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.

[Chief Henry]

What more could Alex Smith have done today other than put on a Superman cape and cover Ty Hilton too.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Redcoats58

Freakin bizzaro world, I watched a defense get torched reminiscent of the Greg Robinson 32 defense. Smith put up those stats without Jamaal Charles, then Avery, then eventually Knile Davis. Smith then makes a good pass on 4th and 11 to Bowe and if Bowe goes limp Chris Carter style then he stays inbounds. Alex Smith did not shit the bed.

Yup, he produced in spite of all that... **** these turds, atleast we now know for sure who is who here.

The lines have been drawn, SOC is but a distant memory... we're ALL enemies now.

[MahiMike]

I feel really good about this team. So many bad breaks and we were this close. I just wish my friends didn't know I was a chiefs fan.

[Sannyasi]

Originally Posted by scott free

Yup, he produced in spite of all that... **** these turds, atleast we now know for sure who is who here.

The lines have been drawn, SOC is but a distant memory... we're ALL enemies now.

You're being a tad dramatic. I loved the way Smith played, he has certainly earned his contract extension as far as I am concerned. I have no desire to start over at QB with some bum. But watching this game certainly impressed onto me the idea that when it comes to QBing, there are levels, and some guys are at one level while other guys are at another.

[HC_Chief]

We need safeties who can actually pick up coverage once a corner releases. Kendrick Lewis absolutely SUCKS at picking up wideouts. He is slow, takes shit angles, is dumb as **** (can't read a play to save his life), and is a weak tackler. Either Sutton was too dense to see this, or our depth at FS is complete shit

[TimeForWasp]

I think the team missed Fisher. There was a lot of pressure from that side.

[Hammock Parties]

We all knew this team wasn't winning a SB this year.

So the bottom line for me, did this game provide me with some hope they might in the next three years?

The answer is absolutely.

[OskaloosaChief]

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini

Smith missed a wide open Gray and took the team out of FG range with that grounding.

I wondered how much having Gray run that route instead of Charles threw off the timing of Smith. I would think after running that route with Charles countless times in practice that Smith knows where he has to put it. I think he put it where Charles normally would have been.

[kcpasco]

I have been a fan since I was born in 79. You can call me a pussy all you want but **** this team and and the coaches associated with it.

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead

We all knew this team wasn't winning a SB this year.

So the bottom line for me, did this game provide me with some hope they might in the next three years?

The answer is absolutely.

Yeah but I really wanted that playoff monkey off our back.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Sannyasi

You're being a tad dramatic. I loved the way Smith played, he has certainly earned his contract extension as far as I am concerned. I have no desire to start over at QB with some bum. But watching this game certainly impressed onto me the idea that when it comes to QBing, there are levels, and some guys are at one level while other guys are at another.

lay off him

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by Chief Henry

What more could Alex Smith have done today other than put on a Superman cape and cover Ty Hilton too.

Lead a TD drive in the final 25 minutes?

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic

Yeah but I really wanted that playoff monkey off our back.

Would have been a hollow victory for me.

Ask Broncos fans how they feel about Jake Plummer's playoff wins.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by jspchief

It starts when he loses his star RB, fastest receiver, and 2nd string back.

Seriously. The loss of Charles doesn't even need explanation. Coaches are furiously going over blocking assignments on the sideline with Davis. They lose Avery and the Colts defense no longer has to worry about the receiver most likely to hurt them deep.

The injuries change the way the Colts defend, the playcalling, and Smiths timing.

If ever there was an excuse for an offense to stall, KC had it today.

^These. We lost a guy who was in the running for league MVP after the sixth play and lost our #2 receiver (knowing how awful the backups are) and our up and coming #2 RB. Yet those are not excuses apparently when we lose. This team is supposed to overcome all of that, but when other team suffers injuries it seems to be a valid excuse for losing. This loss is on Sutton and the defense. Sure they generated turnovers and the offense capitalized. That makes them a wash. This defense failed to hold a 28 point lead. The offense scored 44 points and the team lost. Only fools blame it on the offense.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead

We all knew this team wasn't winning a SB this year.

So the bottom line for me, did this game provide me with some hope they might in the next three years?

The answer is absolutely.

They're not winning anything of worth in that span.

Take away Luck's interceptions and how good does Alex look?