I love this team so far, but I keep expecting a collapse. I voted one

^Yup.
When was the last time the Chiefs beat Indy or Jacksonville?

Eh, Bradshaw had 5.9 last week on 2 fewer carries against the Titans, and they're in the middle of the pack in rush defense.

True. I know what you're getting at, my main concern is having to throw the run game out the window if they get off to a slow start.

As far as the Chiefs' pass defense, I wish them luck. It might be better than Houston's, but Manning & his receivers indoors at home is a little different than Rivers in the rain, Seneca Wallace, or Alex Smith.

We beat Indy in 2004 I believe.
The last time we played them we lost 13-10 though in the RCA dome.

I can only hope the score is that close.

Halloween, 2004 at Arrowhead.

I feel very confident that we'll go 2-2 over that stretch.
The real question though is...which two teams will we beat?

We need to win against either Indianapolis or Houston to prove that we're REALLY turning the corner. Beating up on the Jags and Bills won't tell us much. Neither of those two teams are any good.

I personally would like to see us win at Indy, drop the Houston game, drop the Jags game then collect the 2nd win against the Bills.

Beat Jaguars and Bills and either Houston or Indy. 3-1

Just thought I'd throw this in rather than start a thread and be accused of homerism but I got this from the official Chiefs website:


3-0 Playoff Odds

Many of you have asked for the statistics, so here they are.

Over the last five years, 21 of the 27 teams to start 3-0 or better have made the playoffs. That’s a playoff percentage of 77.8%. What’s interesting, however, is that five of the six teams that missed the playoffs did so in the past two seasons.

Since 2005, these are the teams that have missed the playoffs following a 3-0 start…

2009 Broncos (6-0 start; 8-8 record):loser:

2009 Giants (5-0 start; 9-7 record)

2008 Bills (4-0 start; 7-9 record)

2008 Broncos (3-0 start; 8-8 record):loser:

2008 Cowboys (3-0 start; 9-7 record)

2006 Bengals (3-0 start; 8-8 record)


So according to this the worst we should do is 7-9 which is above most of our expectations before the year started.

The Texans haven't even seen a great running game yet. Indys sucks, Redskins sucks, and Dallas only ran the ball 11 times on them. Houston kicked their own ass in that game.
And I don't see them stopping our running attack.
The only threat we have at Indy is Peyton to Collie. Stop that, game over. It's not impossible.

haha...

it's funny how people like to underestimate Peyton Manning...

yeah...stop manning to collie and we win!

haha

Dude, we get it. Manning is your hero and everything around him is golden.

I would love to get one of the next two. I believe we can.

I would flip my guess and say the Bills come in and win, since they should lose big. I say the Chiefs beat Jacksonville since the game is not in Florida.

This thread is getting weirder and weirder. :spock:

2 against Buffalo & Jacksonville. If our defense keeps playing the way they're playing, I just don't see any way we lose those games against 2 mediocre offenses and bad defenses.

I think we have a SHOT against Indy & Houston. For some reason, I just think we have a better shot @ Indy because we have 2 weeks to prepare & get rested, Crennel knows how to contain Manning, we can stop the run, they can't run, we're the best running team, they can't stop the run, and last week their pass defense was god awful. I know they play better D @ home, but IDK...I just think we have a better shot @ Indy than Houston. But I think we'll end up losing both.