. With as good as our D line is as well as outside linebackers..... Our inside, corners and safeties have to be EPICALLY bad, I don't mean bad or last this year but I mean all time worst motley crew of players all time. To be as bad as they are on D with that good a line and OLB is absolutely mind boggling.

Demonpenz · 12-15-2018, 09:56 AM

Like a gambler around a dice game saying to himself "7 and 11 are due!"

**SAUTO** · 12-15-2018, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Steron

It took me 1/2 a season to get sucked back In. Now I wish there was a way we couldn't make the play offs. I really do.

Dumb

12-14-2018, 12:51 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets gblowfish's Avatar Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO	Ten Things About Last Night's Game: Week 15 KC 28 LAC 29 Ten Things About Last Nights Game Week 15: KC 28 LAC 29 10. Like the last game against the Ravens, feel free to describe last night’s game with your favorite “OUS” word: Hideous, Ridiculous, Ruinous, Horrendous… take your pick. For you younger guys who are in your twenties, us older Chiefs fans have lived through this so many times that it is what defines our experience as “Long Suffering Chiefs fans.” I made that Bataan death march from my seats to the parking lot once again, with that old familiar loser stench, the Lucy pulling the football away cruelty; the “Why did I just pay $400 to sit in the cold and have my heart ripped out again?” feeling. The Chiefs are the undisputed Picasso of Failure. The Beethoven of Disappointment. The Rembrandt of the Rochambeau. If there is a unique and rare way to blow a game, the Chiefs will surely cook it up and serve it like a gourmet buffet of sadness. By the time I got home and got peeled out of my multiple layers of long johns and sweatshirts, it was after Midnight. Instead of spewing pages of ‘FIRE BOB SUTTON FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING” like Jack Nicholson writing “All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy” over and over and over in The Shining, I decided to further debase and injure myself before bedtime. I chose not to write the Ten Things. I didn’t cut myself, but I did eat a nasty microwave burrito and then got into bed. Now here at work (yes, I’m trying to write this and work at the same time) I think my head is a little clearer and we can talk (not exactly objectively) about this gosh darned disappointing loss. Take a deep breath, and here we go: 9. I used to call the Chiefs “the Chicago Cubs of the NFL.” I can’t do that any more, because the Cubs have actually won a Worlds Championship in the last 50 years. The Chiefs now stand on their own as kings of failure. They are the French Army of professional sports. Look at it this way: The Super Bowl has been played for just over 50 years. The Chiefs have won once. 32 teams in the league, they’ve won once. That means since 1967, since they’ve been doling out Lombardi Trophies, the Chiefs have won 2% of the time, and failed 98% of the time. Only the Lions have been worse. So where does all this “storied franchise” and “Great Chiefs History” and “Chiefs Kingdom” crap come from? It’s no wonder every other team in the AFC West laughs at us. We’re pretty good at winning AFC West titles. So what? This team is a bunch of pants wetting surrender monkeys once the playoffs begin. The last time the Chiefs made it to an AFC Championship game was 25 freakin’ years ago. The conference championship trophy has LAMAR HUNT’s name on it, yet we’ve never won one, or even sniffed having a home game to play for it. As it’s been pointed out in other threads, Phyllis was a career 0-20 being down by 14 with five minutes left in his career. And with last night’s ref-influenced “miracle victory” now makes Phyllis 1-9 vs Kansas City in his last ten attempts. Congrats Phyllis. I hope Terrell Suggs pushes in your stool next week. Let’s just stop all this “Chiefs Kingdom” crap. If they’re going to sell out to Bud Light, let’s just re-name Arrowhead Stadium “The Pit of Misery” until at what time we actually win a home playoff game. Don’t see that happening anytime soon. You think any team is afraid of playing the Chiefs in Arrowhead in January? Ask the Colts. Ask the Ravens. Ask the Steelers. Ask the Titans. Last night was the 12 year anniversary of Lamar Hunt's passing. Tony G goes into the Hall of Honor. And this is what they serve us? 8. One thing I’ll say for the Bolts. They wanted this game a lot more than we did. They overcame a 14 point lead in the last five minutes. All other teams in the NFL this year were 0-88 in that situation. They won on a two point conversion with :10 or less left in regulation for the first time since Minnesota did it in 2002. They had the stones to go for the win, and we got Scandrick’ed. Yeah, it was a pick play, but if gets called as OPI you just kick the extra point and go in to overtime. Smart call by Phyllis. 7. So now as I double up on my blood pressure meds, if we try to be objective, we can say this: How many other teams in the league would love to be 11-3 at this juncture of the season? You can say, well, most all of them. Only problem is, we’ve seen this movie before. In 2003, great offense. No defense. Result? We lose a shootout in the no punt game to the Five Head at home. The thing that really gets me is, why can’t we have that one magical year where it all goes our way? Most teams that finish 13-3 or 12-4 get in the playoffs, kick ass at home, and make it to the Super Bowl. With the Chiefs it doesn’t matter. The better the regular season, the more of a probability they’re going to shit the bed in the first round. And it’s lining up perfectly again this year. 6. It’s not hard to understand why we find ourselves where we are. The team is 11-3, but most of us were expecting the team to be anywhere from 8-8 to 10-6 considering we were trotting basically a rookie QB out for his first full tour of duty. Mahomes has exceeded all expectations, and that’s why we are where we are. As we’ve gotten into the grind of December, he’s shown to be mortal the last few weeks. Yeah, he came up big last week vs. the Ravens. But in the fourth quarter when we needed to sustain a drive and burn clock, he couldn’t get it done. Not all his fault. Guys need to not jump offside, and the line needs to protect. Not blaming the offense for this loss. If you had to assign percentage of blame, it’s 95% on defense, 3% on special teams and 2% on offense. When you score 28 points at home and have a 14 point lead with five minutes left, you should win. Period. Special Teams were a mixed bag again this week. Buttkicker hit all his XPT. Smith sprung a 50 yards kickoff return, but offense went three and out and could do nothing with it. When Kansas City got the ball back once the Bolts pulled to 28-21, they had a block in the back penalty on the kickoff, putting the team right back in a hole. Then Harris jumps offsides in his home stadium, Mahomes gets sacked, we punt it away and give Phyllis a short field with the two minute warning and a time out to win it. And then… Grandpa Bob, come on down! 5. Andy Reid will not fire Grandpa Bob until after the season because he’s too cozy with his coaching staff. Grandpa Bob is the longest tenured DC in the NFL. Last night the defense had five sacks and two picks and lost. Kansas City should have had three picks, but Murray can’t catch a football, period. If we don’t sack the QB on a pass play, we absolutely cannot keep any team in the NFL from making first downs. The Bolts were 6-10 on third down and were awarded five first downs on penalties. Chiefs run defense gave up 119 total rushing yards to LA’s third string backs. Bolts fumbled twice and recovered both, so the ball was bouncing their way. Minnesota fired their OC John DeFilippo for incompetence and ruining their season. Green Bay whacked their head coach Mike McCarthy mid season after 13 years. Why? Because he was failing at his job. The Chiefs will sit on their hands and go down in flames again this year with Grandpa Bob. He’ll probably retire after this season after another messy, ugly defensive playoff collapse. The only way this would change is if CHunt forced Reid to make a change. That’s not going to happen because CHunt is a global shield guy. He cares most about the corporate NFL success. If the Chiefs win, great. Was the stadium full? How’s the TV revenue? Did Bud Light have a guy dressed up in the stands? Andy will stand up in front of the media and say “It’s my responsibility to fix it.” And he’ll say that every time we lose. This loss was just like the losses in December and January last year. At least this choke job wasn’t in an actual playoff game, but you can smell what Grandpa Bob is cooking. 4. The Chiefs are now officially the most penalized team in the NFL. They’ve been flagged 150 times in 14 games, including ten times at home in last night’s game. This is mainly a coaching and discipline problem, but it’s also a talent problem. Our offensive linemen hold because they’re getting beat on third down pass rush. Part of that is because both of our guards are second stringers, but guys like Morse and Schwartz had been getting beat lately. Our defensive backs are holding because they don’t have the talent to cover first line NFL receivers. Grandpa Bob’s defense gave up over six yards per play last night, and could not get Phyllis off the field. With the news that Kendall Fuller may have fractured his wrist, the secondary is going to get a lot worse. Scandrick is now your number one defensive back, and he sucks like a Hoover. Nelson, your number two guy, can’t cover either. Murray is awful. Berry made four tackles early, but got beat deep twice because he was a couple steps slow covering over the top. It was maddening to see him on the sideline in a stocking cap watching during that last five minutes. Why is he not in there when we need him most? He was not injured, and he’s the only big play threat we have in the defensive secondary. As exciting as it was when he came out to start the first series -Phyllis threw a pick on the second play from scrimmage- it was equally frustrating that he was not on the field when the defense needed him the most. 3. Andy Reid may be Marty all over again. Philly fans warned us about the heartbreak that follows Andy. I’m afraid we’re in for it again this year. Great regular season coach, but he’s had two of the most historic, worst choke jobs in modern playoff history vs. the Colts at Indy and vs. the Titans last year at Arrowhead. So I’ve resigned myself to not expect anything this year. Russell Wilson and Lockett will carve up our secondary in Seattle. We may beat the Raiders at home, maybe. Then after that, we limp into the playoffs and we’re most likely done. It’s the penalty we must pay for allowing Grandpa Bob this final farewell tour. 2. Silver linings from last night (happy thoughts!) The D&D Williams Bros played well. They had a combined 62 yards rushing and 93 yards receiving, which would have been about what we would have gotten from the kicker we cut after the bye week. Jones now has sacks in ten straight games, which is a great personal achievement. Tyreek was able to suck it up and play, even though he was clearly hobbled. Mahomes got through the game uninjured. It didn’t rain. That’s about it. 1. When I woke up this morning I looked out the window and it was a gray day. I sat down on the edge of the bed and just thought “I shouldn’t let the Chiefs affect my mood this much.” I’m trying to get better at that. Meesh Meesh the cat jumped up in my lap and gave me some head bonks. My wife gave me a kiss and told me she loved me as she left for work. So I got up and started my Friday. The NFL is an entertainment enterprise. They don’t promise a clean, honest contest, just an exhibition of football for your entertainment. After 50 years of failure, I’m trying not to take it personally. I know many of you will most likely blast me for being Debbie Downer with this Ten Things, but I just needed to vent. Thanks for letting me rant. Just don’t expect the rest of this year to be anything magical. The magic is played out. Last edited by gblowfish; 12-14-2018 at 01:58 PM..
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12-14-2018, 08:41 PM	#80
Eureka C Chiefs once a year! Eureka's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Cali	The “French Army” had Napoleon! The Chiefs got their “loss” out of the way in the regular season vs the playoffs. The Chiefs are ready for post season? All loses come against playoff teams.
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12-15-2018, 02:40 AM	#82
Katie Starter Katie's Avatar Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Home of the Braves	Stop the presses. This isn't previous Chiefs teams. They are not quitters and neither should we be.
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12-15-2018, 04:54 AM	#84
dannybcaitlyn Supporter dannybcaitlyn's Avatar Join Date: Oct 2004	Well said George! I’m mentally preparing myself to be one and done for the playoffs. So no more talking shit and beating on my chest to my coworkers lol. Mostly saints fans from where I’m at. I just give them the answer we’re not doing nothing in the playoffs with this defense. It is what it is and Reid gets a lot of the blame for bringing Bob back when the majority wanted him out and every time we lose big leads the offense sputters from being so damn conservative playing not to lose. If Bob isn’t fired immediately after the season we need to warm up the plane and fly the “Fire Bob” banner. He’s definitely killed this magical season.
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12-15-2018, 07:24 AM	#86
InChiefsHeaven Rockin' yer FACE OFF! InChiefsHeaven's Avatar Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Omaha, Nebraska	So I got up this morning specifically because I needed to read the stupendous 10 Things by Mr. Blowfish. As usual, you did not disappoint. My wife came into the computer room, and I explained to her why this site is important to me as a Chiefs fan. It's for a whole lot of reasons, but one is that we have some posters on here who are artists. George, you are a wordsmith extraordinaire, and other fan bases may have someone like you, but I'd take you over any of them. You have been there. You are the wiley grisled veteran of The Chiefs Wars. I salute you from my little computer room in Nebraska. Now, about that damn game. You know, I've heard (I get 810 on the radio all the way up here in Nebraska) people say "Well, it was only one point, wer'e going to have a few not go our way," etc. Hell, in a way I'm one of those guys. But as has been said, we have seen this friggin' movie before...so many times...Lucy and the Football Yank is a great way of putting it. Yes, we've seen the Pats get beat, and then go on to win the SB. But we're not the Pats. We're the Chiefs. We find ways to break records of futility more than any other team in the league, I don't need to enumerate them...we all know. Until proven otherwise, this feels like that goddam movie that comes on AMC that you've seen a million times but for some reason you watch it when it comes on. Because it's what you do. These last few years, I've really toned it down. It's actually been a good experience for me. Of course, I've gotten older and that certainly has a lot to do with it, but in the 90's when we would lose, I would be ****ed up for DAYS...now, it's more like I'm pissed, but for maybe an hour. I'll think about the game, and I'll want to commiserate with other Chiefs fans, but I'm not going to live this. It is what it is. Next week, we'll beat the Seahawks, only to lose the next week to the Raiders. Why...because Chiefs. I'm actually looking forward to 10 days off from this shit. God Bless fellas!
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12-15-2018, 08:16 AM	#87
Steron Texting Ms. Dobbs Steron's Avatar Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Virginia	It took me 1/2 a season to get sucked back In. Now I wish there was a way we couldn't make the play offs. I really do.
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12-15-2018, 09:27 AM	#88
synthesis2 synthesis2 synthesis2's Avatar Join Date: Mar 2005	George, great write up as always and I think you are spot on with most of your views. The positive side of things for me is this. All three losses 7 total points as well as the other teams having to execute to win as well. Against the rams I believe it was scandrick has a perfect pick come right to him that would have ended the game, all he had to do was catch a very easy pick... game over..... it was literally a catch most college DB's could make, heck it was a catch my kid could make. Didn't execute, game over. We had several chances on the last drive and a crucial 4th and long to stop them.. Game over... one play to stop them and they can't do it, very poor execution. all it would take is a receiver drop, we win, etc but they executed and we dropped the ball. Then the respect at the end by going for two because they knew they would not win in overtime so they give mahomes the ultimate respect and go for it. Again, stop them on one play and you win, and they just executed better and our defense was holding their jock. Both games were might I say easily winnable and should of been won with AVERAGE execution, not great execution but average execution. With as good as our D line is as well as outside linebackers..... Our inside, corners and safeties have to be EPICALLY bad, I don't mean bad or last this year but I mean all time worst motley crew of players all time. To be as bad as they are on D with that good a line and OLB is absolutely mind boggling.
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12-15-2018, 09:56 AM	#89
Demonpenz I got Rice cookin in the micro Demonpenz's Avatar Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Apartment "G UNIT!"	Like a gambler around a dice game saying to himself "7 and 11 are due!"
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