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There's life outside of obsessing over the Chiefs
Something I noticed about myself and might be a decent reminder to someone who needs to hear it.
I noticed i was obsessing over the chance for a 3-peat so much it was affecting my overall well-being, and failing that quest definitely hurt. And with the rest of the NFL fans taking their victory lap over our demise, Kelce potentially retiring, and the offseason pundits surely expecting us to fail next year, it would be really easy to get too caught up in all the negativity and hate surrounding the Chiefs, caring too much about what everyone else thinks. I think I'm gonna chill this offseason. Obviously I'll be checking if Kelce retires and watching the offseason moves, but otherwise I'll be more lax about it. People are gonna say some dumb shit about us this offseason for sure, and it's just not worth getting riled up over. |
I learned a while ago that it's not getting worked up that much over something you have zero control over. I'll always root for and watch my favorite team like I always have but I have absolutely no control over it, just sit back and enjoy this ride because it will end some day, in more ways than one.
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Im good with whatever happens from here on out. The past 7 years have been phenomenal, exceptional, and not every fan base gets to experience what we have. And the deal is Mahomes is just 29, so more good times ahead!
Go CHIEFS! |
and ignore the haters
They cannot figure out when you move on from a game and live your life. |
It hasn’t changed my daily life other than allow me talk a little more mad shit with my buddies. I’m good from here on out. I was good in the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 2000. Just before Andy and Alex kind of sucked. ****, we are the best team in football.
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Mahomes will drop the iconic hairstyle & you'll be back
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Just one more second and less bundle of sticks and we could have 3peated.
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It’s not like I hang out and drink beer because of football. I can hang out and drink beer and watch other shit too. Work on cars, golf, ranch and whatever else I want to do. Freeing up my Sundays is actually a nice break
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I went to the black out game. My first years being more than a true fan were 11 and 12. I just wanted to see one super bowl. The first super bowl loss devastated me. This one honestly is not half as bad on me emotionally. We've added 3 to the case and still have the best player in the league on our team. Let the haters talk. This is far from over. Were the most blessed fan base right now even with an embarrassing loss.
Not to mention CP Is far more interesting when everyone's a little pissed off instead of non stop sunshine and rainbows. I rediscovered my love for super cross during the bye that gives me something to look forward to so I don't feel so empty waiting for game day. |
The loss only really messed with us if we bet on it. I didn’t trust our o line going into the bills or eagles games so no bets from me this year. Last year I had some nice wins
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This is all I have.
My wife left me. Took the kids. All I wanted (needed) was a 3-peat. Go Chiefs. |
I spent most of my life watching a team that couldn't win a playoff game. It's hard to be upset when your team has won 17 of them since Mahomes became the starter and 3 of them Super Bowls. If you can't enjoy this season for what it was, you're doing it wrong.
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I’d be way more upset if I hadn’t just watched my team win 3 and go to 5 superbowls in 6 years.
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It’s been a hell of a ride. It took 50 years for this to happen and I’m hoping the ride isn’t over yet.
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I'm good. Every day I'm just thankful not to be a Bills fan.
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I had a meltdown irl after that steelers debacle back in like 2016 and I promised myself and my gf (now wife) I'd never do it again.
Ive gotten a little mad here and there when I lose a sports bet in a ridiculous fashion, but I wasn't mad Sunday night. Sure, I was a little bummed but life goes on. |
It was far more upsetting to lose to Brady in 2020. Yeah Hurts got us. Now his ceilings Eli Manning.
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I can't go out there and make plays for Patrick or Playcall for Reid.
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I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at my party because of the game. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye Chiefs. I am no longer a fan.
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I was more mad that it was a terrible game...all the build up to be in the SB and it wasn't even entertaining. I wanted a close, competitive game..two heavy weights duking it out.
I ended up doing work related stuff after the first drive post half-time. Chiefs looked like they weren't even interested in being there...easily the weirdest game of the Mahomes era. No energy from the onset...like they just wanted to get it over with and go home. |
The Chiefs have been usurped by porn as my #1 priority!!!
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yeah you gotta remember none of us here are getting paid for this, this is at the end of the day a hobby. if you're not enjoying it or letting it negatively affect your life it's time to reassess and maybe take a step back. take the offseason off if you need to.
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I love seeing the city hyped, people in red on Super Bowl Sunday going to whatever destination they’re going to to watch the game. Planning parties and food with friends, always taking a PTO day the day after the game if we end up making it. Win or lose it’s ****ing fun and whatever the end result is I hope we keep going |
A lot of good stuff in this thread and I can relate with most of it.
I short circuited at the end of the '21 AFCCG. By that I mean I nearly passed out from how angry I had gotten. I quit social media that night and haven't been back. I also haven't been that ridiculous over anything, much less football, since. I've always been an emotional sports fan. It's my outlet because I'm not an emotional person in the day to day. I've learned to control it better since I was young, but that game messed me up. I couldn't comprehend it. Someone said at least we aren't Bills fans. My GF's dad, sister, and bro in law and her extended family are all from upstate. I think about her dad and how he's getting older and has never seen the Bills do it. I just wish it wouldn't come at our expense for them to win, I want him to feel that feeling because he is a great guy and deserves it. The feeling. Like most of us here I was starting to think I would never get to feel it for the Chiefs. I felt it for KU, I felt it for the Royals, but the Super Bowl Champion is the king of the world. It took until I had turned 42 for the first, but I've gotten to feel it 3 times in 5 years. I'm greedy as hell for it, so I want more, but if this is all there is (I don't think it is) I'm good. I think after LIV I made the comment that I could die happy now. I teach 7th grade. The hardest part of these losses is dealing with the constant snark the next day. I live in the middle of PA so there are a fair number of Eagles fans including one of my good friends who I teach with. At school the next day I decided that I hate it when people have tried to minimize Chiefs Super Bowl wins so I made sure to congratulate all of those kids and teachers who are Eagles fans and point out how special the feeling is. I took whatever trash they wanted to talk because that's the transaction, but they were all pretty cool once I congratulated them. To the few Chiefs fans I said, get over it. No one feels sorry for us. We've had it good and there is more to come. We've felt the feeling. To the shit head Steelers fans I kindly invited them to shut their mouths (It's hard for them to understand it isn't always about them). What was most striking though was standing in the hallway next to my friend the Eagles fan. Every kid who walked by had smart ass comments to me about the score and shitty smirks on their faces. No one high fived my friend or congratulated him. I asked one class why they did that. They said it's more fun to tease. It's a sad world. But hey, I've still had that feeling. |
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Honestly, 3 SB's in a row...it wasnt as exciting. It was cool but nothing like the first one of Mahomes' career. That was wildly fun... Chiefs could never return to the SB and I'd still feel like my fandom experience is complete...we got everything we always wanted...actually more. |
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I euthanized my dog so they don't have to live with the utter disappointment of a lack of Chiefs threepeat. RIP Marty Barkenheimer.
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After all the success we have had since Mahomes, the loss was so much easier to absorb.
I had a bad feeling prior and I noticed during the GDT posts by all the CP members, no one acted crazy or angry. That let me know we all had some level of doubt. The CP collective took it like good sports.. |
Yes, losing the super bowl is disappointing but everything after the first is gravy in my opinion. 1 more than I thought I would ever see.
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I actually wouldn't mind missing the playoffs next year. Team needs rest and higher draft picks to restock on talent.
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I refuse to watch another live Chiefs game until the first preseason game of 2025
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No reason to believe they won’t be back. When football season ends I almost always feel like I’m gaining another day off from work. No more planning my Sundays around football for a while, more time to do food deliveries on the weekends and save for that next killer trip in the summer. More time to get back in shape, catch up on reading. The Chiefs are our magnificent obsession but it’s a good time to take a break from it until at least the draft. Put that time you’ve been absorbing football content into things you enjoy that maybe you’ve been neglecting.
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But man it truly is the lowest of lows when the tough L happens on the field or in life. I wish I never got involved into sports because i obviously become too emotionally invested in this stuff. 2025 has been an awful year for me. I’ve already lost a pet and my neighbor died unexpectedly last week. My Chiefs getting their ass kicked as they looked devastated on the sideline wasn’t something that was helping an already shitty new year I’ve stayed off all social media and sports talk because I just can’t handle the negativity right now. And combine all that with maybe losing one of my favorite players ever? Yeah it’s been a rough week to say the least. Make fun of me if you want but some of us can’t help how we feel. You’re not alone OP Edit: also I’m kind of in a place right now where I don’t have a lot going on. It would be easier if there was something for me to dive headfirst into as a distraction |
I love the how when people ask me who's my team...and I respond "The Chiefs"...they leave it at that. It used to be they'd talk shit but now? Crickets. I ****in love it, especially here in SoCal surrounded by 49er, Raider and Charger fans.
Even with the Chiefs losing bad in the SB, trash talk was brief at work on Monday: Them:"Damn, Chiefs got blown out!"...Me: *Shrug* "Can't win em all. I'm good with three straight SB appearances and 2 wins though.".....Them: "....." Savor this time fellas and relax. The team is in highly capable hands at every level of the organization. |
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Chiefs had three weeks rest then two games then another two weeks off. If they were THAT compromised...it would have shown up against Houston. They had just played a top-tier DL in the Texans. Rams seemed OK playing that Eagles defensive front. Chiefs primary starters played two games in a five week span... Something else was off...it was like watching an entirely different team. Chiefs have top OL players...one guard isn't the same as the Tampa situation. It shouldn't wreck your entire game...it was like they were on drugs. Reid's game plan was sketchy...I just leave it at that. |
Do you guys think we could see another chance at a threepeat? For me that was the big deal. The 3 peat was immortality just like the Dolphins undefeated season.
And if we had won Sunday I legitimately wouldn’t have cared from here on out because of that. Yet again we got beat down by another SB Brady was at. Man is a damn curse |
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I’ve gotten better with time and age. I still fly off the handle during KC games but when they are over, I don’t let it impact my week or even that evening. Life’s too short. And at the start of this SB…I told myself… they will either be inarguably the greatest dynasty of all time, or arguably the greatest dynasty of all time. Try and enjoy the ride my friend. |
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Side note, I have a pretty one-track mind, meaning it's easy for me to hyper fixate on one particular interest and that just becomes my entire world for a while. Obviously not very helpful when that thing is outright negatively affecting your life. Since then, I've focused on the essentials and just living better in general, and I'm almost grateful the season is over. It's like a relief, I can breathe again. Like others have said, you can just relax and focus on other things you were neglecting. |
Anyone talking shit hasn't been paying attention.
We've seen Mahomes get destroyed before and the naysayers chirped. Mahomes forgot how to play football in the second half of the following year afccg, and again, the naysayers chirped. 3 straight trips to the superbowl followed. Andy shitting in his pants with the worst superbowl gameplan and refusal to adjust we've seen since Walsh fist****ed Shula isn't enough to derail Mahomes. Andy should be mercilessly kicked in the balls until he vomits, and then once more for good measure. His o line imploding again isn't enough to derail Mahomes. All this did was put that taste of ash in Mahomes mouth. He no longer needs to look under every rock for motivation. No way he goes out without avenging this loss. It's like all these big mouths talking shit hit the terminator with a trash truck, and they're all foolishly dancing around the wreckage and cheering, when anyone paying attention knows what is about to emerge from that wreckage and mercilessly slaughter everyone. |
I don't like to say this but in some way it makes next season more interesting. Instead of coronation and endless three-peat victory laps we're looking to rise from the ashes after getting dismantled on the biggest stage in the history of the game. I think we may even have a tougher schedule and a potentially lesser team to boot in terms of depth.
Maybe there is life outside of obsessing over the Chiefs but I don't want to live it. The Chiefs are greatness. What else is there really? Go find a hot women? Have some kids? Spend time with the family you'd honestly rather not spend time with? It's all yours. I'll stick with the Chiefs. P.S. OP: You kind of sound like a Reba McEntire song with that headline. The post was pretty good though. https://youtu.be/1IDYTJD0F5M?si=VBFtiyzxtRlPYZHQ |
Let ll the opposing fans have their moment. They’ve been waiting almost3 years to point and laugh. But I have a feeling Chiefs and their fans will get the last laugh.
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First, I’ve grown to realize we as humans will never get complete joy and fulfillment from anything we lack control over, let alone pro sports teams. They give us a lot emotionally, but it can’t be your foundation. For me, faith is what I’ve got. Never changes no matter what’s going on around us.
That being said, you still gotta enjoy life here and a wise man once said, “you don’t experience life, you experience the life you focus on”. These days, there’s more distractions than ever. Social media will consume several hours of people’s time today scrolling, and half or more of what they see is going to try to piss them off or cause worry. I gotta tell you, getting off the socials that have these algorithms designed to draw emotion out of you.. for many that would be a great decision. A lot of what’s posted is about gaining attention or even money in some instances. There’s plenty of good football discussion and coverage out there — here on CP, and a laundry list of good NFL-wide and Chiefs podcasts/shows. Real people who will be genuine and honest in how they talk about this overly entertaining sport. Cut out the bullshit trolls. Dare I say feel bad for those people if they have nothing better to do than try to tear others’ achievements down. I’ve grown to appreciate the LVIII team a lot more this week which has been cool. Felt like when we won that one, everything instantly shifted to threepeat pursuit and that didn’t really allow us to properly process the achievement that is a repeat. Honestly I love this time of year. The offseason allows me to be more productive as a person but also roster building is one of the best parts of fandom. We’ve gotta enjoy every last bit of this next decade or so because we are going to be one of the six to eight teams every year that has a real genuine shot to win it. And I think we are too good from the top down not to keep stacking. These are the good ol’ days. |
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I quit living and dying by each play many years ago. I am disappointed. But life moves on I teach 8th. Kids are stupid. I never gloat. But oh boy. Just 5 minutes ago I kid said something, I said "You dont even know where Philadelphia is" He said in the middle of Pennsylvania......:shake: The Chiefs hate this year has been off the charts. People repeating stupid narratives from the internet. ugh. I moved on. I have a life to lead. I have a job to do, Even though I am in class now---they are doing a review for a test. This is a great class. Although I am a little short on MTDEW. I have to go to Philly in a few weeks. I will take pics of the riots from the City of Brotherly Scum. |
I wasn't worried about the game going in, I wasn't upset that they lost, and I'm still right here.
This is one of the best runs in NFL history. Nothing has changed. |
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That loss didn't get me down. It was the opposite. I saw that Mahomes was The One. That we had an incredible future and I couldn't wait for it to begin. I told my adult sons after that game, "Mahomes is The One. He is exactly what I've seen other QBs do through the years that we never had. He is going to win MULTIPLE Super Bowls. Not one, but MULTIPLE Super Bowls." That was January 2019. And I was right. And I still feel bullish on him and the Chiefs, even as they likely begin transitioning into the next era of his career. |
Is there? Is there really?
Yeah, I get it. Sometimes I think of how I used to cheer the Chiefs. Back in the 70s and 80s, they were an afterthought. Seasons came and went, there was plenty to do other than football. Since I have retired, it's really sinking in that the days ahead are much less than the days behind and I get to choose how I approach each day. Is it worth the energy? We all have to decide for ourselves. |
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I just want to remind everyone that like Mahomes is still the best QB in the league and the Chiefs are still really good and have the best coach in the league so it's not like the ride is definitely over. there's a very real possibility we're back in the SB next year. we're still in the dynasty.
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This will be included in my next Chiefs epic.
Patriots fans never understood this. But *almost* every third down in the Mahomes era is joyful. <iframe width="1280" height="1138" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Iz-2g-gWU4" title="“Joy vs pleasure.” - George Lucas" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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Happy Birthday to everyone I'll miss for the next extended period of time!! PBJ PBJ PBJ |
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Where as last two seasons the silence came with the Euphoria and satisfaction of the W. I definitely need to improve my life soon and that would have been the case if they had won 5 straight in a row. I am feeling significantly better as of Thursday and yesterday (technically Saturday now). It just caused a depressive spell in me. But yeah man you nailed it. If you or anyone here ever needs to talk to someone I’m here. Today I was already able to think about next season so I’m making big progress ;) |
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For me I’m not a rage guy like you and dad. I bottle mine up into more of a sadness which I think is worse because it prolongs the feelings of disappointment. Also I’ve never gotten upset about a regular season win. A bit disappointed? Sure. For me it was the inarguably greatest dynasty part…. But it’s possible when can still have that. Would anyone seriously be surprised to see Mahomes winning a SB Feb 2026? Not me. And then if we can somehow repeat we have another crack at it. But even if not it’s best to move forward as it’s not like we can change anything now. Hopefully Mahomes will have a slow falloff like Brady and we have another 15 years with him. I just can’t stand the media pundits talking trash. He’s accomplished more than most of them ever will and the book isn’t closed yet. |
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I'm kind of surprised and sad after reading all this. Not for myself, but for others here. Give it a couple weeks... get into a new routine, start that new "hobby" or interest. Rent a purpose if you need to. Then, in about 5 months check back into the Chiefs.
Good Luck! |
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When was your last SB like 7 years ago? LMAO |
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I put my feelings on the Chiefs losing into writing a song. I hope you like it.
Here it is: Please come now, I think I'm falling I'm holding on to all I think is safe It seems I found the road to nowhere And I'm trying to escape I yelled back when I heard thunder (thunder) But I'm down to one last breath And with it, let me say, let me say Hold me now I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking Maybe six feet ain't so far down I'm looking down now that it's over Reflecting on all of my mistakes I thought I found the road to somewhere Somewhere in His grace I cried out, "Heaven, save me" (save me) But I'm down to one last breath And with it, let me say, let me say Hold me now I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking Maybe six feet ain't so far down Hold me now I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking Maybe six feet ain't so far down I'm so far down Sad eyes follow me But I still believe there's something left for me So please come stay with me 'Cause I still believe there's something left for you and me For you and me, for you and me Hold me now I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking (thinking) Hold me now I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking Maybe six feet ain't so far down Hold me now I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking Maybe six feet ain't so far down Please come now, I think I'm falling I'm holding on to all I think is safe |
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There’s gaming but I find that less and les satisfying as I age |
Of course there is LIFE outside of the CHIEFS! I am not mad at all that we lost the SB vs. Eagles. We won 1 and they won 1 - so be it. I am glad I did not attend the game nor spent the $$$$$$ to go there to see it. I am very happy with my life and this loss effects me in no way what so ever. I am proud that Mahomes went to 5 SBs before the age of 30. Very proud of this team after years and years of disappointment. These are the Chiefs Golden Years and I am proud to be a part of that as I am sure many others are as well. You can't win them all! I see it as better to be in the SB and lose rather than not be in the SB at all. Chin up, we will be back! :thumb:
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Life outside of Chiefs?
Like a wife and kids? Sounds awful. |
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And if Kelce is back next season I'm going to be very, very suprised. |
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I find it amazing that Patriots fan has crawled out of their holes to talk shit.
It must be agony watching Mahomes re-write records and the definition of what a QB should be for them. |
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Until the Royals start spring training, there just isn't much for me to get interested in. If I want to take a nap, I can watch some college basketball. Or golf if I'm in the mood to watch paint dry. |
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