I can 100% guarantee you that Mahomes will not be playing next Sunday. Neither will Hopkins or Kelce or Pacheco or anyone else












The Chiefs play on Saturday next week.

Didn't Tampa score 40 on them today? Maybe their defense only plays better against our offensive line.

The Broncos defense is no worse against us.

Jameis Winston threw for almost 500 yards against Denver’s defense.

I think there’s some truth to “getting out of the gate slow” when taking this amount of time off, but I think it would be more beneficial tbh and I hope that doesn’t sound contradicting.

Week 1 nfl, players are flying around and is history/statistically proven to be one of the highest scored weeks in the NFL. I think that goes hand in hand with being rested and feeling like a million bucks.

No, not really. But that wasn't the question was it?

The Chargers may be 2nd only to the Derek Carr Raiders when it comes to wild week-to-week swings, so it's no surprise they screwed the pooch after a loss to the Chiefs.

It's threads like this that I rejoice. It proves that even though we now have the best team in football, but we also still have that sect of some of the dumbest fans in the NFL

They need to get the #1 seed. They know it. Anybody wishing for stuff like this is going to be disappointed.

If this is what they have, they need to play because they need the ****ing reps.

This offense sucks shit. No, they don't get to sit.

They have WAY too much to figure out still.

Hire EB. Let him run the offense for the next game. Send Andy, Nagy & PM II somewhere nice for separate beach vacations until next Sunday. Let Toub be the interim head coach. Let him assign ST coaching as he sees fit. Andy, Nagy and PMII will come back refreshed and clearheaded as they begin the final stretch to their third Super Bowl victory. :)

Pretty sure he won't be.

Mahomes and co. are gonna try to gut it out these next two games and then take Week 18 + Wild Card weekend off.

It’s what they should do, what they need to do, and what they’ll have to do.

The way he is getting beat up, Mahomes may not make it to the playoffs. This shit reminds me of the Tampa Bay Superbowl where Mahomes ran for his life all game. Now he is in the pocket getting killed.

Did you get this scoop from your mate Burnt Varch?

Of all the final 3 games, I see the Texans game as the most winnable. For that reason we have to maximize our chances, which means Mahomes should play.

"The most winnable". Get ****ing lost you miserable little gremlin.

Pittsburgh without Watt is very winnable.

They were exposed by Philly.

By most winnable, I mean most likely to win. Not that the others arent winnable.

You think Pitt is more winnable than the Texans?

**** off you utter ****. You cant even read English.

Listen here Russian. I wish I couldn't read your moronic, infantile rubbish posted in broken English in our GDT. You're an embarrassment to the Chiefs Kingdom, the Motherland and to the entire human race.

Fascinating.

Now go and put your head in a food blender.

Health is more important. But of course nobody will sit with 3 to go. I think it's a bad idea but whatever. When Mahomes is all jacked up for our first playoff game and we lose. Then we can bitch.

we should see if we can beat Houston with wentz and wanya. With that in mind I also dont mind taking a very conservative approach to minutes this week.

Try to win as best as we can but get our best guys ready to go in Pittsburgh.

Let's start Wentz, lose, and miss out on the #1 seed. Yeah, sounds like a ****ing great plan.

I can’t believe think it’s even worth considering. Of course it’s also a huge insult to Mahomes. Apparently he’s so bad that we can win with the backup even though we’ve barely been getting by with Mahomes.

Our playoff run is nothing without Mahomes. Putting Mahomes behind a backup LT against one of the better DLs just days after a potential high ankle sprain, then asking him to recover on the road to play again on a freaking Wednesday after 3 travel games in 11 days doesn’t sound like the bestest of ideas either.

In Pittsburgh we’ll have Humphreys and you’d think a much healthier mahomes versus a short week dinged up version of him. We very likely also get Hollywood in this game versus rushing him in versus Houston. I hate the idea of looking past a week but if there ever was one, it would be this game in the middle of a brutal scheduling stretch

I know mahomes is tough but right after a pretty significant injury do you want mahomes playing a short week followed by a very short week? Or would we rather have one long recovery week. I’ll go with the long week. This is why you pay backups the big bucks. It isn’t to lead a playoff team, it’s to steal a win or 2 when called upon. And we’ve seen before even with a way lesser qb in henne reid is capable of dialing up a masterful gameplan that is just good enough for even a backup qb to do that. It kind of falls apart as the defense adjusts but it’s doable for a game or 2.

No.

Brit fight! You should meet and settle this dispute at the Nelson statue.

It is not an insult to Mahomes that we would want the best version of him going into the playoffs knowing the buck starts and stops with him. This isn’t about him being bad. This is about protecting him because he is crucial to our success. I don’t think anyone is considering that we’re asking a just injured star qb to play 3 travel games in 11 days. That recovery is tough enough for a healthy player let alone a key player with lots and lots of early rehab and mandatory rest periods.

Spare the margarita blender!

No, just have Mahomes go full-on Tom Brady and throw almost nothing beyond 15 yards, and run the ball a shit ton until he's at least close to 100%.

No shit...it's like they've never watched Mahomes. He'll play unless his foot is amputated.

They are going to start ramping up...and Brown should play. Bills coming off an emotional win might drop one to the Jets...not expecting it but could happen, it's a divisional game.

If the Chiefs win and Bills lose..they can rest up for a month. Bills have given up 40+ in consecutive games...not what you want heading into the post season. I think they've allowed around 1000 yards of offense in the past 2 games.

Correct. I don’t think anyone is advocating for Wentz to start all three games, but putting an injured Mahomes back in this Saturday is a recipe for disaster. This Saturday is the second of their three games in 10 days. He needs a break because if he goes down, I don’t think Wentz can lead this team to a SB win.

I don’t think playing Hollywood makes sense. I don’t want him playing his first minutes in a year and then turning around a short week.

What? KC hasnt secured the one seed yet...they need to get his ass on the field.

Getting the guy who isn’t in football shape on the field only to turn him around on a 4-day road prep week doesn’t seem ideal. Same reason we shouldn’t play Humphreys. Maybe a few reps to get the juices going again. But we are not so desperate that we need to risk long term injury for the sake of a single game. Get these guys ready to play for Pittsburgh and build from there.

Mahomes could have finished yesterday's game if necessary.

If he is able to play, I believe he will. At the earliest sign of mobility issues or pain, there's a good chance he's benched for the game.

No it's not ideal but there is no scenario at this point that is ideal. If guys can play they need to play. It's crunch time.

The question is also can Mahomes move around well enough to avoid sacks and protect himself… because Houston has the second most sacks in the league.

He's not going to die on the field because he has a minor ankle sprain. He's played with worse and played well.

I'm not so sure he's not more dangerous when he's injured.

It seems like the people who think resting Mahomes right when Brown is ready to come back are the same people who think he’s had issues due to chemistry issues with receivers.

The last time he sprained his ankle he had 8 days rest, followed by 2 weeks rest. And he didn’t have to travel. This time around he has 6 days of rest including travel, then 5 days of rest including travel. So no this is not the same thing.

I do remember him playing through injury. I remember a few years ago where we went on a skid because mahomes was throwing every 4th quarter pass in the dirt before he finally had his knee popped. I know that mahomes had a brilliant . That knee pop may have saved our season because it gave Mahomes the long rest he needed on his ankle. I also remember he played brilliant but felt like 75% vs the bengals followed by a flawless performance in Philly when he had a chance to go through a very intensive rehab. He may play well during injury but he plays exceptionally well after rest.

It would be great if he had time to rest but he doesn't. All this hand wringing is pointless. He's going to play.

Reid said he could have gone back in the game...it's obviously not a severe ankle injury or he would have been back in the LR.

Peoples memories are short because mahomes adrenaline rushed his way to a Super Bowl a few years ago. We conveniently forget the stretch of games a few years ago when we lost back to backs to Indy and Houston where he was extremely bothered by his ankle and we melted down in the second half because mahomes couldn’t push off his throws.

We will find out. Wentz is no Lamar Jackson himself. If the O-line is going to struggle, he has less mobility than Mahomes and less ability to make magical plays.

This was the highest paid O-line going into 2024. It's getting tiring having to talk about them every game. The highest paid line shouldn't be having all these adventures with blocking.

Dumbass Rex Ryan supports this. Should be all you need to know it's a bad idea.

I’ve noticed a trend that the people who’ve been saying we are like that Steelers team are supportive of us sitting him.

No, some of us recognize that he can’t throw deep to Hollywood and he’s not going to fix his accuracy issues if he can’t push off. And he’s not going to have time to throw to Hollywood with Humphreys likely out (if he isn’t… he needs to be DNP’d). Hes going to be even more frustrated when he has no time to throw, can’t escape the pocket, and can’t get in a rhythm. What do we actually think mahomes will fix under these circumstances?

Mahomes is the same guy who told the nfl to knock this shit off with short weeks because the body needs time to recover. Now we expect him to go through that same recovery for a significant injury? And now we expect Hollywood to make a 5 day turnaround after a full year of not playing football?

I hope you expect it because it's going to happen. He's not sitting out. The Chiefs aren't playing scared just because the fans want them to.

Goodness. He doesn’t have a “significant injury.”

I get that people want to get the bye early and give mahomes a few weeks to rest up. I’m not totally against the idea. But you’re really banking that 75% mahomes against Houston then 65% against Houston is gonna get that job done. As opposed to getting Mahomes closer to 80-90% for the Steelers. Because man, there just doesn’t seem to be any understanding of how damn hard that 5 day recovery is going to be in a likely freezing Pittsburgh game considering how much he will probably get knocked around by Houston.

LMAO

Did you just pull those percentages out of your ass? Oh why yes, yes you did.

Even the biggest supporters of wanting him to play know that he’s not going to play anywhere close to 100% for the near term. And it’s going to be really painful and involve lots and lots of rehab. Yes that is significant. It is more than just tweaking your ankle a little bit

I'm pretty sure the coaches and players know how hard the schedule is. Luckily they're not chicken shit like a sizeable portion of the fan base.

They haven't said a word about the extent of his injury other than he could have gone back into the game if needed.

For all we know, he's not even hurt. Stop being such a baby.

Yes I did. Of course nobody has exact %s. I am just pointing to common sense that two games with zero rest on short weeks means he is going to be way less than 100% than a second week with a full rest and rehab. And the Pittsburgh game especially is going to be an especially rough game for him.

Common sense says to get the #1 seed and then rest. If they **** around and miss the #1 seed, that would be monumentally stupid.

The media has been informed to highlight every KC deficiency this season...Chiefs/Swift exhaustion syndrome.

Chris Simms went on a passionate diatribe about how Cleveland was going to beat KC...and did the same the week before with the Chargers.

Bigger question mark on who is suiting up going into this weekend, Mahomes or Gabe Davis?

We are a defensive team. There is no reason not to expect Wentz to be able to play well enough and beat the Texans at home.

And if we don’t go 2-0 and lengthen or aggravate our star QBs recovery that is not ideal either. If we believe an extra few days of rest can get Mahomes closer to 100% I’ll gladly put it in Mahomes’ hands to close the season out. Sorry, but if we ask Mahomes to play on a very short week after Houston probably knocks him around, I don’t like our odds versus the Steelers on the road. I love our odds if mahomes is closer to 100%.

I think there’s a very good chance we go 1-1 no matter who we play. Give me the option that gets us a healthier Mahomes. I agree this is all pending speculation that this is a high ankle injury. Judging by the hit he took it sure looks that way.

According to Rap, it's a mild high ankle sprain.

That being said, it's amazing to me that people are bitching week after week about Mahomes and the offense and now they're suddenly confident Wentz can come in and beat a division champ. Sure seems like a delusion to me.

Fantastic use of...you know...reason. Makes all the sense in the world to sit him vs Houston.

This will also be CJ Strouds first time facing Spags. Good luck buddy.

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We allow 18 ppg. Rely more on the run game and give Wentz easy throws. Absolutely no reason we will get boat raced because we just dont have Mahomes. All Wentz has to do is not turn the ball over. Its not like hes a scrub either. He's one of the best back up QBs in the league.

Who said anything about getting boat raced? We've seen this team for 14 games WITH Mahomes. The margin for error is razor thin. We could hold them to 17 and still lose.

And yeah, let's rely on a run game that is averaging about 3ypc. Good way to get beat in a low scoring game.

To be honest there’s a lot going into this weekend I don’t love regardless of who starts. Mahomes with limited mobility against that pass rush behind wanya or thuney at LT isn’t ideal. To me I just think we get a way fresher version of Mahomes against Pitt and in that game you get Humphreys and Hollywood. I love our chances in that.

Wentz is obviously a big downgrade. But I also think he can help us steal one. Andy has these kitchen sink games where we put together a masterful gameplan that hides our qb in the first half that often is good enough to carry us. He’s done it with Chase Daniel and henne. And wentz is much better than those guys. Reid is as good as it gets when it comes to backup spot starts. I think wentz still gives us a good shot purely as a spot start, nothing long term

Step 1 is done. Still think this is the best route.

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Steelers appear to be reeling.

Finish this on Christmas. Double bye.

Make the Ravens the 3, so we also avoid either the Bills or Ravens.

Couldn’t ask for more.

I’m kinda worried about Ravens Texans.

Texans could beat them. Texans would get 3 seed.

Rest em!!!!! Steelers just lost the division lead and they'll be looking to get back on track at home, desperate for a win.

The only logical course is to rest Wednesday then come back fresh to start the playoff run against Denver.

Let’s rest on Christmas against a non division opponent that is also going to play on short rest in favor of playing a divisional opponent that already gave us trouble this year. Brilliant!

Should Andy rest the starters Christmas Day?
 

Now I may be wrong but I just don’t think you have the Chiefs best interest at heart.

Let's just call it a 'win/win' strategy all around. :D

Nope.

Roll into Pittsburgh, win the game, print the tickets to the Arrowhead Invitational and have two weeks to get the injured players recovered.

The pounding can add up.

Rest Kelce and Mahomes and Jones. Play everyone else.

If this team is a SB team they ain't losing to Bo ****ing Nix for the #1 seed.

Basically, other than Rashee Rice's knee and Jaylen's ankle, this season could not have gone better.