All hope isn't lost against Cincinnati

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Williams

It may have been different temporarily, but the truth eventually reveals itself.

Sean Smith, Gaines, and Peters full season wouldn't have been a temporary impact. Whether that would have given us enough to get by Denver or compete against GB, who knows. Much more realistic to say he could have changed the Denver outcome. Manning and Rodgers having to pick on one of those 3 is a lot different than picking on Flemming/Cooper.

With a team like KC playing with no margin of error, how each facet of the teams plays affects the other. It could have helped the offense have to do less. Regardless of whether the offense should need that or not, those 3 all year would have had a long-term impact.

You can even say that with Smith in the game Gaines may not be in the same place he is when he gets hurt and it never happens. However, that's a rabbit hole I'm not going down.