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.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

OG

Jeff Allen is horrible.

Oh, and a Defensive Coordinator.

The defense has been shit the second half of the season and saved their worst for tonight.

Absolutely inexcusable play calling on that side of the ball.

[kcpasco]

Blame the playcalling all you want I just think we have a reeruned secondary.

[Stalker]

I am not convinced at all by our secondary, QB's don't even get a lot of time in the pocket and still they are making plays for big yardage, how do you get 4 turnovers and still lose the game is beyond me. We really are cursed and Dan Fouts is the biggest ****

[kcpasco]

The secondary is overrated no matter how much you want to blame Sutton.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by kcpasco

Blame the playcalling all you want I just think we have a reeruned secondary.

And an ineffective pass rush.

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

I've been inconsolable all night. Wrecked. Distraught. Heart broken. Empty. I've dumped people on Facebook. I've wished AIDS on people. I didn't know the Chiefs still had this kind of control over me. I don't know how long it will take to even turn the page on this. I'm still lost almost 4 hours later.

Yep.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Not enough players surrounding him are good enough to win one, though.

There's some truth to this. Tough to really know when the offense wasn't at 100% around him, but I would agree that outside of Bowe and Charles, the rest of the offense isn't good enough.

[Titty Meat]

Bad Guy anyway we demote your boy Sutton like Rex Ryan did.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

I've been inconsolable all night. Wrecked. Distraught. Heart broken. Empty. I've dumped people on Facebook. I've wished AIDS on people. I didn't know the Chiefs still had this kind of control over me. I don't know how long it will take to even turn the page on this. I'm still lost almost 4 hours later.

I had a female co-worker text me after Hilton scored and I told her to take a bat to her ugly face.

There's nothing I hate more in this world than people who will go out of their way to text or facebook post trying to be a smug one who sucks the penis to throw salt in wounds.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini

Bad Guy anyway we demote your boy Sutton like Rex Ryan did.

I hope so.

I was dead wrong about him.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

I've been inconsolable all night. Wrecked. Distraught. Heart broken. Empty. I've dumped people on Facebook. I've wished AIDS on people. I didn't know the Chiefs still had this kind of control over me. I don't know how long it will take to even turn the page on this. I'm still lost almost 4 hours later.

We will never be capable of hating the Chiefs. The best we can do is not care about football. I thought I had brought myself to that point over the last few weeks, but this loss still hurt. However, compared to things like the 1995 playoff game, it hurts a lot less, so that's progress. I am convinced that the key to happiness is to move on from the NFL.

[The Bad Guy]

Hamas, this is the post of the year. Summed up my feelings.

Alex Smith showed me a lot today. Bowe showed me a lot (although he has to score on that second possession).

Flowers and Abdullah were the only ones who came to play today. Poe was a non-factor, DJ seemed lost, Houston's legs got tired. Hali hasn't been the same since the Raider game. After using Berry one way all year, dickface Sutton changes it up and makes him a 2 deep safety.

I want to act surprised that they blew this, but I just feel every playoff game from now on will be to one-up the previous shit sandwich we've been served.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by jspchief

And the stats don't tell the story of his quick decisions and the use of his legs that bailed out a ton of plays today.

Smith has limitations, but he rose to the occasion today. The Chiefs lost their biggest playmaker and Smith put the offense on his shoulders.

And Reid's playcalling in the 2nd half yanked the team from Smith's shoulders.
I blame Reid as much as Sutton and the D for failing to hold the lead.

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

How does a QB who doesn't lead his team to a TD in the last 25 minutes of a shoot out have a great game? Great first half, sure. Great 60 minutes, no.

How many times did Smith throw flares and screens in the second half?
Reid took the game from Smith's hands.

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.

Great post.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by 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.

At the end of the day, the superior QB has lost in the SB in at least half of the SBs over the decade.

You need, without question, a QB that can lead his team and make plays, but this is still a team game.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

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.

It was more than just his passing.

He made plays.