Put me in the boat that if it comes to us controlling whether the Broncos or Chargers get in, we sit everyone, give Henne a bonus incentive based on INTs thrown, and lose that game.

Approved...Kant's core message was about Human's inherent desire to do good.

You left out Brady's witch-wife's involvement in the "Mothers of Darkness"...and that the Vatican controls the Rothschilds and also invented the Mafia...which in turn created the NFL and Las Vegas. Communism was first conceived in 1780 as a covert scheme to ultimately infect/control the planet...Karl Marx was just a front man.

All roads lead to Rome...

That'll be $10.

Go Chiefs....

I agree. These are just mathematical odds, taking into consideration that the Chiefs still play 3 games vs. teams .500 or better, and 2 on the road. On paper, their schedule looks tougher than the Titans' or the Patriots'. However, in reality, they should win all 3 of those games.

Icing on the cake: Broncos lost as well.

While I'm sure the NFL wants to see Brady vs Belicheck, I'm sure the consolation prize of Mahomes vs Rogers would be acceptable.

I know the bye makes a difference. But, in my opinion, those divisional playoff games are just a different animal. Cleveland took the Chiefs to the wire.

Against Houston, the Chiefs stepped on their anatomy for a quarter before blowing them out.

Indy the year before was less of a game. But the history of that team was a lot to overcome.

I’ve never felt anything less than confident when playing in the AFCCG. But those division playoff games leave everybody wracked with anxiety.

I can't imagine that the ratings for NE-TB would be anywhere close to the ratings we'd see for KC-GB.

I consider all of the divisional games under Mahomes to be easy wins. If Mahomes didn't leave the game, they would have beaten the Browns by 14+.

I wanted the Broncos to win.

Anything that keeps pressure on the Chargers is a good thing. We want them to keep the pedal down all the way through. The more they send guys like James and/or Allen out there at 70%, the more likely those guys are compromised in the post-season.

Don't let them come up for air. If the Broncos keep winning, the Chargers will have to respond in kind.

Exactly.

And though the Broncos didn’t win, the Chargers are now dealing with a COVID outbreak after a gut wrenching loss. Anything that makes them feel that pressure is icing on the cake.

Drew Lock is going to turtle up unfortunately.

Agreed across the board.

As much as we are in the driver's seat we haven't even clinched a playoff spot. At this point 11 Ws will get us in and 12 Ws will win the AFCW. This team has everything to play for so I don't see a letdown.

11 Ws would also win us the AFCW if it's a win at Denver, I believe.

It's still very possible we'll have to win out to get the #1 seed given that we won't have the tiebreakers over NE and TEN.

If it was down to just us and the Titans, then I think you could realistically say that we could drop one and still take the 1 seed. I’m pretty confident the 49ers will beat them.

Patriots absolutely could lose to the Bills, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

Yeah prolly but still maybe.

Anything to the rumors that they engineered this slow start on purpose...

Not gonna lie, never thought we would sneak in to the #1 spot.

It's all up to us at this point.....

Not worried about the Steelers but anyone think we can lose to the Bungles?

The Patriots could lose to the Dolphins. They actually have done it in this exact situation before.

Chiefs are favored by 10 over the Steelers
49ers are favored by 3.5 over the Titans
Patriots are favored by 2.5 over the Bills

We are in great shape...

Looking at the standings and schedule and one thing that really popped out to me was the damage that Miami can do. They play the Saints, Titans, and Patriots and they have currently won 6 in a row. Their winning streak is less impressive than it sounds, but they defeated the Patriots in the first game of the season. If they knock off either or both of the Patriots and Titans, they will have done a great service (again) for the Kansas City Chiefs.

I really believe Tenn and NE are dropping games this weekend and we just have to win 1 of the last 2 after we beat a floundering Pit team.

1 seed is ours unless we totally collapse or covid torpedoes it.

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I'd like to see them both go down to Miami.

Then we can drop a game and laugh at the anguish from the fanbases blowing their golden opportunity.

I'll always have a soft spot for Miami when they beat the Pats to give us home-field advantage.

I'll never forget Kevin Harlan calling both games during our broadcast.

Mitch is fine - we did okay there.

But man Harlan is (was) a legend. He's the guy I cut my teeth on the Chiefs with and there's still just nobody better.

I grew up with Harlan as well. I might be in the minority here, but I despise listening to Holthus.

Let me guess - white and over 60?

Wrong on age. Why does that matter?

That's like the average CPer.

Wow, over 70!

Your demographic really hates fun, which is why you hate Holthus.

Nothing wrong with Harlan, but his motormouth gets annoying sometime. He doesn't need to describe the 'painted numbers' 50 times a game.

Just stop with the age guessing.

I grew up with Harlan who was there through the 93 season and I'm in my 40's. I'm good with both of them as the Chiefs announcers.

I love Kevin Harlan but I can't imagine hating Mitch. The guy bleeds Chiefs football.

Holthus schtick is lame unless you have the mind of a Pre pubescent boy

Can ya’ll just appreciate the truly great things about Mitch? If his player names or weird metaphors/similes cause you to actively reject him, the rest of the NFL doesn’t share that opinion. He’s the most iconic voice for an NFL team in the entire league. Everybody recognizes his voice, tone, and TD calls.

Like, that’s what makes him great. If you actively can’t stand a 5 second turn of phrase or two, then you probably deserve every one else’s boring uninteresting play by plays.

It’s him and Paul Allen for the Vikes. Everybody else is wallpaper. If that’s what you want, then you may as well be an 80 year old

Mitch is one of the best pbp callers in all of the NFL.

Harlan was really good too. Like Mitch, hes one of the best in the biz.

Chiefs are/were fortunate to have them both calling the game.

He's a total homer and conveys a lot of emotion in his calls (kind of the opposite of Denny Matthews) but I love them both

I worked with Mitch at Chiefs Radio Network for ten years and whomever said he bleeds Chiefs football has it right. The guy is a consummate professional. Prepares for each broadcast like a maniac. Knows football inside and out. Almost never makes a mistake on a call. Little known useless trivia about him; he can tell you the mascot of every single high school in the state of Kansas.

I'm under 40, and while "hate" is too strong of a word, Holthus kind of drives me nuts. Any time I have to listen on the radio I find myself yelling "WHAT THE **** ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON THE PLAY, MITCH???" 3-4 times. He constantly forgets to actually tell us what's going on until after the play is over, and sometimes not even then.

And I think most of his nickname stuff is dumb.

Ahh I see. You have that disease where you mistakingly multiply your age by two

If you listened to any of his calls for KSU, it’s pretty well known.

Um, it isn't just Kansas.

He used to do UNI games. He knows all the high schools in Iowa, even the 8-man schools.

This is actually very true. Especially if you listen to the radio broadcast. I’ve known Mitch for a long, long time. And in the last 3 years, he does have a habit of stumbling over his words to describe a play. He’s almost 65 now.

In his heyday, he could describe, in minute detail, everything that happened during a play. God damn, I miss that when I listen to any KSU broadcast in the last 19 years.

But, he’s my guy. I’ll ride with him.

Mitch always talking about the "sweet nectar" creeps me the **** out....he needs to stop that.

Yep. I cringe every time I hear him say that shit.

He might as well say "And Kelce thrusts himself into the moist vagina of the endzone"

Yep. His fastball isn't as good as it was 10 years ago.

But I think post-play he is still as elite as they come.

The Kelce call was magic.

:LOL:

I totally agree.

Although one example shines a light on the difference between Mitch and Harlan at this stage of their careers.

If you can, find and post the radio calls of PM’s 27 yard TD run vs the Titans in the AFCCG. The gulf is wider.

Please sweet baby Jesus let this happen :grovel:

The best part about Mitch is that the guy's a rabid Chiefs fan.

As big a fan as any of us are of the Chiefs - Mitch has us beat. When he's flipping his shit during a call, that's not an act. That dude's standing up in the booth and shouting like a lunatic looking to high 5 anybody in his vicinity.

He's who any of us would be if you put a microphone in front of us...minus the expletives.

I don't necessary love Mitch because I'm a fan of those polished guys (take Mitch and knock off the rough edges and you'll get Harlan, who is the GOAT - IMO), but if you give me a choice between the high shine of 'Joe Buck: Professional Serious Guy' or Mitch trying not to squeal with glee anytime we score, I'll take the latter every time.

He's never had that Harlan ability to essentially make poetry of a call. I mean I will listen to that Super Bowl radio call about once a year just because you don't need the screen at all to be able to picture everything in your head.

If there's ever a question what I'm talking about, just listen to the WASP call.

"3rd and 15 with 7:13 to play. Williams in the backfield, Chiefs at the 35. The quarterback Mahomes is in the gun, 3 on the defensive line, 6 in the San Francisco secondary. Mahomes, arms extended, right foot in front of his left, shotgun snap, drops back five, he got the blocks, they come on the side, he winds up, he throws a long pass - WIDE OPEN HILL! HE CATCHES THE BALL AT THE 22 OF SAN FRANCISCO, SWIRLED AROUND ON THE SIDELINE AND DOWN HE GOES! WHAT A PLAY BY MAHOMES!! 44 YARD COMPLETION TO THE 21 OF SAN FRANCISCO!!!"

You need NOTHING more than Harlan's call there. I mean he's painted the entire picture of that play and he's doing it on the fly. Mitch gets maybe 1/4 of that detail in there.

That's where I say there's an enthusiastic guy you can enjoy and then there's true greatness. Harlan is just so damn good and what's truly amazing is that he's STILL that good despite the amount of television work he does. They're completely different mediums and he just kills them both.

And sometimes he gives TOO much detail. But i get it.

I think if it's a game I'm not vested in, you might be right.

If it's a game I care enough to listen to a radio broadcast of, though, he's just the man for the job.

I'm just amazed that he can do it in real time. You could give me a clip and let me watch it for 10 minutes. Then let me 'call' it 3 times and my BEST call wouldn't be as good and as detailed as Harlan just telling us what he sees when he sees it.

It's just a skill. You can't learn that. He's just a damn master of it. That's why he's one of the few guys that can do TV and Radio or can do sports as fast paced and detailed as both the NFL and NBA. I bet he'd do an amazing hockey game as well.

He'd be completely wasted on baseball.

Spot on.


And he loves Chiefs fans...I'll never forget when he met Dave outside of Arrowhead and gave him a primo tour after he had just returned from his. It was the only time I ever asked him for a favor and he delivered.


I'll always be a fan of Mitch, as a commentator and as a good human being.

Through and through. Was that way when he was EMAW.

His Westwood1 call of the 27 yard run was amazing.

“27 yard line of Tennessee. 2nd and 10, Mahomes is in the gun…flanked by his running back, arms extended. 3 wide, gets the snap, 4 man rush..moves up..gets a block, runs to the near side, he’s on the numbers, breaks a tackle at the 30, comes to the near side, breaks another tackle..

Down the sideline 25 ..20…GOT A BLOCK AT THE 10..CUTS INSIDE!!! ..5 ..HES IN!!! WHATTA RUN!!! TOUCHDOWN KANSAS CITY!! PATRICK MAHOMES!!! A DAZZLING 27 YARD ZIG ZAGGING RUN …AND THE CHIEFS HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD … 11 SECONDS BEFORE HALFTIME!! (Memorized)

.. and then Tony Bosselli said something forgettable.

That’s kind of an odd comparison though. Joe Buck is national TV. Mitch is local radio. Your excitement level absolutely should be biased towards your team if you’re the local radio guy.

NFL network radio has the rams guy calling the game right now. He has no grit in his voice and it’s too high. Too inflective. And that’s every ****ing team’s guy out there. It’s the same voice you head on every fox sports show.

It sucks that there are no Pat Summeralls out there, so if I can’t have that, give me Harlan. But after that? I want some damn excitement

Bump!

We win next week and the Tits lose, we got it. Right?

Correct. Then, Week 18 is meaningless.

Would have been great for the 49ers to not **** up this week.

Nah, I’d rather keep the machine rolling. We’re on a mission, and giving the Dungkeys a cheap win to end the streak just wouldn’t be right. Blowmo beating his chest for the next 6 months over a meaningless win in week 18. They deserve 13 straight. We’ll get a rest the following week.

Miami can definitely beat TEN.

We may get two weeks off.

Agreed. Don't want to see Denver get a cheap win to end the streak nor give the starters too much time off.

They’ll clearly rest Mahomes if they win next week and the Titans lose, just as they did last year. It’s not even a question. Andy is not risking any kind of injury with him a week before the playoffs.

**** that.

They need to play, stay in rhythm. Bye week sure, get some rest, but 2 weeks not playing football and having to get up for a playoff team that has been playing the entire time is bad business.

We saw what happened to that Ravens team that Harbaugh gave 2 weeks off to. They came out playing like bags of smashed assholes and stunk up their own stadium.

They looked nothing like the team they were before the rest.

Rest injured players, but healthy starters play.

We saw what it did for the Chiefs last year too in getting Henne some much needed reps. Comparing John Harbaugh to Andy Reid is your first mistake. Andy will have these guys ready for the playoffs regardless. The extra rest is always welcome.

I’m not even sure why anyone is debating this. We know he would rest them in this scenario. He did it last year and it had no ill effects.

Football players dont forget to play football. The more rest the better.

I vote for rest. **** the won streak. They all come to an end and it's better to end in a meaningless game.

This.

The team was humming at the beginning of that Browns playoff game before Mahomes got injured. Zero reason to think Reid will or should do anything different if we have the opportunity.

Where do I find these Harlan clips??

It's looking that way.

Correct. The rust excuse is lame.

This team is seasoned. Being healthy and fresh helps us more than anything.

The streak against the Donks is meaningless. Being ready for the playoffs is far more important.

We’ve had late injuries each of the last two years (Thornhill and Fisher). Before that, didn’t we lose DJ right before the Steelers playoff game?

Zero reason to risk it unless the 1 seed is on the line.

Andy will take the rest over some meaningless end of year game. Always. Rest is even more valuable now with the season being longer.

With the 17th game added to the season, an extra week off from wear is a huge advantage.

Pretty crazy that we're going to be rooting all in for the Dolphins to solidify a bye for the second time in 3 years.

Also unless the league moves games - we should know the result of the Titans/Texans before our game with the Broncos win week 18, which could be huge.

its all karma for 1971

Miami's not winning at Tenn. The Broncos game will have meaning. And frankly, that's what I'm hoping for, as long as the Chiefs beat the Bengals. I don't want to give up that streak. Not a fan of two weeks' rest either.