Originally Posted by Raised On Riots
(Post 6298858)
Okay, so you're just going to have to go with this as I see fit. This isn't about who currently does what where, but more about the RIGHT 3 necessary to bring your imagination to life.
Why am I doing this? Because each of us draw hope and joy in our own way. There's a part of everyone that can see with the Mind's Eye and use it. And at this particular moment in time, my Mind's Eye rather fancies the following scenario:
( Crowd noise comes up louder and louder as the sound man's fingers raise the mains for the lapel mics of our hosts )
Al: "And here we are, Monday night at the hottest ticket in the NFL; the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Denver Broncos". "On the line? The right to claim division supremacy heading in to the post-season, and it all starts here". "John, what are you thinking about right now"?
Gruden: "I'm thinking I can barely hear myself think, Al".
Madden: "It's an intense, high-octane atmosphere isn't it"?
Gruden: "Man you aren't kidding".
Al: "You coached a game here not too long ago during your last season as an NFL head coach, and had some pretty positive things to say about Kansas City".
Gruden: "I'll tell ya', having been through these doors a few times, I knew that it wouldn't be long before the young talent I witnessed that day would start to climb as a team, and I said as much in my post-game press conference".
Al: "And climb they have; two years under the direction and supervision of General Manager Scott Pioli and Head Coach Todd Haley have brought the Chiefs back from the brink of NFL obscurity, and forward to the rowdy, successful, fan-first powerhouse that we witnessed for most of the 1990's and during the time of Dick Vermeil's tenure as head coach of this franchise".
Al: "John Senior, what are your thoughts"?
Madden: "I have to say this; in my time as the Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders, I coached a lot of very intense games against the Chiefs. We were rivals, and we played out some of the most intense games this league will ever see". "And though that rivalry is so deeply embedded in my blood that I could never really root for Kansas City, I have to say that being in this stadium, seeing this atmosphere, and feeling the volume of this crowd in my old bones makes me remember why I love this game so much".
Al: "Well how about it gentlemen, are you ready to kick off some division football"?
Madden: "Absolutely".
Gruden: "Let's do it".
Al: "And here we go"!
(and **** whatever they might have to say about Denver in pre-game because it doesn't matter)
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