Dang. He could have saved face with that TD throw. Granted, the Bengals probably drive down the field with 1:30 left and score a TD.

They were so concerned with scoring quickly that they almost failed to score.

I have this nagging feeling that something was wrong with Mahomes in the second half (beyond just being mentally shot) and that we'll never know what it was.

I think that's what is bothering me the most.

Otherwise I'm disappointed that meaningful Chiefs football is over for the next 7 months or so.

Hopefully the Royals give us some quality entertainment this Summer.

Three chances to get a TD and Andy bet on Patrick.

All of us would do the same.

We all got a gut punch today.

It's like he was possessed by Jimmy Garoppolo at halftime. Except that can't be because Jimmy G was in LA doing his normal QB impersonation hours later.

We'll be okay. The Chiefs are always an entertaining team. Sometimes exhilarating, sometimes embarrassing. I think the outlook should be to enjoy the team, and don't count on Super Bowls and playoffs in your expectations. Then when it happens it will be even sweeter.

Can't win 'em all.

As much as I hate the Bills, I think I would have rather we just lost last week. The 13 second comeback and walk off TD in OT made it feel like it was another destiny year. Grim Reaper and 13 seconds memes were everywhere and it was all downhill to the SB from there. To be up 18 and slowly choke it away just felt so pre-Mahomes. I honestly thought those days were behind us. To be riding on such a high and then shit the bed so thoroughly was brutal. Imagine being someone waiting for your #15 Grim Reaper t-shirt to come in the mail this week.

The thing that's nagging me the most is first and goal from the five at the end of the game. You need to score, but are also good with burning some clock. What should you do? Maybe we could go back to the previous Bengals game and get an idea. You run it. And then you run it again. And then you run it again. The clock burns and if you don't get in, you can make a decision on 4th and goal from the one on whether to risk going for it to punch your way into the SB. What you don't do is try to pass when your QB knows he shouldn't throw it away and stop the clock. You are forcing him to either score or take a sack. And we know how that turned out.

Winning it all a couple years back takes the sting out of it a little. Playoff collapses of the past had felt like nails getting driven into a decades old casket and had me wondering if we would ever make it to the Super Bowl in my lifetime.

Failure to score a TD at the end of regulation is because we got too cute with running clock. We were playing our opponent and the clock at the same time and got burned by it.

Actually, I’d argue that we weren’t doing it enough, or at least correctly.

What we should’ve done if run the ****ing football. Then we either would’ve scored, or had a much easier 3rd down for Pat. That is how you do both.

I am fine. Disappointed for sure and I especially hated the way the Chiefs performed 2nd half.
But I moved on from this loss pretty quick. I got great things on the horizon, a new Grandbaby in 2 weeks, great spouse and retirement around the corner.

Going to be nice to have my Sundays back. Time to chore up and make a difference in my personal life.
Hoping the Bengals go the distance as they have a good fan base.

I turned it off right after it was over and haven't paid attention to anything sports related until an hour ago. It stung a bit, but ultimately the loss has no bearing on my life, so I'm fine. Back in my younger days, a loss like that would haunt me for at least a week.

It’s a gut punch and it hurts. There’s no way around it. I probably won’t even watch the Super Bowl this year. That’s just part of being a fan. The highs make you feel like you’re on top of the world but season ending losses make you feel like shit. Going to purge myself of sports media for awhile and focus on other things. I trust Veach in the offseason to make the right moves and I believe we’ll be back but it’s best to try to put yesterday’s embarrassment out of your mind

It was fun while it lasted. The Chiefs are in a rebuilding period now, whether they know it or not. We'll be in the hunt for a playoff spot, but I wouldn't count on any championships for a few years.

I'll shake my head vigorously at the thought of a first-round playoff loss. I've had enough of those to last a lifetime.

The goal-line sequence at the end of regulation is the worst part of that game for me by a long shot. The play before halftime was a gaffe, and hurt us. But the series at the end of the game haunts me. We have Patrick Mahomes II, so it never even occurred to me that they wouldn't score a touchdown. I was busy watching the clock, and while running seemed like an obvious thing to do, I'll never complain about Patrick Mahomes having the ball in his hands.

That's a good observation about a pass play either stopping the clock or scoring too quickly, though. I hadn't thought about it that way. That situation might explain why he was scrambling in the backfield and not just running it in or throwing.

Still shaking my head over the 2nd half. WTF? Ok, reload and be back next year, I guess.

My only regret is that I have only one thumbs up to give!!!!

Part of me wants to throw up because we had the table set perfectly and then decided to flip it over right at meal time. And part of me wants to take a breath and realize that in four years starting with Mahomes, his worst finish has been a loss in the AFCCG (both times in OT). For 22 years I was just hoping for a playoff win.

So I'm frustrated with how the season ended. But elated at the heights we've risen to. And mad at Mahomes for not pulling the trigger to Kelce in the end zone. But glad he's our QB because without him, we wouldn't have won it all. So I'm in that frustlated/glamad area.

I'll also comment that 17 games is too long of a season. I know it's only one extra game, but between that and the playoffs I felt like this season was going on forever. I love football and the Chiefs, but part of its appeal is scarcity.

I’d feel better if the Bungles had dominated the Chiefs instead of the crap I witnessed in the second half.


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Meeting and hanging out with a bunch of CPers prior to the game really took the sting out of that spectacular 2nd half meltdown. That opportunity will allow me to look back on this game with some positive memories despite Scooby Do pulling the mask off of Mahomes to show it was Matt Cassel playing the 2nd half.

Post-game I self pity crushed a Gates mixed plate before heading straight to the hotel where I watched episodes of 90 Day Fiancée before getting a couple hours of trash sleep. Seriously, there's a Russian little person on this show. She's got a full grown head and tits on a defective midget body. It just felt like the right thing to watch at the time instead of the NFCCG.

Was dreading the flight home this morning but felt most Bengals fan were hungover as they were mostly slow moving and quiet. Tip of the cap to them I guess.

From here I'll unplug from all things Chiefs and focus on work and some personal projects.

It was a shitty way to go out, but nothing another nights sleep won't firmly place on the backburner of my mind.

https://i.imgur.com/8i4hP2p.jpg?1

This.

Much easier to move past an ass kicking than a choke job.

WHAT. THE. **** !!! :doh!:

Last night and this morning were a little worse for me than yesterday, which was less painful than other playoff losses for me because of the Chiefs winning it all a couple of years ago. I am so glad we have Mahomes and I think his performance in the 2nd half, where he seemed a bit amped up and wasn't quite on target will be a particular motivation for him this offseason and he'll come back stronger than ever. I'm glad he's not going to have to be dealing with surgery and recovery from it this offseason, unlike last year. Given the challenges he had this year, being a new dad, coming back from surgery, dealing with defensive schemes that slowed him down, I think it's impressive that we got this far, but it stings that we were favorites and had a 21-10 lead at half, which really should have been 24-10, except for a bad decision on Mahomes' part.

I did a couple of productive things to deal with the loss, including bagging up three more bags of clothes to donate to Salvation Army and running 10 miles this morning at a much faster pace than I could have done two years ago...I've lost a little over 90 pounds during this pandemic and try to remember that there are things I can control and things I can't. Sports outcomes for the Chiefs and Royals are in the latter. ;)

Like anything in life it’s a matter of time invested.

If I didn’t invest time into this team and preseason player moves and meaningless games then losing a monster game would be inconsequential

It’s the most crushing playoff loss in Chiefs history.

Worse than any of the playoff losses during the Marty-era… the limitations of Steve Bono and Elvis Grbac getting exposed in those playoff heartbreaks were understandable. The (in)famous Christmas Day playoff loss to the Dolphins in 1971 was in the Divisional Round and didn’t involve blowing an 18 point lead.

Blowing a 21-3 lead to an inferior opponent at Arrowhead when your all world franchise QB collapses in the second half and can’t come through to win the game with a first and goal late in the 4th quarter and then getting the ball first in OT?

I can rationalize choking with Steve Bono, Elvis Grbac or Alex Smiff… not with Mahomes when he is the primary reason for the collapse.

This

GODDAMNIT EDAVE THAT'S NOT FUNNY

Too bad we didn't get a cheap PI call on 3rd down to give us a 1st down. Would have been karma for the B.S. finish last month.

Gotta throw the ball to get PI.

Chiefs should have just thrown a fade to Kelce. That's indefensible if done right.

I am absolutely disgusted still.

Please explain?

Kelce is 32 going on 33 years old.

Tyreek turns 28 on March 1st.

I feel like a Mets fan immediately after their 2015 season ended (a World Series loss). Telling myself "it's not that big of a deal, our future remains very bright, we still have Harvey, Degrom, Syndergaard and Matz locked into our rotation, all in their primes, all locked up, all coming into 2016 healthy...."

But knowing the Mets haven't sniffed the grand prize since then, knowing how fast your championship window can close, with no warning, no provocation....I'm despondent.

Then it occurred to me that the Mets at least knew their players were done playing that season after they lost. Our (key) players have one more game to stay healthy through: the damn pro bowl. So in addition to despondent, I'm nervous about injury.

Well, the Royals haven't sniffed anything since then either. So there's that.

it's a cop out to say the easy mahomes years are over

the game is going to get easier for mahomes the older he gets

the defense could get even better next season

the OL is going to be even better next season

the best years of the mahomes era could be right around the corner

I agree, the current window is closing with this roster of offensive stars. Need to start retooling a little bit, cuz maybe what, 1 or 2 years left? I dunno.

Patrick has never ever done what he did yesterday, so I'll say it was some strange ass anomaly. That tweet above that shows he had multiple open guys in the EZ and appeared to be staring right at them...that's surreal. I don't believe he was TRYING to lose, but my Lord, the Mahomes we know would have nailed Kelce or Pringle and scored there...instead he ran around like a chicken with his head cut off for some reason. It was other worldly.

No idea what happened to him, but I believe it was a once in a lifetime gift to the Bengals. He'll be fine. This one stings, and I gotta believe it stings him the worst. I do wonder what the hell happened in the locker room at halftime...

like for reals

joe montana didn't even get rice until 1985

tom brady? he was practically 40 by the time moss rolled into town

"Like I just won the Super Bowl and now I am off to DisneyWorld !!:rolleyes:

I'm great. It's a football game. I won't let an NFL outcome dictate how I feel moving forward. Would have been way cooler if they won though.

Yep. Had a pretty beatable opponent waiting in the Super Bowl as well. Just unfathomable that Mahomes pulled a choke of that magnitude.

I was over it after the pick.

Winning the Super Bowl is hard. And we didn’t get it done.

I forgot that was the Royals that won that series! Wrong crowd to do that in LOL! I'm an Angel fan and I had a measurable degree of animosity towards the Royals back then (owing to the 2014 postseason), but more importantly I was also invested financially in the Mets winning. For a period of time, I was a Mets fan, but only briefly and for those reasons. I just hope we Chiefs fans don't look back at this era right now like those Met fans must look back at that one.

Pretty obvious we were going to lose once we went three and out following the Sneed INT

I watched the movie Rushmore, which Amazon Prime has been prodding me on for about a year as a "movie we think you'll like".

It has good reviews, so I decided to give it a whirl. Man, was that a waste of time. My wife watched it with me, and both of us decided that there wasn't enough of a plot to discern. I have no idea why it gets good reviews.

Better, yes.

The corner and safety made a great play on that throw.

:(

Lol at all the positive talk. Mahomes cap goes from 7m to 35m. It’s extremely plausible that were done or at the least entering Aaron rogers mode.

Would've been a much better usage of the meme if you had wide open Pringle and Kelce in the end zone on 3rd down while Mahomes does his best interpretive dance of a reeruned Beyblade.

I really think Pat is letting his own expectations rattle him a bit.

He needs to just go out there and play football next year.

Just like 2018. Don't think. Just play.

Lol at your jawline and balding.

Keep your chin up. No reason to talk like that.

Hugely disappointed, but I’m fine. Interested to see team direction over the next few months.

Beatable opponent?

Von Miller was going to rape Wylie’s asshole deep into 2030 in the SB. Ramsey can single cover Tyreek so they would have us relying on Pringle and Robinson.

Did I mention they finally have a real QB who isn’t a gutless pussy and an abundance of weapons everywhere? Fenton wasn’t covering OBJ and I doubt whoever covered Kupp would have it any easier.

Oh and did I mention the NFL loves the Rams and the ref that screwed us in Cincy is scheduled for the SB?

The Rams are winning the SB. It doesn’t matter who they played

Yep. Plus, you didn't mention Aaron Donald. Our interior OL is good but that man is playing a different sport than everyone else right now.

As for Wylie, he faced better pass rushers in the playoffs (and late in the season) than Von Miller.

The Chiefs did manage to score 51 points with Can’t Erving matched up vs Darnold most of that 2018 game.

Huh? He was in his late 20's.

True. In a game where we also had four turnovers I believe. Shows you how nuts that was. I think we had a defensive score as well.

Donald just looks possessed right now. That Super Bowl is the only thing missing from his resume.

OH YEAH OH WELL

Nothing wrong with feeling fresh disappointment. The season was a long investment of time and emotion as they all are, with a very hopeful finale that went real bad at the end. Pretty angry if I think hard about it, so I don't. Anyway the good stuff will come back around.

If the Bengals defeat the Rams, Rams are beatable

Yeah because all big contracts Chiefs have given out like Chris Jones and Frank Clark have worked out so well!

Just have to draft well man.

I need a good explanation for this second half to get over this. I never thought something like that could happen with Mahomes. Now, when i see the 3&9 at the end of the game, how he couldn' t see either Kelce or Pringle?!

I've decided to temper my expectations for Mahomes. I thought he was going to get to Tom Brady status. The AFC is just loaded with QBs going forward. Tom Brady got his 6 with the Patriots competing with 2 quarterbacks in the conference (Peyton Manning and Ben Roethlisberger). Now we've got 8 very good QBs in the AFC.
Mahomes (KC)
Herbert (LAC)
Rodgers (DEN)*
Carr (OAK)
Burrow (CIN)
Jackson (BAL)
Watson (HOU)**
Allen (BUF)
In addition to those guys, you've got Tennessee and Pittsburgh (who wont stay down for long)
*-If it is finalized
**-If he returns

All that being said, Honey Badger, Frank Clark, and Hitchens Will free up some space. If they can find some alpha to lead their defense, that would be nice. I personally feel they should trade Chris Jones away too, but I've felt that way for a while. Guy takes too many plays off.

Exactly. Never thought Pat and this offense would choke it away.

I still feel like shit and probably will for a while. To each their own I know plenty of people on here and some of my friends get over losses like this quickly and I'm happy for them but that's never been me.

Time will help.

I got over the SB loss last season quickly. This is just the most disappointed I've been in with Pat and this team with the way they lost.

Yeah that's true.

This one was tough especially because of how Chiefs won that Bills game. Seemed like a team of destiny.

At least now I don't have to host a Chiefs themed Super Bowl party.....last year's KC Barbecue spread sucked after getting blown out....

Maybe I’m just an optimist, but let’s look at the facts here:

1. Mahomes is still good. This game won’t define him.
2. We still have Andy Reid
3. The Mahomes era baseline is 12 wins and hosting the championship game
4. Kelce and Tyreek are still in their prime
5. Our GM drafts well and can change things quickly to shore up a weakness into a strength

This is the 2019 off-season guys. We’ll get our defense fixed, a new WR and we’ll be ready to roll.

We still have a few years with this roster. I’m excited for the changes we’re about to make. I think some big ones are coming

You should be a politician, because this post gets my vote

There is nothing wrong with the Chiefs, that can't be fixed with whats right with the Chiefs

Well, I've basically hidden from the world for the past 24 hours. For those who might have been concerned, or hopeful, no I didn't die clutching my chest with one hand while throwing shit with the other and screaming obscenities at the TV. One thing I've learned over the years is this place is best avoided after a loss of this magnitude. Another thing I've learned is that it's best that I not post when I'm in the mood I was in after the game.

But after a day of contemplation, all I can say is meh. They've either sucked or choked as far back as I can remember. It's not like we shouldn't be used to feeling this way. Doesn't suck nearly as much having Super Bowl gear that's only two years old, though. Still one of the four best teams in the league, still own the division, still own Denver. Still have Pat.

As far as Pat's performance goes - it made me think of Falco's quicksand story from The Replacements. He completely and embarrassingly ****ed up that play to the end the first half, and then had all of halftime to dwell on it. Normally he gets past that shit - yesterday, he didn't.

He's still a kid. And he's human. Sucks, but we just need to move on.

So I'm moving on.

Reminds me of Paul Crew at halftime when he met with the Warden. Mahomes was Paul Crew but in reverse

When you see that play and how open both Kelce and Pringle are, and didn't know better, you'd think the mob got to Pat at halftime. I hope at some point he talks about that play just so we can hear what he was seeing.

I literally killed myself :(

The last time we lost the AFC Championship game, at home, in OT….we ended up winning the super bowl the following year.

I’m good.

I feel fine and can't wait for the immediate future - CUT, CUT, CUT! Revamp the "D" like we did the "O" last season. The Chiefs shit the bed - Loud and Clear! Time to revamp the coaches and players and move forward! Wearing shades! :thumb:

I was upset more during the game than after it. turned it off after the OT pick.
got stuff ready for Monday, did some laundry, cooked some dinner and cleaned up. in bed by 9pm and got a good nights sleep.

These days, as opposed to my youth and up until the Raven's playoff loss in line 2010....I truly try not to get too invested emotionally in my teams. I enjoy the shit out of it when they're winning, and marvel at some of the big plays / big games etc....but when they whiff / choke, it doesn't bother me all that much.

aside from the annual "what should I do on Sundays now" question.....I'm good.



Plus, I never thought I'd EVER live to see the Chiefs go to the SB, let along win one; or go to back to back ones; or go to 4 Straight AFCCGs, so I try to keep things in perspective. acknowledging they blew it but recognizing we've had it really good / fun for 4 years straight.

Dissapointed is an understatement. It was bitter waking up this morning. But you move on.
Veach has a ton of work to do this offseason. Have to upgrade the secondary in a major way. We have several elite QBs in our conference now. Have to be ready.
I want that piece of shit Frank Clark gone. HB, goodbye. You ain't the same player anymore.
I want Sorensen gone. I wish Chris Jones can be traded for a couple of picks.
We have a great GM and the best QB so the future remains beight.