2022 Schedule

[ptlyon]

Bring it. This is what we wanted all our lives.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

Bring it. This is what we wanted all our lives.

I thought we wanted a Super Bowl?

This is a re-tooling year, guys. Enjoy the ride. It's going to be a very difference experience than the last several years, and while I think we're set up for some disappointment this season, we're better set up for the future. Just have some perspective that it's going to take time on both sides of the ball for this team to gel with this many new (and in many cases young) players. And that schedule is absolutely unforgiving.

[Coochie liquor]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

I thought we wanted a Super Bowl?

This is a re-tooling year, guys. Enjoy the ride. It's going to be a very difference experience than the last several years, and while I think we're set up for some disappointment this season, we're better set up for the future. Just have some perspective that it's going to take time on both sides of the ball for this team to gel with this many new (and in many cases young) players. And that schedule is absolutely unforgiving.

I’m telling you, bro. Andy has a plan. The league isn’t ready for what he’s about to unleash. He’s made top 10 offenses with scrub players in Philly. He has the best quarterback he’s ever had, the best TE he’s ever had, and he has quite a few players that have the skills/traits to keep this offense rolling. It’s not gonna be be the **** it, Reek down there somewhere game anymore. It’s gonna be pick your poison. Want to drop 8, our OL will maul you and make it. Wanna stack the box, good luck covering Kelce, Juju, MVS, Hardman, Skyy, and the RB. The league has the old blueprint, but that don’t work anymore. Trust. We have the best quarterback/coach combo in the league.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

I thought we wanted a Super Bowl?

This is a re-tooling year, guys. Enjoy the ride. It's going to be a very difference experience than the last several years, and while I think we're set up for some disappointment this season, we're better set up for the future. Just have some perspective that it's going to take time on both sides of the ball for this team to gel with this many new (and in many cases young) players. And that schedule is absolutely unforgiving.

I think the flip side of that is how poorly they played for 6 weeks last season and still made the AFCCG.

I could be wrong, but I think a retooling team led by Mahomes is still a playoff team.... how could it not be if teams like the brokedick Steelers and the Raiders can make the playoffs? (and I know, the schedule)

If we really need to lower expectations, I'd still set it at like losing in the divisional to the Bills partly because they finally had to go on the road for a playoff game.... and that's completely fine, because they simply won't win that kind of 50/50 game every time.

Missing the playoffs without any major injuries would be surprising, IMO.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I think the flip side of that is how poorly they played for 6 weeks last season and still made the AFCCG.

I could be wrong, but I think a retooling team led by Mahomes is still a playoff team.... how could it not be if teams like the brokedick Steelers and the Raiders can make the playoffs? (and I know, the schedule)

If we really need to lower expectations, I'd still set it at like losing in the divisional to the Bills partly because they finally had to go on the road for a playoff game.... and that's completely fine, because they simply won't win that kind of 50/50 game every time.

Missing the playoffs without any major injuries would be surprising, IMO.

I absolutely think we're still a playoff team. But my view at the moment is we're not getting a bye and very likely not winning the division. I thought we were on the defensive even before we traded Hill, and now - while I'm much more excited about the defense over the next several years - I think a balanced offense has the potential to better but also could be more generic and less explosive (at least at first).

The rest of the AFC made a lot of win-now moves and we did the opposite. There's no shame in a down season (which could be another AFCCG loss) in that light.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

I absolutely think we're still a playoff team. But my view at the moment is we're not getting a bye and very likely not winning the division. I thought we were on the defensive even before we traded Hill, and now - while I'm much more excited about the defense over the next several years - I think a balanced offense has the potential to better but also could be more generic and less explosive (at least at first).

The rest of the AFC made a lot of win-now moves and we did the opposite. There's no shame in a down season (which could be another AFCCG loss) in that light.

Completely agree... and just love the fact we can talk about 'down years' as "only winning one or two playoff games".

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

I thought we wanted a Super Bowl?

This is a re-tooling year, guys. Enjoy the ride. It's going to be a very difference experience than the last several years, and while I think we're set up for some disappointment this season, we're better set up for the future. Just have some perspective that it's going to take time on both sides of the ball for this team to gel with this many new (and in many cases young) players. And that schedule is absolutely unforgiving.

Sounds like you are throwing in the towel on this season before it even starts.

Very foolish.

Yea, it could be the year we don’t at least make it to the AFCCG, but make no mistake about it, it could also be a SB year.

This team is loaded with young talent now, and they have enough good vets to get it done.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Sounds like you are throwing in the towel on this season before it even starts.

Very foolish.

Yea, it could be the year we don’t at least make it to the AFCCG, but make no mistake about it, it could also be a SB year.

This team is loaded with young talent now, and they have enough good vets to get it done.

We don’t know. There are a lot of new aspects and players on this team that have proven nothing.

The defense is gonna have like 4 rookie starters/semi starters. We’re gonna learn a lot this year.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by RunKC

We don’t know. There are a lot of new aspects and players on this team that have proven nothing.

The defense is gonna have like 4 rookie starters/semi starters. We’re gonna learn a lot this year.

Where did I say we do?

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Where did I say we do?

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Originally Posted by staylor26

Sounds like you are throwing in the towel on this season before it even starts.

Very foolish.

Yea, it could be the year we don’t at least make it to the AFCCG, but make no mistake about it, it could also be a SB year.

This team is loaded with young talent now, and they have enough good vets to get it done.

[MahomesMagic]

This team isn't pushing all its chips in the way the 2 previous Super Bowl winners did in Tampa and LA Rams so it is hard to see us as a favorite.

We certainly are a contender every year we have Mahomes but right now it looks like we are deliberately recalibrating.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by RunKC

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We are loaded with young talent.

That talent has to be developed and put into a position to succeed, but the talent is there.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Sounds like you are throwing in the towel on this season before it even starts.

Very foolish.

Yea, it could be the year we don’t at least make it to the AFCCG, but make no mistake about it, it could also be a SB year.

This team is loaded with young talent now, and they have enough good vets to get it done.

Throwing in the towel? What in the world are you talking about?

Get a grip. I'm a fan. These are my expectations. They're a bit lower than they've been prior seasons. It's foolish to have expectations like that? Will they somehow influence how the team performs? If the team makes the Super Bowl, will I somehow be disappointed and a laughingstock because I totally wrote them off? Did I totally write them off? Absolutely not.

You're the guy who has sworn off watching this team publicly before like a petulant child because they disappointed you. Pretty sure you might be one of the last people who has a leg to stand on in calling others foolish for more tempered expectations.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Throwing in the towel? What in the world are you talking about?

Get a grip. I'm a fan. These are my expectations. They're a bit lower than they've been prior seasons. It's foolish to have expectations like that? Will they somehow influence how the team performs? If the team makes the Super Bowl, will I somehow be disappointed and a laughingstock because I totally wrote them off? Did I totally write them off? Absolutely not.

You're the guy who has sworn off watching this team publicly before like a petulant child because they disappointed you. Pretty sure you might be one of the last people who has a leg to stand on in calling others foolish for more tempered expectations.

Your post read like you thought there’s no chance they win the Super Bowl.

I don’t expect to win the SB either, but this team is absolutely still a SB contender. It’s just going to be tough with a brutal schedule.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Your post read like you thought there’s no chance they win the Super Bowl.

I don’t expect to win the SB either, but this team is absolutely still a SB contender. It’s just going to be tough with a brutal schedule.

Okay, I love you again and we're best friends.

I'm excited to see a revamped Chiefs team. Win or lose. This was a necessary reboot.