Edwards angrily denies Chiefs lucked into playoffs (AP)

[TN_Chief]

Edwards angrily denies Chiefs lucked into playoffs

By DOUG TUCKER, AP Sports Writer
January 1, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Herman Edwards lashed out Monday at anybody who says his Kansas City Chiefs lucked into the playoffs.

"Let's don't get this thing twisted and think we backed into this deal," he said, eyes flashing. "We didn't lose. We won. We won the game we were supposed to win."

Nevertheless, the Chiefs (9-7) seemed the longest of long shots on Sunday when with several other teams they went into the final regular-season game with a chance to grab the sixth and final seed in the AFC. The Chiefs needed to beat Jacksonville, then have Denver, Tennessee and Cincinnati all lose at home.

The Chiefs did their part, beating the contending Jaguars 35-30 behind Larry Johnson's three touchdowns. Then New England beat the Titans, Cincinnati missed a field goal with a few seconds left and lost in overtime to Pittsburgh and Denver squandered an early lead and lost in overtime to San Francisco.

The players all left the stadium Sunday shortly after the Broncos and 49ers kicked off, thinking they would probably come in on Monday, pack and say their goodbyes.

Instead, many of them spent Sunday night and Monday morning canceling travel plans and they'll begin preparing to play the Colts on Saturday in Indianapolis as seven-point underdogs.

"Those other teams played at home. They didn't win," Edwards said. "That's not our fault. All we can do is win, and we did that and that's why we're in the playoffs, to be quite honest. We won enough games to get in the playoffs. It's very simple.

"Twenty teams are packing up today. We're not one of those 20. I don't want to hear about luck."

In a meeting that lasted only 15 minutes, Edwards pounded on the same theme with his players.

"I hear a lot of things about how we lucked into it, and how we did this," he said. "You know what? If we don't get in, if we don't win, and those other teams do, you know what they'll say? You didn't win."'

The Chiefs survived a rash of adversity and a three-game December losing streak to get to the postseason.

"And this team deserves it," Edwards said. "After everything they went through ... they won their way into the playoffs, period."

The Chiefs' first-year coach, who took the New York Jets to the playoffs three of his five years there, acknowledged he was feeling "defensive."

"That's exactly right. Because I don't want anybody to think that all of a sudden we lucked our way into this deal. We didn't luck our way into it. We won our way into it, just like those other teams had to win their way into it. And they didn't do it, to be quite honest.

"That's how I look at it. And I want this team to look at it that way, too. I don't want them to think that somebody gave us an out and said, `Hey, you can go because we don't want to go.'

"Are you kidding me? There's only 12 spots and we got a spot. We're one of the six. We're representing the National Football League and we're representing the Kansas City Chiefs."

Edwards declined to say exactly what he heard to get his anger up.

"You could sense it. I wasn't born at night." he said. "Believe me, you could sense it. I've been around a long time. You could just feel it."

"I think (the players) got the message. Loud and clear."

In related news, Herm Edwards angrily denies that the sun rises in the east and takes offense at the suggestion that water is wet.

[HonestChieffan]

No one will call it luck if Herm can get a big time solid win in Indy. But if we go in there and start throwing INTs all over and get eaten by Payton Manning...argueably the best coverage reader QB out there...and Manning audibles his way one end to the other...it could be ugly. Your Cover 2 will be shreaded by Payton Manning. And he is a lot more mobile than you want to think about.

So Herm freaking deal with the game plan and quit getting on your little pulpit and ranting about what people think...Just freaking do the job and move on.

Listening to Herm will long term be proven to cause a loss of brain activity.

[doomy3]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

No one will call it luck if Herm can get a big time solid win in Indy. But if we go in there and start throwing INTs all over and get eaten by Payton Manning...argueably the best coverage reader QB out there...and Manning audibles his way one end to the other...it could be ugly. Your Cover 2 will be shreaded by Payton Manning. And he is a lot more mobile than you want to think about.

So Herm freaking deal with the game plan and quit getting on your little pulpit and ranting about what people think...Just freaking do the job and move on.

Listening to Herm will long term be proven to cause a loss of brain activity.

Well, I guess your name lies huh? Since when do people refer to their team as your? Maybe your board name should be HonestJetsTroll

[HonestChieffan]

Yea Ive only been going to Chiefs games as a season ticket holder for over 20 years cause I want to be called a troll by some moron like you.

In short, dont bother me.

[Marty Mac Ver 2.0]

luck = when preparation meets opportunity.

[plbrdude]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

How can he not see that luck played a major role? Is he that into himself?

Come on...The Chiefs by virtue of the win did not get into the playoffs. They had to have three absolute long shot events happen that they had no influence on not any control over. And Herm get all in a snit cause someboidy says we lucked in?

No Herm baby, it was more like backed in...slow, eyes closed backed in. So dont get all huffy. Maybe you can put on some act that you hope will make people think the Chiefs got there because of your marvelous coaching. But the rest of the world will not buy it.

The Chiefs are in cause a lot of other folks didnt close the deal and we got lucky. Period. Now, you go win in Indy and do it with power, then people may start to listen. But if you come home from Indy beaten badly....it will always be seen as pure unadulterated old fashioned Luck.

Lets see it happen Saturday.

lets see; no win in oakland or at home against jax guarentees no chance for a play off spot. win those games as we did, you have a shot. we did not back in because the donks couldn't man up. i'm with herm on this one.

[jetsfan115]

apparently alot of people agree with me that the jets ahve a chance

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sports...?event_id=2721

[HonestChieffan]

No one cares about the Jets. Thats pretty easy to understand

[jetsfan115]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

No one cares about the Jets. Thats pretty easy to understand

the poll begs to differ

out of 35,000 votes

44+ percent think the jets will take the NFC
6 percent think the chiefs will

[doomy3]

Originally Posted by jetsfan115

the poll begs to differ

out of 35,000 votes

44+ percent think the jets will take the NFC
6 percent think the chiefs will

The poll must be flawed if these numbers are accurate.

Clearly, the Jets play in the AFC.




Or, maybe you're just a moron.

[jetsfan115]

Originally Posted by doomy3

The poll must be flawed if these numbers are accurate.

Clearly, the Jets play in the AFC.

it was my typo. i meant AFC, i dodn't edit it cause i though you'd be smart enuogh to know its a typo. i guess i was wrong

[HonestChieffan]

Based on Polls Hillary Clinton will be president.

[jetsfan115]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Based on Polls Hillary Clinton will be president.

i'd like to see taht poll

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by Marty Mac Ver 2.0

luck = when preparation meets opportunity.

this goes under blind luck too

[stevieray]

Good...I hope Herm runs with it...I hope he gets them hungry and angry as underdogs who don't "deserve" it.

[CosmicPal]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Good...I hope Herm runs with it...I hope he gets them hungry and angry as underdogs who don't "deserve" it.

Yep. I hope the players hear nothing about how LUCKY they were to be playing in the playoffs all week long- it ought to be sound motivation to get their asses ready and justify winning a football game.