Chiefs Chiefs Propaganda: EVERYTHING IS FINE, SITUATION NORMAL - Page 11

Hammock Parties · 10-03-2016, 05:34 PM

http://www.chiefs.com/news/article-2...c-8910d9dd7f3a

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Perception can often be clouded in the interim by the emotions of the moment, and after the Kansas City Chiefs 43-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night, head coach Andy Reid took a step back on Monday while speaking with the local media at the University of Kansas Hospital Training Complex.

“We’re 2-2,” Reid explained. “It’s not the end of the world, even though it feels that way. That’s how things are in the National Football League. We’ve got a week to step back, analyze and fix some of these issues.”

If there’s a team that knows a thing or two about putting things behind them and moving forward, it’s this Chiefs team, which overcame a 1-5 start a year ago to rattle off 10 straight regular season victories to make the playoffs, then winning their first playoff game in more than two decades.

But all-time win streaks shouldn’t have to be the plan every year to overcome a slow first quarter of the season. At 2-2, the Chiefs can use Sunday as a teachable moment and find something positive in it moving forward.

While it may seem obvious, one bad loss doesn’t mean the goals for this team are now unattainable.

Over the past six years, 31 of the 72 playoff teams had a game in their respective seasons that they lost by 25 or more points, and that also includes three of the last six Super Bowl winners.

Those 72 playoff teams had an average worst defeat that year of 20 points, so it’s not uncommon for successful teams to have a bad game. The Chiefs just need to make sure it’s an outlier.

“We have a bunch of fighters here, we just have to look into the mirror and realize we did not come to play (on Sunday),” veteran Tamba Hali said after the game. “When we play together, we do well. When we do not play well and make mistakes like we did (against the Steelers), that is the result. That’s a good team we played today. They win Super Bowls here.

“For us to take that step, we have to beat a few teams like [the Steelers].”

“You learn a lot about yourself when you get your butt kicked,” veteran Derrick Johnson added after the game. “The best thing about it is it counts as one game. It does not put a damper on the season, and it does not set us into panic mode.

“We’ll learn a lot about our team’s character after something like this. We were tested and we’ll have to see if we can rise up to the challenge.”

It’s a locker room that’s been tested before and come out on the right end of it, and while the sting of a nationally televised loss is still fresh in the minds of the players, coaches and fans, the truth is there are 12 regular-season games left and the next game is against their division rival in the Oakland Raiders.

Reid’s message to his team after the game was pretty simple.

“When you’re a good football team, or you’re perceived to be a good football team, you’ve got to learn how to control yourself, play better and not let emotions get the best of you,” Reid explained.”Our guys busted their tails and tried hard. We’ve got to learn how to control those emotions.

“It’s fully on my plate and my responsibility to make sure our guys understand that, and they will because that’s the type of locker room we have.”

We learned last year never to count out the Chiefs, so while the loss stings and shouldn’t be discarded or forgotten, the fact is it took them until Week 7 of last year to pick up their second win of the season. It’s a perspective that’s hard to see when the emotions of what could have been on Sunday night were quickly tossed to the side because of a slow start.

“If we’re all pulling in the same direction, we’ll be a pretty good football team,” Reid concluded.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-04-2016, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by splatbass

You don't care because you have the same agenda and have from the beginning. The main difference is that Clay is just trolling.

Goddamn, you're stupid.

Forget agendas. THE GIFS DO NOT LIE.

And we've been watching the same mistakes for FOUR YEARS.

Would it make you feel better if one of those Niner fan psycho-stalkers posted these every week?

Because the result wouldn't change.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-04-2016, 04:02 PM

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**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-04-2016, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

If I didnt know any better - and this is no exaggeration - I would think this is year ONE of the new regime

Thats how helter skelter and inefficient things have looked so far

Its year 4, it shouldnt look this bad.

I made the same point in another thread, just worded differently.

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

If you took every Alex Smith thread posted on this website in the last 4+ years - and removed the dates and any identifying information - you wouldn't be able to tell when the thread/posts were made.

We're still debating the same issues we debated when we originally made the trade. The only thing that has changed are the excuses.

**Easy 6** · 10-04-2016, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

I made the same point in another thread, just worded differently.

When you and I are on the same page... you damn well KNOW something is wrong

**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-04-2016, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

When you and I are on the same page... you damn well KNOW something is wrong

splatbass · 10-04-2016, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Goddamn, you're stupid.

Forget agendas. THE GIFS DO NOT LIE.

They do when cherry picked and taken out of context.

**New World Order** · 10-04-2016, 04:14 PM

Once Splat crosses over into the anti-Alex brigade, the formation will be complete.

The homer army will be defeated.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-04-2016, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by splatbass

They do when cherry picked and taken out of context.

How does video of the play along with All-22 screenshots get "taken out of context"?

The video doesn't lie. And this has been happening for 4 years. Myself and others who go to the games and sit in the upper deck have been ranting since he was acquired that there are receivers running free all over the field and they get overlooked.

You're butthurt over Clay doesn't change the fact that these issues have been issues since the day we traded for Alex Smith.

splatbass · 10-04-2016, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by New World Order

Once Splat crosses over into the anti-Alex brigade, the formation will be complete.

The homer army will be defeated.

You mean the people that actually like their team? We used to just call them fans. Being a fan didn't have a negative connotation until the internet.

splatbass · 10-04-2016, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

How does video of the play along with All-22 screenshots get "taken out of context"?

The video doesn't lie. And this has been happening for 4 years. Myself and others who go to the games and sit in the upper deck have been ranting since he was acquired that there are receivers running free all over the field and they get overlooked.

You're butthurt over Clay doesn't change the fact that these issues have been issues since the day we traded for Alex Smith.

Posting a couple of videos only shows what happened on those plays, it doesn't show how he played the whole game or whether those couple of plays are representative of his play on the whole. That is what I meant by out of context.

And you called me stupid?

**The Franchise** · 10-04-2016, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by splatbass

Posting a couple of videos only shows what happened on those plays, it doesn't show how he played the whole game or whether those couple of plays are representative of his play on the whole. That is what I meant by out of context.

And you called me stupid?

So he's played good these past 4 games?

**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-04-2016, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by splatbass

Posting a couple of videos only shows what happened on those plays, it doesn't show how he played the whole game or whether those couple of plays are representative of his play on the whole. That is what I meant by out of context.

And you called me stupid?

Ummm.

A major issue throughout Smith's career is the inability to keep his eyes downfield and willingness to throw the ball downfield, along with just flat out refusing to throw the ball into semi-tight spots.

We've been discussing this issue for 4 years.

So when video is posted every week, on 5-8+ different plays where THIS EXACT ISSUE rears it's ugly head again, I'd say it's pretty relevant.

Those plays are a direct representation of his play as a whole over 4 years - because we keep seeing them posted OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Good grief.

**Easy 6** · 10-04-2016, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by splatbass

You mean the people that actually like their team? We used to just call them fans. Being a fan didn't have a negative connotation until the internet.

I've definitely agreed with you more often than not over the years, but damn man

Cant we still be fans while recognizing that something isnt right? Its year four, and not only did we stumble out of the gate again, but four games in, we turned in the ugliest performance I can honestly ever remember

Even great teams stumble out of the gate sometimes... but we do it every year

Even great teams get blown out sometimes...but we consistently like to do it on the biggest stages

I'm not here for the pile-on, but at some point you should come to grips with the fact that four years in we keep seeing the same problems resurface... it really shouldnt be this way

Knocking everyones fandom is a losing bid, we LOVE this team but are tired of dealing with the same old issues

jspchief · 10-04-2016, 05:06 PM

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**SAUTO** · 10-04-2016, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

Has anyone heard from staylor? I'm concerned he hasn't posted in a few days.

Poor ****er might have eaten the business end

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