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[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

So.... did he play in the last two meaningless games of the season before they weren't messing around with a franchise player?


He hit his head so hard, he became useless in previous years' playoff series.

I thought him playing those games less than a week before the playoffs was one of the stupider things I’ve ever seen in professional sports, but similar to Kelce last season wanting to maintain his streak (where Andy gave him the choice to play or not), that’s ultimately gotta be on the player to sit himself down, not the coach.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I thought him playing those games less than a week before the playoffs was one of the stupider things I’ve ever seen in professional sports, but similar to Kelce last season wanting to maintain his streak (where Andy gave him the choice to play or not), that’s ultimately gotta be on the player to sit himself down, not the coach.

I know he was chasing 70 goals... and I lean towards it being up to the players, especially someone who's supposed to be a leader on the team.

Granted, Mahomes rolls his ankle and it's Reid telling him the shitty news on the sidelines to get it x-rayed first... sometimes you do have to be the bad guy.

Not that we know if Matthews ever showed symptoms or felt them and didn't admit to them... or if he ever had a concussion.

[KC_Connection]

Of course the idiot coach also played the other stars too when they weren’t even chasing anything which led directly to their 2nd best player missing the first 3 games of the series.