Didn't we have two weeks rest last year?

Didn't matter.

I could see Miami beating a Henry-less Tennessee. The Titans only won this week because Jimmy Garroppolo is total ass and AJ Brown won some jump balls.

The Dolphins have a strong secondary and good cover corners. Good D overall.

Question for me is if their O can do enough.

Third time in four years as well, no? Sorta anyway? From the Miami Miracle in 2018 that gave us the #1 seed over NE.

Tennessee hasn’t been particularly good for quite a while now. Miami could easily win that game.

If they do it for us again, I may have to adopt them as my second favorite NFL team.

Starters had 3 weeks off as backups played against LA.

We came out sharp against Cleveland in divisional too.

If Tennessee can lose to Houston at home then they can certainly be beat by the Dolphins.

“The Patriots aren’t losing another game”

Many on CP 2 weeks before the Patriots lost 2 in a row.

not chiefs related


but look at the possibility for 10 win teams to NOT make the playoffs. Thanks 17 game schedule.

LMAO So true. When things are rolling we tend to expect them to just keep rolling, but all it takes is one bad week and shit can fall apart quickly.

I was reading about some seeding scenarios the other day and I believe there's a way for the Patriots to go from the #1 seed to out of the playoffs in just three weeks.

Shit, just last week the Browns were looking at either the #4 or #12 based on the results of their matchup with the Ravens.

As much as I'd love for them to extend the win streak to 13, I'd prefer they get the rest and reduce the risk of catastrophic injuries
Hell, with the way the donks are playing, we have a good shot at beating them with our backups anyway

It would be nice to win next week and have the Titans lose just so we don't have to worry about it. Then build another 35-0 halftime lead vs Denver and bench the starters.

If the 49ers suited up any other QB Thursday, the Chiefs would already have the #1 seed in the bag.

This post still applies. Except, the Bills beat up on the overrated Pats and now everyone is scared of them again-LOL

Chief's are the Bullys on the block, the rest are pretenders.

Them and Dallas. They are all I heard about on the sports networks this morning.

Never understood why people were scared of the Pats.

Mac Jones was never beating Mahomes in the playoffs in a million years.

We of all franchises should know that in the postseason, it all comes down to the quarterback.

Therefore, the only AFC teams that concern me in the playoffs are the Bills and Chargers.

They have the QBs that can run with Mahomes on their best days.

Everyone else is just noise.

^^^^

Wanted to fire Veach several weeks ago LMAO

The Pats, whether it was all Brady, all Bill, or a combination of the two has earned the benefit of the doubt in the media. That kind of success for that length of time is hard to do, so for whatever reason they earned it. Now can a Mac Jones led team beat KC? No chance, but I see where they are coming from.

Same for me. It's also why I'll be rooting for the Chargers to miss out (which means rooting for teams like the Dolphins tonight).

I don't like like long win streaks. To win the SB would be 13 straight. Statically tough to do. Ask the 07 Pat's about the streak and if they gave a shit.

So you didn't like the LONG winning streak the Chiefs went on to win the Super Bowl 2 seasons ago?

Maybe they will lose out so you will feel more comfortable.

Id say they definitely gave a shit. We are still talking about them arent we? Aint talking about any other Super Bowl teams of yester years. That Pat teams was one of the best teams of all time.

The last two Champs have ended the season on Long streaks-lol

I like Waddle

Crazy that a win @ Cinci and a Ten loss clinches the 1 seed a week before the end of the season.

I don’t think anyone saw that coming on week 7

5-2 or 4-2 (Titans, Bills, Bengals, Ravens, Raiders, Chargers) we were 0-4 vs those teams.

Sitting at 3-4 (3 games back).

We could now finish 4-4 vs those teams

Crazy season.

I just saw that the NFL has scheduled a MNF game as part of its Super Wild Card Weekend. We really don't want to be playing on a short week in the playoffs so yet another reason why that #1 seed could be more meaningful than in years past.

That’s just ****ing stupid.

I wont say I wasn't concerned but I posted many times the evidence of the players past play suggest the defense should revert back to their mean or better and the offense will stop dropping passes and turning it over left and right.

Low and behold.....

Especially with the likelihood of us getting that game, considering we get scheduled for the prime time games all the time.

We would have to play a wildcard team round 1 which wont happen if we have the bye. In fact my guess is it will be 2 wild card teams.

In fairness there are primetime games on both Saturday and Sunday nights, but who knows.

I honestly don't hate it as a fan of the sport but I would as a fan of a team playing on Monday.

With our luck this year we will get that team on the short week. :)

Yeah, I really want that bye for a lot of reasons - that opening weekend schedule being one of them.

Could be playing anywhere from 3:35 on Saturday to 7:15 on Monday - with 3 of the 6 games being night games.

God, that is just ****ed. The winner gets a short week against a top team in the playoffs?

Just add it to the steaming pile of Goodell's greatest hits. Raiduhs

Miami beat the Pats on December 9th of 2018. Not sure how that game gave us the #1 seed.?? Are you sure you're not thinking of the last game of 2019 that the Fitpatrick led Dolphins win gave us the #2 seed over NE?

If the team that wins Monday plays next Sunday, it's no more stupid than playing on Sunday and then playing the following Saturday. Though I'd prefer seeing NFL playoff games on the weekend. Not on Monday.

Yeah, the Miami Miracle took place on 12/9. Assuming everything else stayed the same, the Patriots winning that game would have given them the #1 seed over us since they had the head-to-head tie breaker with their win against us in Foxboro earlier on in the year.

So that miracle loss did ultimately help give us the #1 seed. The Dolphins have been helping us out a ton since 2018.

We missed the playoffs at 10-6, and the following year we made the playoffs at 9-7 after like 7 teams lost on the last day of the regular season, in the exact combination to get us in.

I think the NFL will eventually add another team, giving back the bye to the top two seeds.

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8 teams in the playoffs? 2 bye teams? That would be complicated, no?

Wonder which star player(s) this tweet is in reference to?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My little birds are chirping and it&#39;s not good news. COVID-19 related. Hoping it&#39;s false. Ugh.</p>&mdash; Michael Fabiano (@Michael_Fabiano) <a href="https://twitter.com/Michael_Fabiano/status/1475882728604127233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Pretty sure Fabiano is a Dallas fan, so maybe Dak?

Keep this shit in the NFC, please.

Oh God no please no.

My guess is Jonathan Taylor. I've heard Indy is in the midst of an outbreak and Marlon Mack was added to the list recently.

Burrow?

Could also be another day of 100+ positive tests.

No one else reporting anything at the moment.

STOP. TESTING. VACCINATED. PLAYERS.

Good news:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Travis Kelce, Lucas Niang &amp; Nick Bolton are expected to return to the Chiefs’ active roster before tomorrow’s practice, per a source.</p>&mdash; Nate Taylor (@ByNateTaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor/status/1475887487021158405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Uh, they did if I'm not mistaken. If they have symptoms that's another thing.

If you're saying stop testing players with symptoms well that's idiotic.

Timely:


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The NFL and NFLPA are discussing potential changes to COVID protocols based on new CDC guidance that cuts the recommended isolation period from 10 days to 5 days, per sources. Nothing done yet. But changes could allow most players who test positive Mondays to play Sunday.</p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1475889556679446532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

No. It gave us the 2 seed. The 14-2 Ravens had the 1 seed. But, when they went one and done, the Chiefs became the highest remaining seed and got to host the AFCCG.

False alarm, sounds like its just Wentz.

It's Wentz

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colts place Carson Wentz on COVID-19 list. <a href="https://t.co/bdeckY24jk">https://t.co/bdeckY24jk</a></p>&mdash; ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1475897749023256576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That was the 2019 season. You can literally Google all of this.

Yeah. I know. I thought that we were talking about the 2019 season.

OMG hahaha this can't be real




<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colts need to call Philip Rivers. Have heard it&#39;s being discussed.</p>&mdash; Zak Keefer (@zkeefer) <a href="https://twitter.com/zkeefer/status/1475897839867867144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I remember that. I think the pats also had a 10 win season and did not make the playoffs. Will be more common now.

Hate to say it but teams who have star/key players get the Covid now have a huge benefit headed into the playoffs.

They don’t need P Rivers to hand off the ball.

JT may run 50 times this week.

It’s simple. Beat Cincinnati.

Who will throw the game losing interception for indy if they don't sign Rivers?

Assuming you can weather the storm, sure.

One loss for the Colts might boot them out of the playoffs entirely, though.

This x1000

I believe the Miami miracle would have been the game in 2018 when the Dolphins won on the last play which involved a few laterals. That victory gave us the 1 seed in 2018. The Ryan Fitzpatrick game was in 2019 that gave us the 2 seed and the bye week.

That is the game that ESPN used to have on Saturday, the Texans and pre-Mahomes Chiefs type playoff game will now move from the early spot on Saturday to Monday night.

2018: Miami Miracle
2019: Fitzmagic
2021: ???

Yeah, must be a false alarm. I can't imagine Fabiano freaking out over Carson ****ing Wentz.

Eh. Teams are free to sit players whenever they want to. NBA does it as a standard practice. If this thesis proves true, we may see something like that in the NFL going forward. I realize it's not an equal corollary though.

FYP. Jab doesn't provide any immunity, anyway. It's all about the "feels."

It's not about getting rest, it's about being exempt from the protocol once you've been in it.

Any player that has been on the list for the Chiefs in the past couple of weeks is now exempt for 90 days, which means none of them will be subject to the protocol during the playoffs and won't miss any games because of it.

People still think Wentz is an MVP-caliber QB.

Wonder who will get the Nickelodeon game?

Well….

I’m still afraid of none of them on the road

Yeah, I think it's more likely than not that Miami wins that game.

The problem I see is that if TN gets that bye, they COULD get Henry back in time for their first playoff game. If they don't, they'll lose and even if we're the 2 seed, we'll get the AFCCG at home after TN loses (presuming, obviously, that we make it that far).

But I'd really prefer see TN have to play week 1 because it seems unlikely that Henry will be back by then. With Buffalo finding it's form and LAC still a tough out (presuming they make it), I really don't want to see a fully formed TN back in the playoffs either.

There are some hairy early matchups given the weirdness of the AFC this year. I mean we could end up with the 2 seed and end up having to play a really hot Buffalo squad or a Chargers team that's given us fits this year in the WC round.

Getting the bye is important shit.

Maybe a little.

But with the new protocols that don't appear to have much mandatory testing for asymptomatic players, most of the star players will just lie about any symptoms they may have and duck testing altogether. It's gonna run through the NFL like a brushfire and ultimately most of the guys that get it won't even miss time for it.

The NFL and NFLPA seems to understand what's happening here and what's at stake in the post-season. The last thing they'll want to see are playoff games with star QBs on the sidelines.

Could care less about Henry. He did jack shit last playoff game. We need the 1 if possible but it feels like we have to win the last 2 to get it. I just don't see Miami beating the Titans.

The Titans are bad.

Before the season started, I'd have told you the Dolphins, even with mediocre lefty minority Alex Smith knock-off Tua at quarterback, were a better team than TN. Obviously the early part of the season, with a 7 game losing streak from Miami and a shellacking of the Chiefs by the Titans, changed that narrative.

But since then the Titans have spun their wheels (without Henry) while the Dolphins have ripped off 7 straight wins to put themselves in playoff position. Their defense, despite not having many stars, is playing damn good complementary football.

Their offense...uh...exists? Sorta. But if Tua can just do knockoff lefty Alex Smith stuff and get the ball underneath to Gesicki while getting it to Waddle and Parker in space, that's enough for 17ish points. And 17 may just win it w/ Tannehill being awfully spotty of late.

Tua can game manage them to a W if he just doesn't turn the ball over. I think he can manage that.

Harlan calling both games, two years ago today.

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Gesicki shushing the Foxboro crowd after scoring the TD is beautiful

TN may be bad - but they have had our number numerous times in the past. If they have Henry, Julio, and AJ all healthy they can be dangerous. Id rather a oid them altogether….

They've had our number when it doesn't ****ing matter.

Not scared of that shitbag team. Not one bit.

I just got chills like it was the day it happened!