What I Saw

['Hamas' Jenkins]

There isn’t a way to quantify a loss like that. There isn’t a way to describe it someone, even if they saw it. There is only the experience of having your guts ripped out.

It feels like a fugue state. The sides of your vision get fuzzy, footsteps and breaths feel artificial, forced.

It’s easier to blame particular whipping boys, but I think that is a half-assed analysis.

Here’s what I saw:

I saw an opposing QB sandwich three interceptions around play that is as good as I’ve ever seen from any quarterback. Andrew Luck was absolutely brilliant. That wasn’t just great quarterbacking, it was all-time pantheon quarterbacking.

I saw a wide receiver we didn’t have an answer for, regardless of which corners were in or out of the game.

I saw an artificial surface that should be nuked from orbit. Head injuries on incidental contact like that is somewhat of an aberration, but that many should not happen. I wonder if they replaced the rubber filling with tungsten before the game.

I saw a defense that made a number of excellent plays yet was completely eviscerated. It’s hard to put it all on the D when they gave the offense 17 points via turnovers and won the battle 4-1

I saw an offense score 27 points on its own, and convert another 17 points via turnovers, without its best player for the entirety of the game.

I saw a rookie RB with ball security issues play his ass off as a worthy replacement for our best player.

I saw a quarterback whom many, myself included, derided as a game manager play at a level that no Chiefs QB has in the playoffs in my lifetime. Alex Smith was absolutely magnificent in that game. He did not deserve that loss. He beats almost any QB in history on any day except that QB on that day.

I saw a wide receiver, who is the second best in franchise history and who gets crapped on like he’s Jonny Morton, play a brilliant game.

I saw a free safety who shouldn’t start in the UFL commit the cardinal sin of playing that position.

I saw a head coach whose biggest knack was time management and whose offense was built upon efficiency waste all of its timeouts on offense which turned a 4^th and 11 into a 4^th and the season.

I saw a head coach go for a field goal at the one yard line when every statistical metric says you go for it. Had they converted, the Chiefs would have won the game. Had they not, they still would have had a chance to win that they had at the game’s end.

But what I didn’t see makes me feel just as shitty.

I feel bad for Jamaal, Bowe, Smith, Hali, and others, but I feel terrible for fans that had to experience that.

Sorry milkman, Reaper, OTW, ChiefsCountry, Flopnuts, Rainman, Bob Dole, and countless hundreds of others that populate this site. You didn’t deserve that experience.

I feel like the football antichrist dragged his carcass from the bowels of Hell to smite us one more time.

[McBeard]

Great post Hamas. I feel you nailed everything except for Bowe. He had a good game but it was more of the same. He was 1 for 3 when we needed him most. He converted one third down, dropped another, and couldn't come through on the 4th down biggest play of all. It's the same old Bowe and we can't count on him. He can get 200 yards and 3 TDs but he will rarely catch a third and short. Sorry but he gets no love from me. I hope he gets convicted so we can opt out of that contract. It would be nice to get our money back.

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I actually wonder if the best thing for the Chiefs and their fans would be a move to L.A. They could better compete for free agents and the league would actually take them seriously. Plus, we wouldn't have to continue this charade that the team is named for H. Roe Bartle, the nomadic, arrowhead-collecting former mayor.

Come on, Rain Man. You're too good a poster to put bullshit like this out there. I can only assume that frustration has temporarily taken over.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by McBeard

. I feel you nailed everything except for Bowe. He had a good game but it was more of the same. He was 1 for 3 when we needed him most. He converted one third down, dropped another, and couldn't come through on the 4th down biggest play of all. It's the same old Bowe and we can't count on him. He can get 200 yards and 3 TDs but he will rarely catch a third and short. Sorry but he gets no love from me. I hope he gets convicted so we can opt out of that contract. It would be nice to get our money back.

Kill yourself. The dumbassery of some around here is astonishing.

Yeah, we're loaded at WR, so we can afford to just let him go.

Also, reerun. Even if he's convicted, it's a simple possession charge. Small fine and a suspended sentence.

[Anyong Bluth]

What scares me is we're looking at a Vermeil / Robinson situation all over again. Andy has been a loyal guy to fault before for his coaches, and said yesterday in his presser there were no plans to replace coaches except for those who may be promoted and hired by another organization.

I get that he's not going to likely announce that at his end of season press conference, but I'd rather he just say something like.

''We are always looking to improve this team from 1 to 53 as well as our practice squad, and that goes just the same for our personnel - including coaches, trainers, front office, or scouts.

We are constantly evaluating, and if we can make a move to make this team better its something we will have to consider in building a championship team.''

Just would prefer he always keeps the door open, instead of the impending rage and disappointment I'll have keeping Sutton when I'm fairly certain at least a couple defensive guys that are better if not potentially one of the best in the NFL will be available that we can get.

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by BCD

Kill yourself. The dumbassery of some around here is astonishing.

Yeah, we're loaded at WR, so we can afford to just let him go.

Also, reerun. Even if he's convicted, it's a simple possession charge. Small fine and a suspended sentence.

That's BlackBob you quoted, so yeah...

[McBeard]

Originally Posted by BCD

Kill yourself. The dumbassery of some around here is astonishing.

Yeah, we're loaded at WR, so we can afford to just let him go.

Also, reerun. Even if he's convicted, it's a simple possession charge. Small fine and a suspended sentence.

Yeah but we can probably opt out of that contract. I tend to think Dorsey will want to after his play and the arrest. He has got to be wishing he didn't give him that contract. Hemmingway was every bit as good as Bowe has been in the game he started. We can find people and it would be great to get out of that $10 million a year contract if we can. This offense is designed around Charles. We need a receiver that can stretch the field and a receiver that can convert 3rd downs. Bowe doesn't consistently do either of those things.

[Beef Supreme]

This game was a microcosm of what it is to be a Chiefs fan. They get our hopes up, only to crush them.

[Tribal Warfare]

Outside of the Alex fumble ( which destroyed KC's momentum) The pass rush was non-existent no hits on Luck that would've jarred him just even a little bit. Houston/Hali didn't show up like they should've.

Derrick would've showed up big and dominate the Colts pass protection.

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

That's BlackBob you quoted, so yeah...

It's creepy as **** how he keeps coming back.


Why would anyone want to keep returning to a place where everyone hates you, thinks you're a dirty, uncle-****ing psychopath and are outed in days due to your moronic posting style?

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by Sorter

It's creepy as **** how he keeps coming back.


Why would anyone want to keep returning to a place where everyone hates you, thinks you're a dirty, uncle-****ing psychopath and are outed in days due to your moronic posting style?

When he popped up on Friday I knew we were ****ed.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

Come on, Rain Man. You're too good a poster to put bullshit like this out there. I can only assume that frustration has temporarily taken over.

I'm dead serious. We keep saying that the team was named after H. Roe Bartle, and yet our team logo is an arrowhead and we play in Arrowhead stadium and we have people dressed like Indians riding horses on the field when we score. It's time that we stopped the charade. It's not fooling anybody.

Or are you talking about the Los Angeles stuff?

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by Sorter

It's creepy as **** how he keeps coming back.


Why would anyone want to keep returning to a place where everyone hates you, thinks you're a dirty, uncle-****ing psychopath and are outed in days due to your moronic posting style?

I'm a glutton for punishment.

[Imon Yourside]

So now we're cursed by blackbob?

[Sorter]

Originally Posted by stevieray

I'm a glutton for punishment.

I think we all are at this point.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by McBeard

Yeah but we can probably opt out of that contract. I tend to think Dorsey will want to after his play and the arrest. He has got to be wishing he didn't give him that contract. Hemmingway was every bit as good as Bowe has been in the game he started. We can find people and it would be great to get out of that $10 million a year contract if we can. This offense is designed around Charles. We need a receiver that can stretch the field and a receiver that can convert 3rd downs. Bowe doesn't consistently do either of those things.

God damn you are beyond ****ing reeruned.