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.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

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

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

you cant take away something that happened

[kevonm]

Luck didnt have that great of a game. He had a very good game, but our defense was just abysmal

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

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

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

Alex made a bunch of sick ****ing throws today.

That's all I want out of my QB at the end of the day.

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead

Would have been a hollow victory for me.

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

Totally different when they've seen 2 Super Bowl wins in their lifetime.

[kcpasco]

This team let a whole fanbase down today in epic fashion. **** Them

[The Apostle]

My car overheated and my engine lost compression today. Then this. I want to die.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead

Alex made a bunch of sick ****ing throws today.

That's all I want out of my QB at the end of the day.

He made two throws that an above average QB is expected to make.

The TD to Avery and the just short of a TD throw to Bowe.

That's it.

Elite offenses aren't going to spot a team 24 points like the Colts did tonight.

Unless the Chiefs get Jimmy Graham, Wes Welker and Brian Hartline next year along with JJ Watt on defense the playoff loss streak will remain alive.

[Redcoats58]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

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

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

Now we are taking away plays. Hypothetically in my mind if luck doesn't throw the interceptions Smith still drives the length of the field and ends with 300-400 yards with 4 TDs.

[Fritz88]

Experiencing in person in the stadium was soul crushing.
Posted via Mobile Device

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by Fritz88

Experiencing in person in the stadium was soul crushing.
Posted via Mobile Device

Oh man that sucks.

I was in Indy, (was it 2008 or 06?) for that playoff loss. That sucked ass. We had like no offense the entire game.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

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

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

Impossible to know. Luck turned it over and Smith capitalized on it. Who knows. But what was known was the defense was not going to stop Luck tonight.

[Redcoats58]

Originally Posted by Fritz88

Experiencing in person in the stadium was soul crushing.
Posted via Mobile Device

I feel for ya man, heart wrenching

[ChiefsCountry]

At the end of the day, we lost to the team with the superior quarterback just like every other playoff loss we have had in franchise history.

[Easy 6]

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.

So what else did you want, from a Drew Brees or even aTom Brady?

Nearly 400 yards, 4 touchdowns and O picks, would that about cover it?

56% on third down?... NO?, well then just what the hell DO you want... 44 points shouldn't be PLENTY enough to run away with a playoff game?

You're apparently just one of "those guys" who will never be happy with Alex Smith, you seem to hide it well... but even after losing all of his top playmakers... nope, just not good enough... well, **** you too, sorry i'm being that way, but not really... that's how everyone else here is these days, so why not join the club.

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

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

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

Take away our awful defense and how good does Alex look? We got 17 points off of the turnovers...so the offense got 27 points without any help. If our defense plays middle of the pack defense, we still win this game 27-20 or so...