I understand being upset about the loss, how poorly the Chiefs o line played and a few questionable penalties which really came at the wrong time. It's understandable to want to come up with reasons for the poor performance.
To me, it's pretty simple: losing Fisher along with the other injuries on the offensive line really limited what the Chiefs were able to do, add the Britt Reid 'accident' and the lack of pressure the defensive line was putting on teams and it was clear to me early on that there was no way that the Chiefs were going to win.
And yes, it would have been a really bad look for the NFL if the Chiefs and Reid would have won after Britt Reid put a child in the hospital. That was, I believe, a factor that can't be ignored however it's not why they lost.
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