I'm 3 for 3.

STRONG mojo.

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Chiefs have their worst, most unlucky season ever and still are in 1st in the AFC at the end of December.

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We might be up two games on everyone after next weekend. The Ravens are going to lose today, I don’t think the Titans can beat the 49ers, and the Patriots can easily lose to the Bills.

The downside to being up 2 games on everyone: we are likely to rest our starters against the Broncos and our 87 game winning streak against those sons o’ bitches would be over. And frankly, I love the tears of Bronco fans when we beat them yet again. And while we all know that loss wouldn’t really count, I hate to see that particular streak broken.

Asterick that shit. Or just toss it as an outlier. We all know...

2 through 7 is gonna be a brutal WC round.

Should help if we can hold on to the 1.

Or just beat them with our backups like we did in Mahomes first start.

Four straight AFC Championship games hosted at Arrowhead.

No one has accomplished that.

I'd put money on the Chiefs playing the Chargers or Bills in the divisional round.

We need a compilation video of talking heads saying the Chiefs are done

One interesting thing about the Chargers is that they’ve seen us twice but their experience against our defense is useless. They haven’t actually seen it for real yet.

No one else had ever done 3 in a row before the Chiefs accomplished it last year.

Last years Chiefs are probably pretty upset.

honestly i wouldnt be shocked if we clinched the 1 seed by the end of week 17

How about like a one hour version.

You can have it after the Super Bowl. :evil:

I think 2 wins will do it i think Tits, Pats and Ravens lose at least 1 more each

I'd like to see Denver get a garbage time win against Henne and celebrate like it meant something. :LOL:

Two weeks off before the divisional round would be amazing. And this team can handle it.

It's really hard to see Titans going 3-0 now. And pretty hard to see NE doing it too, although the schedule is soft if they beat BUF.

I'm confident Chiefs are going 3-0 either way, but nice to have some extra room.

Next week is huge. Pats and Titans both have their toughest game left.

Also enjoying the Bills fighting for their playoff lives a year after all of the "lifelong fan of the past three months" shit for brain fans came out of the woodwork to tell us Allen > Mahomes and they're taking over the AFC for the next two decades.... and the twist of the dagger with the Patriots taking back the division.

Getting better all the time

The Chiefs might even get some breathing room for the #1 seed with the Faketriots vs Buffalo and Tennessee playing the 49ers on a short week.

I’m thinking the chances are good now

We really need a chiefs/nfl meme thread similar to the one that’s in DC

Cue the Thanos "I am inevitable" gif.

Well, Bridgewater just died. That guy has some bad luck man.

Yeah, I think all the WC teams are better than the 2-4 teams.

Bills fans got a little too arrogant for their own good there. They know their organization’s place again now.

Just win out, baby. Take care of business.

Getting another loss from the 3 contenders for the 1 seed would be huge. You can survive a slip up or if not rest week 18 which is huge. Forget that record against the Donkeys. Resting starters against them says more about their station in life than beating them with starters.

Crazy that just a few weeks ago we seemingly had no shot to be where we are, and now we are two games up on the division, two games up on the Bills and Ravens and in sole possession of the 1 seed (knock on wood).

Even though it required a little good luck, getting past Green Bay and Dallas was huge. Everything opened up at that point.

We should roll the Steelers. I can’t see their offense keeping up. Their defense is nothing all that special anymore.

Bengals OL is terrible. Jones should destroy them.

It would be great for Week 18 to be meaningless. Get everyone healthy and rested for the Divisional Round. We’d be playing a team who’s been playing for their season for each of the weeks preceding that game. Whoever it is will be worn down.

If the Chiefs were 11-3 they would probably head into Denver not caring at the dreaded 13-3. **** Donkeys woot

Chiefs are now up to 50% probability of getting the #1 seed, according to Steve Kornacki at NBC.

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50% seems low.

So funny now since they are the 1st seed currently!

It kind of does. I dont care what the odds say, but we have no way of losing to Steelers at Arrowhead and at Denver. Cincy is really gonna have to turn it on to really have a chance.

Wow. Didn't realize analytics had so little faith in the Steelers. 86% to beat them over low 70% for the Bengals and Broncos. Not sure how much home vs away affects that though.

RIP 13-3.

If Teddy is out any period of time, Denver is cooked. Worse than the Steelers.

THANK YOU JESUS!

It's over. 13-3 can never again be repeated.

Let's just hope we don't see 13-3-1.

It's still not 13-3 so we good.

Perfect weekend!

-Chiefs have epic game & Win

- Titans/Ravens/Patriots all take a L

-Tom Brady gets his shit pushed in

**** it feels good

The Steeler offense is so terrible.

The Broncos are not good offensively.

The Bengals are hit and miss.

4 straight AFC champ games at ArrowHead, ooof

We need to get out to fast starts these last few games and put Kelce on a pitch count.

Hopefully Gray can pick up a little of the slack.

We need Kelce healthy for the play-offs. If he were to go down, we'd be in some trouble.

Yep.

Yeah and this year the same thing with Herbert. I don't get it. Mahomes is a likeable guy. He's not only a winner but he's fun to watch. I guess some just like to build up so they can rear down.

Terry Bradshaw pretty much summed up the Herbert stuff with his own opinion on the subject:

6'6", rocket arm, etc.

The NFL is nostalgic to a fault.

Weirdly, I'm pretty sure the Chiefs could even lose a game at this point.

The Titans aren't going to win out - I figure they'll lose to the 49ers next week and that would be 4 losses in 5 games; a genuine tailspin that will probably then carry through to the Miami game and they end up losing again. Then they'll beat Houston to end the season at 10-7.

Buffalo, with 6 losses already including key tiebreakers to TN and Indy (one of whom will be battling them for a WC spot) are essentially playing for their playoff lives against NE next week. If they lose that game they're in REAL danger of missing the playoffs outright - I think they'll beat NE. And NE still has a weird matchup against Miami on the road.

Win the next 2 and this things locked up by the Broncos game. Then you could theoretically play that one soft and if the Broncos manage to beat the Chargers in a couple weeks, the Broncos could be playing for that last WC spot ahead of LAC - I'd I'd far prefer see Denver in the post-season than LA.

The AFC really has beaten the hell out of itself this year.

The only issue is that the "losable" game of the next 3 is Cinci.

They should beat the Steelers but after that, which Bengals team shows up?

Hopefully the one where Ja'Marr Chase does absolutely dick.

Because if that !@#$ing guy is going to tank my FFB team in the 1st round of the playoffs, the least he can do is do it again a couple weeks later.

I don't think it has much to do with Mahomes, it's just "boring" to continue to talk about him because he's still so far away from comparing his entire career to Brady. There's no drama in talking about another Mahomes performance where he throws for 400 yards and 4 TDs.

The media is constantly looking for "the next ___".... they ran "is Mahomes the next Brady" into the ground a couple years ago, so now it's time to find the next Mahomes.

They also need someone to be Mahomes' Peyton Manning to provide some competition, rivalry and reason to watch... they don't want fans to assume Mahomes is going to win a Super Bowl every couple years and no other team has a chance, and you might as well not ever turn on ESPN again because you'll get sick of Mahomes Mahomes Mahomes, just like Brady.

Man, the AFC really is a cluster****.

It's not even an unlikely scenario to have 6 teams in the AFC at 9-6 after next week.

Buffalo beats NE = both at 9-6
TN loses to 49ers = TN at 9-6
Cincy vs. Baltimore = winner ends at 9-6
Indy beats AZ = Indy at 9-6
LAC over Hou = Chargers at 9-6

Even Cleveland could get there by beating the Raiders this week and Packers next week. That's the only one I see as genuinely unlikely. It's possible that you'll have the Chiefs at 11-4 and 2 games clear of the entire AFC (with all 6 remaining playoff teams at 9-6) with 2 weeks to play.

What a weird year, man.

If the Chiefs get pressure, the defense is elite.

The Bengals are absolute garbage in pass protection. They’ve allowed 44 sacks already.

They’ve allowed 2 more sacks than the Jets, but attempted 88 fewer passes.

They have had only 5 games with fewer than 3 sacks allowed, and they’ve also had 5 games with 5+ sacks allowed. They’ve allowed 14 over the last 3 weeks.

Wait, what? Thats a real scenario?

If that's the case, yes, you tank the shit out of that last week and let Denver in.

Chargers are a game up on Denver but Denver's already beaten them once. If Denver beats 'em in week 17 they'd be tied (presuming Denver beats the Raiders this week) with Denver holding the tiebreaker. At that point Denver controls its destiny - win over the Chiefs and they'd hold the #2 seed in the west and presumably get in over a 10-7 Chargers squad.

The only question at that point would be how a 3-way tiebreaker scenario works and that that point my eyes cross. Denver has a really rough conference record and even if they win out, the best they'll end up with is a 6-6 conf record. So if it ends up in a situation where a 3-way tie takes H2H out of the equation and conf record trumps, I guess LAC could still advance ahead of them.

Really not sure how that scenario works.

It’s a fluid situation. You see, I read Kant, by the fireplace usually. And the NFL matrix is controlled by the Rothchilds, who were born of the devil when communism had sexual relations with the central bank. Therefore the blood sacrifices of Jesuits who also kiss Tom Brady’s kid on the mouth and you’ll see how the chiefs temporarily ended up in the drivers seat by sniff and the tears.

Not sure if it's true, but some talking head on ESPN or FoxSports said yesterday that if KC wins 2 out of the last 3 they clinch the 1st seed.

Wild, when you consider how the season started.

It's likely 2/3 clinch it. The rest of the AFC plays each other so it's working out great for the NFL.

That's not true - yet.

If the Titans win out and the Chiefs lose one, the Chiefs lose the tiebreaker to the Titans. And if the Patriots win out and the Chiefs lose one, the Patriots will have a 10-2 conf record to the Chiefs 6-6.

They'll only clinch if the Titans and Patriots lose again. Otherwise they'll need to win out.

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Just need New England and Tennessee to each drop one more.

Titans are losing to the 49ers. I can’t see them winning that one.

New England could well lose to Buffalo.

If we win the next two with those two losing, we can rest everyone Week 18.

Nah, that's not true. The Titans and Patriots win tiebreakers over us (since we lost all our games against AFC opponents), so we have to win the same number as they do or better. If we win 2 and either of them win 3, we drop out of the #1 seed.

Ah, thanks. I might've missed that part of the discussion. I was walking in and out of the room with the radio on. Still, it's crazy to think that in Week 6 or 7 the NFL world was getting ready to write off the Chiefs even making the playoffs and now they're set to possibly take the 1st seed, have won the AFC-W again for the 40 billionth time in a row, and clinched yet another ticket to the playoffs with 3 weeks to go.

Here's a look at the complete NFL playoff bracket for 2022:

AFC
1. Kansas City Chiefs (bye)
2. New England Patriots vs. 7. Buffalo Bills
3. Tennessee Titans vs. 6. Los Angeles Chargers
4. Cincinnati Bengals vs. 5. Indianapolis Colts

NFC
1. Green Bay Packers (bye)
2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. 7. Washington Football Team
3. Dallas Cowboys vs. 6. San Francisco 49ers
4. Arizona Cardinals vs. 5. Los Angeles Rams


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After last few weeks, I guess starting with the GB game. This team is destined for the AFFCG. Everything has played out perfect for them, and they are playing their best football.

No more doubting, this team will be the 1 seed and play in the AFCCG at Arrowhead for the 4th straight year. I'm fully confident. Enjoy the ride from here on out, it is going to be another great run!

Here's the thing - if we don't get the bye, I really don't to play ANY of our likely opponents. I mean I think it will ultimately be swapping spots with Indy and they don't worry me much.

But honestly, the Patriots may be the team that least scares me out of the rest of the AFC playoff probables. The issue w/ the AFC hasn't been how these teams play on their best day - it's been that they're inconsistent.

But the Bills, Chargers, Colts, Bengals and Ravens have proven that on a good day they can beat anybody. The Titans as well if they somehow get Henry back by then. There isn't a free pass out of the first round this year unless some team like Denver or Pittsburgh backs into it.

Right now every team likely to make the playoffs in the AFC can do damage if they get there.

So yeah - I'd really like to get that bye and take one week of a potentially hot opponent off the table.

The bye is huge for whoever gets it. To be fresh and play a team who likely just won a Wildcard Weekend slugfest after a 17 game schedule is huge. That’s damn near a pass to the AFCCG.

Yeah, that's the thing. Getting the bye this year, then letting them beat up on each other is huge.

I agree getting the bye is huge. That would allow us to have another late season break to recover. I want us to just run it out!!!

And with Andy's history on Bye weeks, you have to believe he sees this as blood in the water.

I'd be pretty surprised if the Chiefs came out flat again this year. Unless the Bengals come out on fire in their own building, I can't see us losing one. I don't see Lock taking us down in a must-win game. I can't see Pittsburgh beating anyone decent. If the Chiefs don't lose it, neither of those teams will win it.

It's just Cincy on the road and that team could make things hairy. But the Chargers ran 11 plays inside the 5 yard line before they finally scored a touchdown last week. Without Jones, Snead or Gay. It's just impossible to overstate how impressive that defense played last week. You add 3 of their 4 best defenders back to that mix and I struggle to see how Cincy can really blow the doors off us early even if they hit the ground running.

Win the next 2 and its very possible they have a 2 game lead going into week 18 and can sit a bunch of people.

The Cinci OL is just so bad. The Broncos demolished that offense yesterday. 250 yards of offense.

Now I don't think the Chiefs D is Denver's, but they should be at full strength and be fine.

The Faketriots have two losable games for them remaining... Buffalo and at Miami (the Dolphins already beat them once earlier this season, and the Faketriots have traditionally not played well in Miami).

Tennessee has the 49ers and Dolphins coming up... both are losable games for them as well.

And unlike most past years, both Buffalo and likely Miami will still have something to play for when they take on NE.

These aren't gimme games for NE and BB's distrust of Jones is starting to become more and more apparent. They're simply getting easier to gameplan for.

It really does seem like KC and LAC are the two most complete, dangerous teams in the AFC.