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Originally Posted by kcchiefsus
But why the hell would people not be excited, even with performances like last week?
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Two reasons: The past and the future.
Right now we're a team constructed to lose in the first round of the playoffs. Dogshit receivers other than one guy, pass protection that gets raped against upper echelon pass rush teams, questionable quarterback play that has only recently started to trend upward. Those kinds of teams go home early in January, and we have a history of that in Kansas City for the exact same reasons (mostly QB and receiver).
As far as the future, next year our schedule is
****ing brutal. We don't play the NFC West, and we won't draw shitty teams like Buffalo or Cleveland again. Even if we make the playoffs this year, it's no guarantee we even get close next year.
Because we passed on addressing the front seven in 2010 (and in 2009, incidentally, thanks Mr. Pioli), it's a dire need going into 2011. Of course, we also passed on adding a real receiver (instead, we got a gimmick), which almost ensures our first pick next year will be a receiver.
What are the odds we get the right receiver and the right two or three players our front seven needs to take that step up to where they can compete with the 6-6 teams in this league instead of giving up 200 yards rushing and getting shut out 31-0?
Somewhere around 3,720 to 1.
