Let's Rank Our Top 3 Regular Season Games
 

Hey, ya'll. I'm proctoring students taking tests remotely today and it's about as exhilarating as it sounds. During my lunch break I saw a tweet from Chiefs posting the "Sights and Sounds" from the Chiefs win against the Vikings this year. When I watched this, I realized I forgot just how good of a game this was. Not only that, we were starting Matt Moore, expectations before the game were low, and little did we know, but the game would be the difference between a first round bye and a WC matchup against the Titans (Likely making our road Titans, @Patriots, @Ravens).

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This game was stellar. Matt Moore was ****ing nails and his two deepballs to Tyreek were beyond anything we could have expected from back-up QB (and a high school coach at the beginning of the season). Damien Williams pulled off his most impressive run in a Chiefs uniform (an 85 yard run where he put a disgusting juke on a Vikings defender to hit paydirt), though, it's mostly remembered for Tyreek catching him like an Olympian. That run completely shifted the momentum in the game. The Chiefs D also came up with two critical 4th quarter stops (a prelude to the SB) and Buttkicker hit a 54 yarder like Stoyo once did in what was considered one of the best Chiefs wins of all time (before Mahomes) and hit a game winning 44 yarder at the end. Watching this again made me realize that I'd forgotten some of our amazing regular season wins this year and made me want to re-evaluate them.

So... what are your top 3 regular season wins this year (I included the losses in the poll. As some argue losing to the Titans was one of the best things we could have done this year because otherwise, Seattle claims Suggs over us and we may not win the SB without him).

Mine:

3. Week 14 @Patriots 23-16 W (God, did it feel good to finally get that off our backs)

2. Week 9 Vikings 26-23 W (I just can't put a game without Mahomes as the top regular season game - with that said, Matt Moore is an unsung hero of the season)

1. Week 3 Ravens 33-28 W (This win cemented the Chiefs as the top team in the AFC and puts Mahomes, Reid and the Chiefs as the presumptive AFC favorites over Lamar, Harbaugh and Baltimore imho).

I picked the Raiders blow out and the two Denver dominations. Why? Because **** them, that's why.

I still say the Vikings game was one of the most impressive wins of the Reid era. Right near the top.

For a coach that's often criticized for clock management and playing it safe in tight spots, he coached like a ****ing maestro in that game. This game may have been the difference in a Super Bowl Championship and a late exit in the playoffs.**

** FTR, we're a better team than The Ravens and 49ers, but that week of rest is so critical.

In some ways, Gruden and Fangio opting for those 3rd quarter field goals was even more embarrassing than being shut-out. Their win probability went down with those field goals and both coaches hinted that preventing a shut-out was on their mind there. Mahomes win in the snow reminded me of the highlights I watched of Marcus Allen running over Denver in mile high.

Kind of an underrated play in that Vikings game was a play just before the spike. Tyreek catches it short across the middle at the 36 yard line. His back was to the defense in an awkward position. He had no right advancing that ball beyond maybe the 33 yard line or so, but he worked some magic and just sort of squirted upfield for an extra 10 yards, setting up a manageable game-winning field goal.

The wins against the Vikings, Patriots and Ravens were all great for different reasons, but I'll throw the week 1 win over the Jags in there too.

It was an enjoyable shitstomping. Mahomes hurt his ankle and we ended up losing Tyreek for an extended period of time, but our offense ****ing rolled that game. Any concerns about not being able to recapture that offensive magic from the previous year went right out the window. At one point I turned to my girlfriend and said "This is the best offense I've ever seen".

Kirk Cousins in no Matt Moore.

The more I think about it, it would be

@ Broncos - Winning when Pat got Hurt
vs Vikings - Winning without Pat
@ Patriots - Important game slay the dragon.

The First DEN game, because it was legendary. We go into that game having lost two in a row, the CP doom and gloom club has been rolling full-tilt about how we can't beat the Broncos because we can't stop Lindsey/Freeman and their the running game, Flacco is going to pick apart our secondary, blah blah blah. Then Pat gets hurt in the first quarter and literally 90% of CP spontaneously shits their panties. "Season over!" "Andy's an idiot!" "All is lost!" "Our tampons are overflowing with angst and bitterness because 'Chiefs!'"

Except our defense has its first good game of the season. Clark goes off. Ragland and Hitchens and Ogbah and Okafor go off. Posted 8 sacks. Stopped the Lindsey train in its tracks. Held that DEN offense everyone was so scared of to SIX POINTS. 6.

Then our HS school teacher, Matt "Midnight hour" Moore comes in and torches them. We not only win, but absolutely stomp them, 30-6.

The Vikings game for many of the same reasons listed above. "Dalvin Cook is the best RB in the game; MIN has the best running attack in the NFL (they did at the time); our 32nd-ranked defense will never able able to stop him!" Except we did, our "terrible run defense" put a strangle-hold on that running attack and our defense as a whole played one of its best games of the season. And then Moore held his own again and then we beat them off Butkicker's tremendous last second FG. Classic win for the ages.

The Patriots game, because we finally climbed that mountain and beat the Patsies fair and square. In their house. The most satisfying win of the regular season and the moment that I knew we were going to the SB.

So many have it so wrong.

I chose Vikings, Titans (loss), and week 17 home win vs. Chargers.

- Matt Moore coming in and doing enough to get a win against a tough opponent after a bit of a skid with previous losses to the Colts, Texans and Packers likely sparked some belief in the locker room that the team could hold down the fort in Mahomes’ absence. The team showed a lot of guts late in the game to pull out that win, and Butker was nails.

- I selected the Titans loss, because I believe it was the best thing to happen to this Chiefs team ahead of their glorious playoff run. Turnover in the running game, special-teams gaffes, and not the best situational football had fans screaming after the game and we witnessed a visibly disappointed team that knew they let one get away. Mike Pennel got re-inserted into the lineup the following week, and the Chiefs defence went on a run of playing some of their best football in recent memory which buffered against any lapses the offence would experience from time to time in games.

- I was at the last regular season game at Arrowhead against the Chargers, and even though a playoff spot had been salted away, many felt that the chance of a first round bye was slim to none. Damien Williams had himself a game and the Chargers put up a fight and hung around most of the game, but nothing can replicate the organic reactions to scoreboard watching in the stands and hoping for a Miami miracle, and lo and behold as the Chiefs took the lead going away late in the game, the news of Miami pulling ahead with seconds left in their game had people have a reaction that was so joyful, and when the first round bye came to fruition it was almost as if people knew destiny was arriving to the franchise....

40-9(FTR) 23-3(FTB) 26-3(Clean domination for 60minutes)

The Jags game jumps out for me, too. They came in and the belief was that they were a pretty strong team at that point. They tried to bully the Chiefs and the Chiefs were having none of it. After that win, I nodded and knew that we were picking up where we left off, and the previous season wasn't a fluke.

Another game that jumps out is the final San Diangeles Chargers game. It wasn't expected to make a difference, but the Chiefs went out there and just pounded the Chargers down. Damien Williams had a couple of great runs, and then it was completely enjoyable as the outcome of the Dolphins game began to unfold.

Patriots-because **** the Patriots. Watching their fans boo them was hilarious. Also great to see a clutch defensive play win it after those two abominations the defense allowed last year against them.

Vikings-probably save our Super Bowl hopes. A great team win. Tyreek had a big game. Chris Jones was back.

Chargers-The combo of us winning and the Patriots losing was one of the best moments of my life as a Chiefs fan. Kevin Harlan was sensational on the call.

I went:
week 13 vs. Raiders - we beat the dog piss out of those bitches and bc **** em

week 14 vs. Patriots - felt like we really put our foot down defensively and we really hit our stride and also **** the Patriots

Week 17 vs. Chargers - just the wild finish to the season and those douche bag ****stains from Boston blowing it against Miami and its great seeing Rivers cry

It wasn't the most impactful game of the year, but the Broncos game at Arrowhead was fun. I'm a sucker for snow games, and it was nice to see us come out and just dominate the entire time.

Why are people voting on the Ravens game?

The Chiefs dominated them. It took some lucky bullshit for them to be within 2 scores.

I voted Denver, Chicago games going into the playoffs. The Chief completely fisted those team, and they talk at the time was they should be good games with a possible upset. The Minnesota game was HUGE due to Mahomes being out and it paid out with homefield.

We pretty much dominated the class of the AFC. If not for some fluky prayers thrown up by Jackson, we'd have fisted them.. What's not to like?

My take.
Week 3 vs Ravens. Yes we dominated and this is good.
Week 7 vs Broncos. With two losses in a row this was a must win game against a hated divisional rival
Week 9 vs Vikings. Total team effort and it was fun as hell seeing Midnight Hour Matty have a great game.

I went

@Broncos
@Patriots
The whole team pulling together to take care of business at home against the Vikings

But I screwed up by brain farting on the Ravens game, so sub it in for the crushing we put on Denver, in Denver

I went

Week 1-Jags...We all knew the Chiefs were on a mission. It started there. Jags talk big. Bully. But never really get it done. We ruined them week 1. Red in Florida? Not a problem.

Week 9-Vikings...Mostly because I live in Minn. There were too many Vikes fans there-I chalk it up to that they wanted to see Mahomes live. He has fans here too. But alas-that did not happen. We should have won in Minnesota the last time. Fluke fumble. But we prevailed. Again-Cousins is no Matt Moore.

Week 11-Chargers (mexico) Phil always thinks he can win but 4 or 5 turnovers kills you. An interception to lose the game is the most Rivers way to lose.

It was a tough choice.

I'm an idiot.

I went with the Minnesota game (Matt Money Moore came through big time for us in relief), the Patriots game (because anytime you beat TB it's a good game) and the Week 17 Chargers game (Kevin Harlan calling both games was fantastic!).

:thumb:

Ravens

Patriots

Vikings

Vikes, Ravens, Pats

1) Broncos snow game was a classic.
2) Chargers game in Mexico City.
3) Bears game and seeing Mahomes count his fingers to 10.

I have trouble with the details sometimes, so I haven't voted yet. Can we walk through the games and make the argument for why each game should or should not be in the top three?

I picked the Denver game because it's the first game in which I saw what the defense was going to be. I predicted some blow-outs incorrectly as I thought they were THERE, but they were still inconsistent for a few games after.

I picked the Vikings game because we won that mother****er with Matt ****ing Moore at the helm. It showed that while Mahomes is the best player in football, it ain't all him.

And the New England game, because it felt real good to stuff that right up Tommy's ass.

This, ton of Vikings fans there, and they were actually dicks and it was so fun to beat them with 6-7 starters out, including Mahomes...

this guy is a ****ing legend

The Ravens game was a good win but watching it annoyed me more than anything else. The Chiefs completely outplayed them, should have won that game easily and quite nearly gave it back at the end with conservative coaching.

I'd say the Patriots, Vikings and then the kicking the shit out of the Raiders in week 13 (who came into the game with some momentum and belief and had it completely beaten out of them as the Chiefs basically wrapped the division up).

The Broncos in week 7 would be a good choice if not for the fact that Mahomes hurt his knee which potentially put the entire season in jeopardy. There were no positive feelings to be had coming out of that game.

I messed up and chose the Chargers in Mexico City and I meant to pick the Patriots game. I chose 3 based on how memorable they were for me personally.

#1 - Week 17 - Beating the Chargers and watching Fitzmagic topple the Patriots in Foxborough, giving us the first round bye. I was so damn excited and happy after that.

#2 - Week 14 - Ending the Brady era by beating the Patriots in Foxborough. Everyone thought with Brady and their defense that they were a juggernaut that couldn't be stopped. We all knew they were frauds of the highest order who feasted on a joke of a schedule. The Patriots fell apart after this and now they're OVER. This also got rid of 98% of the Pats trolls forever. This maybe should be #1 now that I think about it...

#3 - Week 15 - Patrick Mahomes proving he's the god damn abominable snowman by shredding Denver at snowy Arrowhead. Just pure jubilation that entire day. I had to throw that pair of boxer briefs away immediately after the game.

Which one?

Dang I was wanting to watch the highlights:

They're all on Youtube if you follow those links.

Mine's been listed already.

Thanks I did! :thumb:

Probably Patriots, Ravens and Vikings or Lions.

But in terms of sheer entertainment, nothing beats that 2nd quarter in Oakland.

Can't beat weeks 13-15. That 3 game stretch was just so god damned satisfying, beating the ass of our 3 worst enemies. Honorable mention goes to week 17 where the Dolphins helped us snag the 2 seed. That shit was amazing.

It goes without saying but I loved every game we won.

i went baltimore, new england, and the final game against the chargers. without those three wins, we didn't have home field advantage.

not only that, but we ****ed the patriots three times with these games :D

Beating Raiders and Broncos twice humiliating them each time we played

If I can't vote for those four i'm not voting.

Yep

I had

Ravens: It allowed us to prove that we were still the better team

Patriots: Official passing of the torch

Bears: Loved watching Bears fans squirm as Mahomes dominated Trubisky. Nothing better than reminding them of what could have been.

As much as I hate to like a loss, the Titans game made both the staff and team wake up. The aftermath was the difference between being a pretty good team and a SB champion. I always love curb-stomping the Raiders at home. I hate those SOBs. For my last choice, I had to go with beating Hoodie and Tommyboy at Gillette. The angst on those yankees faces is always satisfying. Looking back, it's even more gratifying to know they'll be a 6-10 team for awhile.

1. @ NE

2. Vikings

3. Ravens

Game Pass is currently free right now, if you'd like to rewatch the games completely as well :)

FTR, you’re not technically limited to three votes.

Damn. This makes me think a Rain Man bracket is necessary with the top vote getters in this thread getting seeded accordingly.

Interestingly, the wins @ Lions and @ Chargers are the lowest vote getters for victories, they even have fewer votes than our loss @ Tenn. The thing with both of those victories is they had all the staples of a pre-Mahomes Andy Reid loss. The offense never found its footing against an inferior team, let their opponent hang around the whole game, and in years past, this had led to some gut wrenching losses (similar to the Tenn game this year). It's interesting those wins are getting such a low number of votes with how close they ended up being (we did play poorly in major stretches in each game).

In part, it may depend on how people are defining "top games". Were they the most important wins? The most satisfying? The most fun to watch?

Some games I just don't remember very well, hence my question. I don't really remember the game flow in some of the games, though I could probably be prompted easily.

The Jaguars game was fun because it was like watching the good guys beat up a bully. I thought I'd vote for that, but it didn't quite make the cut.

The first Raiders game was fun with the 28 point second quarter that proved that the offense could score via carpet bombing, but the rest of the game wasn't ideal. I voted for it, though, because it was proof of concept that this team can come back from anything.

I don't remember the flow of the Ravens game.

I came away from the Detroit game not feeling very good, because they didn't bolster my confidence going forward. We very nearly lost, so the win was more relief than anything.

I'm not going to vote for a loss, so strike all of those.

No way I vote for the @Denver game. Kneecap. I did not feel good after that win.

The Vikings game was huge, and it showed that the game is a team sport. I think it was a very important win. But I didn't vote for it because it wasn't quite as entertaining to watch without Mahomes and with all of the o-line injuries. Great game, though.

I don't remember the flow of the @San Diangeles game.

The Raiders blowout was fun because it was a blowout, but I don't remember much about the flow.

I remember the patriots game because it a stressful game. I didn't want a loss to start any jinxes or anything. The Breeland play at the end was artistic, but that game was more about vindication than fun.

I remember the snow game against Denver, and that was great because it was a dismantling AND it proved that Patrick Mahomes II is impervious to weather, which has big postseason implications. I voted for that one.

The Bears game was a nice beatdown and I liked the Bears fans showing up with Mahomes jerseys. But it didn't quite make the cut.

The final Chargers game was great mostly because of how it went down with the Dolphins game. The Chiefs were a machine by that point, so our game wasn't that memorable, but the dual announcing at the end was epic, and the foreshadowing of Sorensen's big play greatness to finish off Rivers was grin-inducing. I voted for this one.

I belive NFL Game Pass is still free if you want highlights + condensed games + full games.

I picked: Vikings win. Turned our season around. Winning without Mahomes was big. Pats on the road. Because I was there. So glorious to see all those arrogant Pats fans leave Gillette Stadium in disbelief. Chargers at Arrowhead: Because of the ending and the Fins beating the Pats. Ultimate was winning the Lamar Hunt Trophy at Arrowhead, but that's not regular season. Nothing will EVER top that game.

Jaguars
Ravens
Patriots

Rain Man I now want to do a bracket and a voting tourney for these games where we establish criteria and positive and negatives for both teams in the match-up.

Do it! I'd like to see debates on game versus game.

Lions game basically cemented in my mind we could actually go to a super bowl..or very least we are never out of a game with Pat