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Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks
If I recall, you have always been rather reasonable and fair.
So can you please tell me why it is that everyone who talks about the playoffs... and what we can do in them.. ALWAYS omit the part where our best players are either badly hobbled or not playing whatsoever.
I won't rehash the recent KC years of playoff injuries.. who was missing... and the relatively close game results. We all know them well enough.
When I see people type things much like this bolded segment above.. this thought always goes through my mind.
Well, what if the Maclins and Houstons and Halis.. and etc were actually healthy and had played this game? Must be some reason we are paying theses guys crazy big money. Maybe it's because.. they are important to the KC success formula?
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It's a fair question. In his chiefs playoff history he had a virtually flawless performance against Indy and did well in Houston where he was asked to be more of a game manager. So far, the majority of playoff history has been terrific. Hes earned some benefit of the doubt.
But the new England game was Alex trying to play his game against a team you can't play small ball with. And it bit them in the second half. In his defense, without Maclin, our receiver corps wasnt good. But when new England started rolling and even in a must score situation, there is simply no excuse for small ball no matter who your receivers are. So not having receivers isn't an excuse for not at least swinging in the end. I'd rather get picked off late trying than the very questionable strategy we took in the end where it looked like we weren't even trying to get a td.