Are you still holding out hope for the playoffs?

[greg63]

...Just curious. :nosmilie:

[patteeu]

Until our next loss, I'll be optimistic. If we lose one, I'll be pessimistic but still hopeful. Any more than that and I'll give up all hope.

[Chief Chief]

We'd definitely need help from other teams at this point to squeeze into the #6 slot since our conference record is so poor. Even then, we'd be on the road to begin the play-offs, so it would be "one, done, wasn't any fun"...

I'm hoping the Chiefs wake up and smell the coffee, continue their losing ways, and move up to a much higher selecting spot in next year's draft.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Same as patteeu... if we don't go 4-0 I think we're done without serious help from other teams.

[Bugeater]

I think Halfcan has a better chance of scoring with that chick than the Chiefs do of making the playoffs.

[Chiefnj]

I think it's possible primarily because the other wild cards teams are just as inconsistent as KC. Denver will struggle with a new QB. Jax is just as inconsistent as KC and is also a poor road team. Cincy's D is looking improved, but I think they are still much like the 2003 Chiefs. The Jets probably have the best shot because of their schedule, but they are still the Jets and if there is a way to blow the organization will.

[Deberg_1990]

Nope. no hope. I think we end up 9-7 overall.

Even if they manage to backdoor themselves into the playoffs, its a 1 and done deal.


Sorry, im not more optimistic, im just callin it like ive seen it for the past 18 years or so...

[cdcox]

... im just callin it like ive seen it for the past 18 years or so...

So for the 17 prior to Carl's arrival you were all optimisiic and rah-rah, but the second he showed up it was all doom and gloom? OK.

[Easy 6]

I'm still hopeful, but its a queasy kind of hopeful. Deep down i feel like i'm waiting for next year.

Nothing says IF like needing 2 or 3 other teams to lose a few games.

Thats not a very good indicator of playoff success.

[greg63]

Nope. no hope. I think we end up 9-7 overall.

Even if they manage to backdoor themselves into the playoffs, its a 1 and done deal.


Sorry, im not more optimistic, im just callin it like ive seen it for the past 18 years or so...

Ditto.

[cdcox]

I'm still hopeful, but its a queasy kind of hopeful. Deep down i feel like i'm waiting for next year.

Nothing says IF like needing 2 or 3 other teams to lose a few games.

Thats not a very good indicator of playoff success.

I tell you what, I'm a whole lot more worried about the Chiefs being able to win 3 of their last 4 than I am about the other teams screwing up. These teams are all 7-5 because they are average, 'cept for maybe the Bengals, who I think just went into a mid-season slump.

[KC Jones]

Absolutely not. If we can't take the Browns on the road I see little to no chance of us winning 3+ of our remaining schedule:

Ravens
@San Diego
@Oakland
Jax

We may very well go 1-3 down that stretch.

[Halfcan]

I think Halfcan has a better chance of scoring with that chick than the Chiefs do of making the playoffs.

Maybe we can give the Ravens some GHB.

[NaptownChief]

Our defense appears to be a pretty big joke. Cleveland for all practical purposes has been shut out two of their last three games yet laid 31 on the Chiefs. When you give up 31 to an offense that is so pitiful that they struggle to even score a single point against the other teams sandwiching our game lets you know about all you need.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Of course I hope we make the playoffs. I have to, I'm a Chiefs fan. That said, I don't see us sniffing the second round, but just to make the playoffs after everything that has happened this season is enough for me.

[NaptownChief]

but just to make the playoffs after everything that has happened this season is enough for me.


You are definitely a Chiefs fan....So beaten down that very minor moral victories are enough to quench the pallet...

[InChiefsHeaven]

You are definitely a Chiefs fan....So beaten down that very minor moral victories are enough to quench the pallet...

...indeed sir.

...May I have another? :evil:

But seriously, I called an 8-8 season before the pre-season. They have already exceeded my expectations, so just making the playoffs is a bonus. This is a transition year, and given all the crapola we have gone through, I'm amazed we even have a winning record, much less a shot at the playoffs.

I feel good about it and you should too! :whackit:

[greg63]

...indeed sir.

...May I have another? :evil:

But seriously, I called an 8-8 season before the pre-season. They have already exceeded my expectations, so just making the playoffs is a bonus. This is a transition year, and given all the crapola we have gone through, I'm amazed we even have a winning record, much less a shot at the playoffs.

I feel good about it and you should too! :whackit:

Well they have yet to do either.

[StcChief]

Hopeful but realist.

Still need help with our AFC record.
even these
W vs Ravens
L in SD
W in Oak
W vs Jags.

Depending on others and then a road game...We are 1 and done in playoffs.

[KC-TBB]

I'm cautiously optimistic...I was a Red Sox fan for years...I am still wearing red since today is friday...does that make me an idiot??? :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: stupid fricken calls!

[Reerun_KC]

I think Halfcan has a better chance of scoring with a chick than the Chiefs do of making the playoffs.

Fixed your post for ya!

[FAX]

...Just curious. :nosmilie:

When you remove hope from a Chiefs fan, Mr. greg63, all that's left is a authorized Priest Holmes jersey, a pair of jeans, and some mukluks.

FAX

[greg63]

When you remove hope from a Chiefs fan, Mr. greg63, all that's left is a authorized Priest Holmes jersey, a pair of jeans, and some mukluks.

FAX

You are correct Mr. Fax, you are correct.

[siberian khatru]

I'm not sure how to answer.

Am I expecting them to? No, not really.

Do I think they have a chance? Yes.

Do I want them to? Yes, even if we go one and out.

If we had beaten Cleveland, LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE, I'd be very optimistic. I'd be sure we'd beat Baltimore and more confident we'd beat Oakland. I'd think we'd be going 3-1 down the stretch and finish 11-5 and get a wild card.

But Cleveland pretty much snuffed out any hope I had that these Chiefs had turned the corner, and were tougher in December than previous teams. But you know what? If it hadn't been Cleveland that tripped us up, we'd probably have done it somewhere else -- losing at home to Baltimore or Jax, or losing @ Oakland. It's just the way this franchise is. Expect the worst and hopefully be surprised.

[Nzoner]

Sorry to be negative but no,I really don't want to see the team in the play-offs for two reasons

1.I don't buy that anything can happen,this is not a play-off caliber defense and therefore will not go very far

2.By making the play-offs Carl will use it as spin to no end,and as sad as it will be to see Arrowhead with many empty seats I think it's the only way we as fans will be able to see real change.

I for one am tired of settling for mediocrity and then having "well we made the play-offs and we have the best fans in the NFL" shoved down my throat.

[Stinger]

Yes I am hopeful, and I will be that way until they are are either mathmatically eleminated or lose in the Playoffs. If they go one and out I will be disapointed but not as much. Given the way the season has gone with injuries, retirements, I view the making of the playsoffs a very good start for the new regime. Everyone wants home field advantage but it is not happing this year, and unlike the last few years, minus one game in Pittsburg, we have been in a position to win on the road in ever other game. When you go on the road that is what you ask your team to do and in the playoffs where anything can happen in one game.....

So yes I am still holding hope for the playoffs. Still a lot of football to be played yet.

[Fairplay]

Hopeful of course.

Realistically no.

[Chief Pote]

...indeed sir.

...May I have another? :evil:

But seriously, I called an 8-8 season before the pre-season. They have already exceeded my expectations, so just making the playoffs is a bonus. This is a transition year, and given all the crapola we have gone through, I'm amazed we even have a winning record, much less a shot at the playoffs.

I feel good about it and you should too! :whackit:

Transition year?? He inherited a 10 and 6 team and needed to improve a defense. What he has done is f*ck up an offense and make everyone think that he has improved the defense with smoke and mirrors. Likely, the team will finish 9 and 7 (with some luck) and no playoffs again. Can't lose the games against below .500 teams.

[greg63]

Sorry to be negative but no,I really don't want to see the team in the play-offs for two reasons

1.I don't buy that anything can happen,this is not a play-off caliber defense and therefore will not go very far

2.By making the play-offs Carl will use it as spin to no end,and as sad as it will be to see Arrowhead with many empty seats I think it's the only way we as fans will be able to see real change.

I for one am tired of settling for mediocrity and then having "well we made the play-offs and we have the best fans in the NFL" shoved down my throat.

Agreed!

[Psyko Tek]

OH i got hope...


I also hope Angellina Jolise , HAlle Bery , and Jessica Alba will al gangf suck my dick,

but that's hope for ya'

[InChiefsHeaven]

OH i got hope...


I also hope Angellina Jolise , HAlle Bery , and Jessica Alba will al gangf suck my dick,

but that's hope for ya'

Sadly, your other hope is more probable than a Chiefs playoff berth...

[Chiefs4fan]

There is no doubt in my mind this team makes the playoffs...I'll even go so far as to say they will win the AFC West.

San Diego is so over-rated it's not even funny. I remember a 20-6 beatdown of them at Arrowhead at halftime back in Week 7...we'll kill them in their place.

we have LJ the best RB in the league to carry us through the final stretch, he'll prove he's better than Ladanian in 2 weeks.

and who's going to come into Arrowhead and win? no one. ;)

[InChiefsHeaven]

Transition year?? He inherited a 10 and 6 team and needed to improve a defense. What he has done is f*ck up an offense and make everyone think that he has improved the defense with smoke and mirrors. Likely, the team will finish 9 and 7 (with some luck) and no playoffs again. Can't lose the games against below .500 teams.

Um, I don't think that Roaf retiring, TRich going away, the Welborn fiasco, and Trent's injury are really Herm's fault. The fact that we are playing more conservative and smarter offense is not a bad thing, but it is different than what we have been doing. Not nearly as sexy. In order to make the defense better, you have to make the offense slower to keep the defense off the field.

He has improved the defense. But any time you install a new coach and a new coaching philosophy (Offense to Defense) it is a transition year.

BTW, that is no excuse for the Cleveland loss, because there is no excuse for that loss, but I'd say Herm has weathered this storm this season better than DV would have given the same obsticals.

[Chiefnj]

Not nearly as sexy. In order to make the defense better, you have to make the offense slower to keep the defense off the field.

.

FACT

2006 Chiefs are presently 13th in the league in TOP at 30:12.

2005 DV Chiefs were 3rd in the league with a TOP of 32:09.

Herm's "ball control, keep the D off the field defense" has slipped 10 spots down and has the defense on the field about an extra 2 minutes per game on average.

[FAX]

FACT

2006 Chiefs are presently 13th in the league in TOP at 30:12.

2005 DV Chiefs were 3rd in the league with a TOP of 32:09.

Herm's "ball control, keep the D off the field defense" has slipped 10 spots down and has the defense on the field about an extra 2 minutes per game on average.

That's the stat that's been jumping out at me for the last few weeks, Mr. Chiefnj.

Hermie is beginning to look like the Smoke and Mirror man.

FAX

[alpha_omega]

There is no doubt in my mind this team makes the playoffs...I'll even go so far as to say they will win the AFC West.

San Diego is so over-rated it's not even funny. I remember a 20-6 beatdown of them at Arrowhead at halftime back in Week 7...we'll kill them in their place.

we have LJ the best RB in the league to carry us through the final stretch, he'll prove he's better than Ladanian in 2 weeks.

and who's going to come into Arrowhead and win? no one. ;)


WOW...now that is some optimism!

[InChiefsHeaven]

FACT

2006 Chiefs are presently 13th in the league in TOP at 30:12.

2005 DV Chiefs were 3rd in the league with a TOP of 32:09.

Herm's "ball control, keep the D off the field defense" has slipped 10 spots down and has the defense on the field about an extra 2 minutes per game on average.

Ouch. Good stat, I didn't know that. I guess I've been drinking the Herm Koolaide...

...sure was tasty. Thanks for ruining it for me. :(

[Chiefs4fan]

WOW...now that is some optimism!
Yep I know I'm trying to look at the bright side...

but is it really that far off if we can beat the Ravens at home on Sunday? and then go on to sweep the Boltz..

I think this team can do it.

[tk13]

With our luck, we will go 3-1, and miss out on the playoffs by losing a tiebreaker to Cincy because they pulled off a huge win in Indy or Denver.

[TrickyNicky]

I have hope the Chiefs win out. I'm an idealist, so sue me.

[TrickyNicky]

With our luck, we will go 3-1, and miss out on the playoffs by losing a tiebreaker to Cincy because they pulled off a huge win in Indy or Denver.
Indeed. My biggest fear is that we beat the Ravens, go on the road and play inspired against the Bolts for a win only to have our team no-show @Oakland...

[ct]

With our schedule, and weak performances on the road, 9-7 is the best we're gonna do IMO. So, with that in mind, I'd rather go 8-8 (cannot accept a loss to Oakland), and perhaps a shot at the Levi Brown/Sam Baker/DeMarcus Tyler types.

[SCTrojan]

I'll be hopeful until there is no longer a mathematical possiblity for us to go. Of course, if we lose, the hope gets less and less.

[greg63]

There is no doubt in my mind this team makes the playoffs...I'll even go so far as to say they will win the AFC West.

San Diego is so over-rated it's not even funny. I remember a 20-6 beatdown of them at Arrowhead at halftime back in Week 7...we'll kill them in their place.

we have LJ the best RB in the league to carry us through the final stretch, he'll prove he's better than Ladanian in 2 weeks.

and who's going to come into Arrowhead and win? no one. ;)


:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:


Thanks, I needed a good laugh!

[Rain Man]

Super Bowl, here we come.

[CoMoChief]

11-5 Surely we make the playoffs

10-6 We still could, but it would take a miracle, given our shitty conference record.

9-7 No ****ing way this record gets it done, not in this conference. Too bad we arent in the NFC, we might get a home game. hah

[greg63]

11-5 Surely we make the playoffs

10-6 We still could, but it would take a miracle, given our shitty conference record.

9-7 No ****ing way this record gets it done, not in this conference. Too bad we arent in the NFC, we might get a home game. hah

11-5 isn't gonna happen, so file that away under "F" for fantacy.

10-6 = last year.

[BigRock]

I disagree with the "it doesn't matter, we'll just go on the road and lose" posts. The 3 and 4 seeds will be Baltimore and New England. If the Ravens come to KC this weekend and beat us, that's one thing... but until that happens, we've never lost to or at Baltimore. And the Pats, who we beat pretty solidly a year ago, are playing like Raiduhs at home.

Either of those two games would be winnable. After that, we could get the Colts. LJ against that run defense?

We could do some things in the playoffs. But to answer the inital question, I'm not really holding out hope that we'll get there. :(

[greg63]

Super Bowl, here we come.

In what decade?

[Adept Havelock]

Nope. Just hoping we can finish the year strong at this point. If it happens, great.

[tk13]

I disagree with the "it doesn't matter, we'll just go on the road and lose" posts. The 3 and 4 seeds will be Baltimore and New England. If the Ravens come to KC this weekend and beat us, that's one thing... but until that happens, we've never lost to or at Baltimore. And the Pats, who we beat pretty solidly a year ago, are playing like Raiduhs at home.

Either of those two games would be winnable. After that, we could get the Colts. LJ against that run defense?

We could do some things in the playoffs. But to answer the inital question, I'm not really holding out hope that we'll get there. :(
I actually agree with that. We are a bad road team but that doesn't mean I still wouldn't want to give it a shot. The entire NFL sucks... that's how a 6 seed can blow the AFC away last year. Pittsburgh got totally annihilated in Indianapolis last year during the season, playoffs rolled around and they turned the tables.

Exact same thing could happen this year too... if Cincy or somebody gets hot down the stretch, they could ride that wave all the way past these division winners, zero doubt in my mind. None of these teams look great, except for San Diego, and Marty's gonna have to prove it before I jump on his bandwagon in January. Parity has become mediocrity.