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SPATCH 12-30-2013 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Chiefs=Good (Post 10322880)
Did they set out to play conservatively? No probably not, but I think a coach can adapt to lack of effort and the likelihood of playing the same team in the playoffs and shelve their game plan a bit..
Maybe the perceived "lack of effort" can be attributed to the players' knowledge of a purposely limited gameplan?

Chiefnj2 12-30-2013 08:47 PM
The division was still up for grabs when they played. If they held back they deserve to lose this weekend. You don't roll over because you are hiding something just because it "looks" like you may play Indy a month later in the post season.

jspchief 12-30-2013 08:50 PM
So rather than trying to win for home field advantage, the Chiefs chose to try and surprise the Colts in Indy during the playoffs?

Does anyone else recognize how absurd that sounds?


Here's what really happened. The Colts came in with a good defensive game plan that our coaches and players didn't adjust to very well. Period.

ILChief 12-30-2013 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BossChief (Post 10322872)
Even the players said after the game that they knew they would be facing the Colts again and that they didn't give the best effort.
Who said that?

BigRock 12-30-2013 08:54 PM
They held back just like the defense held back in the weeks before playing Denver.

SPATCH 12-30-2013 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jspchief (Post 10322918)
So rather than trying to win for home field advantage, the Chiefs chose to try and surprise the Colts in Indy during the playoffs?

Does anyone else recognize how absurd that sounds?
Almost as absurd as believing the Broncos might lose to the Texans or Raiders...

jspchief 12-30-2013 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by the_spatula (Post 10322930)
Almost as absurd as believing the Broncos might lose to the Texans or Raiders...
Well hell, who believed in august that KC could make the playoffs at all? Reid should have saved all his plays for 2014.

ShortRoundChief 12-30-2013 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 10322906)
The division was still up for grabs when they played. If they held back they deserve to lose this weekend. You don't roll over because you are hiding something just because it "looks" like you may play Indy a month later in the post season.
You don't have to be an expert to look at the probability of us winning out and Denver losing out to 2 subpar teams. We were in and at that point we weren't playing for this season, we're playing for the tourney.

Bearcat 12-30-2013 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jspchief (Post 10322918)
So rather than trying to win for home field advantage, the Chiefs chose to try and surprise the Colts in Indy during the playoffs?

Does anyone else recognize how absurd that sounds?


Here's what really happened. The Colts came in with a good defensive game plan that our coaches and players didn't adjust to very well. Period.
Yes. Terrible rationalization... it might be quite shocking that your team might not show up for a game, but it does actually happen from time to time, and being a fan with no control over the game, there's no shame in admitting that.

Or, Andy Reid doesn't have half a brain and instead of making a few moves in the two game chess match, he deferred.

ChiefRocka 12-30-2013 09:04 PM
I can't wait to watch Poe collapse the pocket on Saturday.

SPATCH 12-30-2013 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jspchief (Post 10322939)
Well hell, who believed in august that KC could make the playoffs at all? Reid should have saved all his plays for 2014.
Not a good analogy

jspchief 12-30-2013 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by J Diddy (Post 10322947)
You don't have to be an expert to look at the probability of us winning out and Denver losing out to 2 subpar teams. We were in and at that point we weren't playing for this season, we're playing for the tourney.
You also don't need to be an expert to realize that winning in the NFL is rarely about surprise plays and almost always about execution.

This entire topic is frustratingly stupid.

SPATCH 12-30-2013 09:07 PM
Look, before the game most simulations and analysis showed a greater than 70% that the Chiefs would play the Colts in the first round.

It would actually be more absurd to ignore those kinds of odds, in my opinion.

SPATCH 12-30-2013 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jspchief (Post 10322958)
You also don't need to be an expert to realize that winning in the NFL is rarely about surprise plays and almost always about execution.

This entire topic is frustratingly stupid.
This isn't about trick plays.

This is about exploitation of weakness and forming a gameplan to do so.

Chiefnj2 12-30-2013 09:13 PM
They planned on having Smith take 5 sacks, throw no TDs and a pick. It's a great way to keep him safe and improve his fear of going downfield.


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