Same here. Overall I thought he protected himself better during preseason and the W17 game than he did in college though, just based on the Tech games I reviewed last Spring.

He stopped with that lowering his shoulder nonsense. Often slid very early. He also protected the ball better when running, evidenced on the play that he almost scored a TD on vs. DEN where he actually tucked the ball into his chest before extending to score. He took a lot of hits against Denver merely because the line was so atrocious. I still say Reid should have gave him more help up front that day.

I'm 59 and excited to see the Chiefs do something that has only happened once in my lifetime. And that was with Mackovic/Blackledge!

For those people that are so sure the Chiefs are going to stink, I say start betting against them in Vegas. There are lots of games where I feel that the Chiefs are going to lose however I never bet against them.

Things are going to change in the AFC. The new crop of QBs are coming up and the old guard is getting old. Tommy isn't going to last forever and Ben has been talking retirement. This is also different, since the 80s, the Chiefs have always been the team with the weakness on QB and now they have a chance to be the team that others are chasing.

Win or lose, I'm ready to see something different. After all, it's all pretty pointless anyway.

Not his whole life. He was lucky enough to coach Favre. Donovan McNabb was damn good but not quite the talent of a Favre or Mahomes.

So I would say Andy has been looking for his Favre ever since he left Green Bay for Philly. In terms of playmaking and arm talent, Michael Vick with DeSean Jackson was the closest thing he has seen to Favre since 1999...unfortunately Vick was old by that point and injuries eventually caught up to him.

As an NFL Head Coach, Andy Reid has never had anyone even close to Pat Mahomes

But yes, he now has HIS Favre... not Mike Holmgrens Favre

Yeah, Chiefs fans absolutely need to get off their high horses regarding Reid. He's a damn successful coach and with an elite QB, the sky is the limit.

I swear no one looks beyond the surface when evaluating Reid. They see a couple playoff chokes and want to pin 100% blame on him. Let's forget what he did to GET us those huge leads in those games. If people still haven't figured it out, this team is physically outmatched in the trenches in almost every game. Our QB is always under more pressure than the opposing QB, opposing QBs have all day to pick apart the secondary and their backs have bigger holes to run through. That's not exactly easy to overcome. Yet he often has. He's won what...80% of games in the last 2.5 years? With a physical disadvantage in the trenches in the majority? That's pretty impressive assholes.

The Chiefs built a big lead over the Titans with cleverness and scripted plays. Not by lining up and physically imposing their will. When they run out of scripted trick plays in the 2nd half, it becomes much more difficult vs superior linemen.

Let's also not forget that it took a LOT of pathetic luck, bad calls and flukery to lose the Titans and Colts games. People also tend to forget that this was a freaking 2-14 team the year he arrived. Reid has done very well with what he's had to work with over his career. He could and should have more playoff wins, but there is little reason to doubt they will come.

Season tickets still available?

Not yet. They need to raise prices first.

Wouldn't a team need to be successful in order to regress?

Did this Washington Post writer predict the Redskins to regress this year?

And another playoff missed FG....UGH!
I think no Kelce the 2nd half was a HUGE factor.

It was huge. I said it out loud-well, we're ****ed now.

I didn't go to a game this year but was wondering how that prepay parking worked out?

They could not make the playoffs. That's a regression.

Big Ben