LNBS: Why were the Chiefs bad in the 1980s?

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Marty favored veteran QBs. Prior to his tenure I can’t really comment a whole lot bc I was too young. Obviously the 83 draft is infamous.

Firing Mackovic didn’t cost them a title but was clearly a step in the wrong direction and doing so due to a coup is asinine.

CP clearly favored veteran QBs as well as he traded for another after Marty left. CP whiffed on many a draft pick on top of that - he was a decent GM but nowhere near elite.

My read on it is CP refused to take the risk involved with trading up and trying to hit on a QB bc 10-6 playoff berths kept him employed as long as the stands were full and he was right bc that tact allowed him to milk it for 20 years give or take.

What is so remarkable is this Mahomes/Reid era has wiped out the ineptitude of the previous 50 years in an incredibly short period of time in a comparative sense as there are incredibly now only 4 franchises with more Super Bowl wins and there’s a good chance that halves shortly.