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10-01-2019, 09:29 PM | Topic Starter |
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Late night bullshit: Credit where it's due for this Chiefs team.
I get all the concerns Chiefs fans have with this team right now, especially considering the PTSD we all have from the AFCCG. The run defense, the corners, the run game, I get it all. I am skeptical this team has what it takes to stop the Pats.
But look at the first six weeks of this season. Hell, the first seven. @JAX, albeit against Minshew @OAK, when we were their Super Bowl BAL, the 3rd best team in the AFC @DET, a pretty damn good team who played their best Now we're about to host a fairly stout Indianapolis team, followed by a nightmare matchup against Deshaun Watson and the Texans. Then it's a short week to play in Denver, though obviously we should spank that team. So I'm not interested in the scarecrows the Pats have played at QB so far; if the Chiefs emerge from this opening stretch at 7-0, then they are the favorite. This is the worst stretch we'll see on this schedule until December, and the Chiefs have so far gone 4-0 with three of those tough games on the road. Only the Detroit game was even close. We all know this team for real. But going 6-0 (and almost certainly 7-0) makes this team the AFC favorite, whether we beat out New England's cake schedule for the 1 seed or not. |
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10-01-2019, 09:32 PM | #2 |
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Texans aren't a matchup nightmare.
They are a ****in' joke. BoB doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. Watson might keep it within 2 scores but lol
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10-01-2019, 09:35 PM | #3 |
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Being the "favorite" is legacy thinking, IMO ...
I used to experience that special thrill of legitimacy when people would talk about the Chiefs without using the International Pointer-Finger-In-Mouth Gag Sign. Being somebody's "favorite" doesn't mean jack. Beating the team in front of you then rinsing and repeating until you win the Lombardi is the only thing that matters. This season is all about the end-game. It isn't about the regular season and the attention that the Chiefs might generate along the way. FAX THE HARD CORE |
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10-01-2019, 09:35 PM | #4 |
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I actually think we're better than the Texans, as in our roster is better than theirs. And I have no faith in that Texans defense against Mahomes, especially since I bet Hill will be back by then.
Buuuuuuuuuuutttttt how are we going to stop Watson --> Hopkins/Fuller, again? I think that's a baaaaad matchup for us. |
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10-01-2019, 09:37 PM | #5 |
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Our SoS is 11th/16 afc teams, -1.1 pts per game worse than an avg team. So no, our schedule hasn’t been hard at all.
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10-01-2019, 09:48 PM | #6 |
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This isnt college basketball. Every team weve played so far has been undefeated going into the game against us and 3 of our 4 wins could win their division this year.
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10-01-2019, 10:31 PM | #7 |
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Its just simple math dude. Sagarin has our SoS at 18th which is right in line with the SRS number I cited. This is fact
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Once we beat a team, our SoS decreases, does it not? And if we do it right, it gets worse ... Last year, the Yags were one of the favorites to make the playoffs and we destroyed their season. They never recovered. And as their losses piled up, their contribution to our overall SoS went down. Same with the Susanna Hoffs. FAX |
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We had thr 6th toughest schedule going into the year. We are 4-0 without Hill, 3-0 without our LT and 2-0 without our starting RB. Name a team that could lose all of that on offense and win every game with their defense giving up 23.5 points a game I'll wait. |
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Every team that we played so far CURRENTLY has a .500 or better record. I have a hard time seeing how that puts us so far down the list. We have not played any teams with a current losing record.
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10-01-2019, 09:39 PM | #11 |
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Fairly stout Colts who lost to the Raiders?
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I'll admit that the Colts aren't that bad despite losing Luck. Brisset is an okay QB. He's no Luck but he's not bad. Still, Chiefs at home, night game, crowd fired up. I expect a blowout.
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Wishkins is overrated as hell. Always has been and probably always will be.
Hopkins and Watt are the only reasons that team hasn't already been sold to a Mexican drug lord. Watt's best days ended 2 years ago ... and you can't wish one to Hopkins when you're lying facedown in the grass. FAX |
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10-01-2019, 09:41 PM | #15 |
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I'm not convinced the Colts can play man.
If that's true, they should surrender before somebody gets hurt. FAX |
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