LMAO The officiating is just off the charts as well. I never liked that stubby little ****er of a head ref; his calls were ALWAYS shit against KC.

It's good to watch these games though, it puts a lot of things in perspective as it relates to what we're trying to build today.
Neil Smiths replacement on the other end of line was just devastating against SF and Young, and you tend to forget a lot of details as time goes by.

You know what strikes me, watching old games, Darth?

The game seems to have slowed down.

I've watched the 1997 Chiefs take the 44to9ers out behind the woodshed a few times...and the action in that game seems to happen so quickly compared to games I watch today.

Maybe the Chiefs just forced the 49ers to play a little faster that day.

You're right. KC Defense, and Thomas in particular, were a fast, well-oiled machine. We've got a lot of Rooks today and they look like rooks. But even then, Baltimore and Pittsburgh defensive squads both looked like they were molasses compared to the old days.
I blame the collages. I don't know what it is, but the overall level of talent has dropped considerably in the last 10 years.
With the exception of TP in Pittsburgh, I don't see a lot of guys on defense these days that would give an O-Coord ulcers.

It's a shame.

I think the rules changes oriented towards the passing game have made a difference too.

Makes you really appreciate some of the great offenses of the 90s, i.e. the 1994 49ers.

And it's going to get worse. I don't have a problem with the ongoing cycle of run offense, then pass offense, then run offense etc. That's been going on for years.

But this Spread thing, so popular in college, is regressing EVERYONE on the offensive side of the ball. As I watch this game, I know without a doubt that the 97 Chiefs Defense would absolutely THROTTLE any 2008 offense, and make them look so ****ing bad they'd be run out of town.

And this game I'm watching should be MANDATORY VIEWING for any member of this forum who believes that a stellar defense and a "good enough" Quarterback are going to get you to a Championship.

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Jeezus; Elvis looks like ****ing Zeus compared to Pigpen. :shake:

Jeezus; the Chiefs should have taken out a bank loan to keep Smith.

At 40% interest, and happy to pay it.

****in' Jerry Markbright! That little ****ing troll! Good God he sucked as a ref.

Jeezus ****ing Christ; the Chiefs are getting "Ref-Heebed" BIG TIME in this game!

And a nasal strip made out of pure gold?

ROFL Smith was "strip" before strip was cool! I remember seeing that shit for the first time and being like, "what is this shit"?! "Is that a band-aid on his ****in' nose"? "What the ****s goin' on here"?

In this game, he's sporting his custom blue and orange model, "The Pimp Strip"!


We also lost a good defensive lineman to that Denver squad too. His mom died two days before the game, and he's tearing it up as well.


Damnit Carl!!!:cuss: