Let's talk about the Bengals [and Hamburger Helper]

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by TimBone

Devil's advocate...what's the Chiefs signature win?

We got the Packers minus Rodgers, and the Cowboys minus their best receivers.

I'd say the Chargers is our best win, but honestly I think the Chargers looked like the better team most of that game. Granted we did win that game with a big defensive player missing at every level of the defense.

Oh, 100% on that vibe. There's always a bit of a double standard around here when it comes to discounting an opponent's schedule versus the Chiefs'.

Ever since Rodgers was ruled out, my thought has been we won't REALLY know if they're back until the playoffs... and that's just the nature of NFL schedules.

BUT, we obviously know what this team is capable of now and in the playoffs. We've talked a lot about cleaning up turnovers and the defense needing to get healthy and have a real DE and be less than "historically bad" (if they ever were this season), and whatever Mahomes' struggles were needed to go away.

And all of that existed at one point or another against the shit teams of the league.... and it's mostly gone away, granted against mostly the shit teams in the league. I would have felt better with a 'signature' win over the Bills or Titans (or for those games to be played now), but they were instead dominated and so here we are...

So, do we KNOW they can beat a Super Bowl caliber team? I would say no, not 100%. Except.... who the hell is a SB caliber team right now?

And unlike the Bengals and pretty much every team, we've been there and have done it, and that experience is huge.

So, I think we're riding on past results more so right now than beating up shit teams like the Steelers, Raiders, etc. Much like the Bills fans screaming point differential! last season, it's nice to see, but isn't indicative of SB results.

Yet, this core of players has proven far more over the course of 3 years than any other team in the league, and it's not really even close.