Chiefs What I Saw

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-04-2014, 07:26 PM

There isn’t a way to quantify a loss like that. There isn’t a way to describe it someone, even if they saw it. There is only the experience of having your guts ripped out.

It feels like a fugue state. The sides of your vision get fuzzy, footsteps and breaths feel artificial, forced.

It’s easier to blame particular whipping boys, but I think that is a half-assed analysis.

Here’s what I saw:

I saw an opposing QB sandwich three interceptions around play that is as good as I’ve ever seen from any quarterback. Andrew Luck was absolutely brilliant. That wasn’t just great quarterbacking, it was all-time pantheon quarterbacking.

I saw a wide receiver we didn’t have an answer for, regardless of which corners were in or out of the game.

I saw an artificial surface that should be nuked from orbit. Head injuries on incidental contact like that is somewhat of an aberration, but that many should not happen. I wonder if they replaced the rubber filling with tungsten before the game.

I saw a defense that made a number of excellent plays yet was completely eviscerated. It’s hard to put it all on the D when they gave the offense 17 points via turnovers and won the battle 4-1

I saw an offense score 27 points on its own, and convert another 17 points via turnovers, without its best player for the entirety of the game.

I saw a rookie RB with ball security issues play his ass off as a worthy replacement for our best player.

I saw a quarterback whom many, myself included, derided as a game manager play at a level that no Chiefs QB has in the playoffs in my lifetime. Alex Smith was absolutely magnificent in that game. He did not deserve that loss. He beats almost any QB in history on any day except that QB on that day.

I saw a wide receiver, who is the second best in franchise history and who gets crapped on like he’s Jonny Morton, play a brilliant game.

I saw a free safety who shouldn’t start in the UFL commit the cardinal sin of playing that position.

I saw a head coach whose biggest knack was time management and whose offense was built upon efficiency waste all of its timeouts on offense which turned a 4^th and 11 into a 4^th and the season.

I saw a head coach go for a field goal at the one yard line when every statistical metric says you go for it. Had they converted, the Chiefs would have won the game. Had they not, they still would have had a chance to win that they had at the game’s end.

But what I didn’t see makes me feel just as shitty.

I feel bad for Jamaal, Bowe, Smith, Hali, and others, but I feel terrible for fans that had to experience that.

Sorry milkman, Reaper, OTW, ChiefsCountry, Flopnuts, Rainman, Bob Dole, and countless hundreds of others that populate this site. You didn’t deserve that experience.

I feel like the football antichrist dragged his carcass from the bowels of Hell to smite us one more time.

Three7s · 01-04-2014, 07:29 PM

Would you say they're cursed, or no?

Prison Bitch · 01-04-2014, 07:30 PM

Andy was too afraid to go for it on 4th and goal from the one. Just like he did in Denver. He's a morbidly obese gutless coward.

Hammock Parties · 01-04-2014, 07:31 PM

We lost our best player on the first drive and lost by 1 point.

I'm very proud of my football team and excited for next season.

Bewbies · 01-04-2014, 07:33 PM

Good take on the game. If we didn't have Lewis and Robinson maybe Hilton would have had 175 fewer yards than he did. Sad day.

RINGLEADER · 01-04-2014, 07:33 PM

Easy to explain it to people - the Chiefs think they're good but really they're not.

**TribalElder** · 01-04-2014, 07:34 PM

we should never have let them back in the game in the second half

we played reserved on offense instead of attacking like in the first half

bedshit

I expected it. this has been one of the worst days I can remember besides the playoff loss, the loss is just icing on the cake

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-04-2014, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Three7s

Would you say they're cursed, or no?

Absolutely. There is a scene early in the documentary The King of Kong where resident video game overlord and uber-douche Billy Mitchell crows about his success and says, "If all this good stuff is happening to me, there is some poor bastard out there getting the screws put to him."

The Chiefs are that poor bastard.

Simply Red · 01-04-2014, 07:34 PM

yeah man.

Ultra Peanut · 01-04-2014, 07:34 PM

SPORTS

Prison Bitch · 01-04-2014, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead

We lost our best player on the first drive and lost by 1 point.

I'm very proud of my football team and excited for next season.

That's really your takeaway? It was Jamaal? That's all you got?

**Reaper16** · 01-04-2014, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Three7s

Would you say they're cursed, or no?

No. The idea of curses just makes it easier to take all of the losing. It's a narrative we tell ourselves to make the pain bearable.

Eleazar · 01-04-2014, 07:35 PM

The secondary was horrendous the whole second half of the season. All opponents needed to do was just keep throwing at them.

**DeezNutz** · 01-04-2014, 07:35 PM

When we kicked the FG at the one, I thought we'd lost the game. However, at 38-10, it's hard to feel like that was the wrong decision.

Until it's 45-44.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-04-2014, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead

We lost our best player on the first drive and lost by 1 point.

I'm very proud of my football team and excited for next season.

I'm really proud of a lot of those guys, Smith especially. Goddamn, Luck was exquisite, though.

01-04-2014, 07:26 PM
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $7149572	What I Saw There isn’t a way to quantify a loss like that. There isn’t a way to describe it someone, even if they saw it. There is only the experience of having your guts ripped out. It feels like a fugue state. The sides of your vision get fuzzy, footsteps and breaths feel artificial, forced. It’s easier to blame particular whipping boys, but I think that is a half-assed analysis. Here’s what I saw: I saw an opposing QB sandwich three interceptions around play that is as good as I’ve ever seen from any quarterback. Andrew Luck was absolutely brilliant. That wasn’t just great quarterbacking, it was all-time pantheon quarterbacking. I saw a wide receiver we didn’t have an answer for, regardless of which corners were in or out of the game. I saw an artificial surface that should be nuked from orbit. Head injuries on incidental contact like that is somewhat of an aberration, but that many should not happen. I wonder if they replaced the rubber filling with tungsten before the game. I saw a defense that made a number of excellent plays yet was completely eviscerated. It’s hard to put it all on the D when they gave the offense 17 points via turnovers and won the battle 4-1 I saw an offense score 27 points on its own, and convert another 17 points via turnovers, without its best player for the entirety of the game. I saw a rookie RB with ball security issues play his ass off as a worthy replacement for our best player. I saw a quarterback whom many, myself included, derided as a game manager play at a level that no Chiefs QB has in the playoffs in my lifetime. Alex Smith was absolutely magnificent in that game. He did not deserve that loss. He beats almost any QB in history on any day except that QB on that day. I saw a wide receiver, who is the second best in franchise history and who gets crapped on like he’s Jonny Morton, play a brilliant game. I saw a free safety who shouldn’t start in the UFL commit the cardinal sin of playing that position. I saw a head coach whose biggest knack was time management and whose offense was built upon efficiency waste all of its timeouts on offense which turned a 4^th and 11 into a 4^th and the season. I saw a head coach go for a field goal at the one yard line when every statistical metric says you go for it. Had they converted, the Chiefs would have won the game. Had they not, they still would have had a chance to win that they had at the game’s end. But what I didn’t see makes me feel just as shitty. I feel bad for Jamaal, Bowe, Smith, Hali, and others, but I feel terrible for fans that had to experience that. Sorry milkman, Reaper, OTW, ChiefsCountry, Flopnuts, Rainman, Bob Dole, and countless hundreds of others that populate this site. You didn’t deserve that experience. I feel like the football antichrist dragged his carcass from the bowels of Hell to smite us one more time.
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