Speaketh, Dear ChiefsPlanet...

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

My thoughts are that people always overrate this team after a win, and are Chicken Littles after a loss. Few rarely display the ability to see this team in the long term. The events of this season really haven't changed the long term outlook of this franchise very much:

We still need a QB
We still need help rushing the passer
We still need additional depth on the defensive line, especially at NT

Correct, people are extremely fickle, and it's like they start with a clean slate every season. At most, you can spot trends over the course of 1/4th of a season, and with a young & inexperienced team, even that can be difficult with so much parity. Regardless of whether they win 7 games or 10, make the playoffs this season, whatever, they're making progress towards being a contender in the playoffs... outside of that $60m question.

[Goldmember]

I got a bit excited after they destroyed SF, but not to the point of them running away with the division. I didn't think they would beat Indy, Houston or Oakland. I thought they had more trouble with Buffalo than I thought they would and that led me to believe they stood a good chance to lose in Oakland. I think they will finish 9-7 and no playoffs and SD will finish 10-6.

[milkman]

This team is better than I expected, so I'm content to just let the season play out and find out where we at the end of the season.

7 to 9 wins were far beyond my expectation.

[Marcellus]

I think we got caught up in a Raiders game of penalties ad dumb shit and still should have won the game.

I worries me but I don't think that is the type of play we will see the rest of the season.

I also think the shitty field and rain at the early going worked against us. We are a running team but more of a finesse running team.

By the time things cleared up rain wise we were caught up in the penalty fest and the fact is the crowd showed up and made an impact.

We should win that game. I think we are capable of learning from that.

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by Vanilla Thunder

What are your feelings on the Chiefs since the loss? And don't base it on the fact that we lost, but how we played in that loss. Has your outlook and/or expectations changed? Do you still feel like we are winning this division?

It seems some of the excitement has since disappeared.

Nothing has disappeared. The Chiefs were the better team last Sunday. But they were in a divisional rivalry and played with less discipline than before. Upsets happen in those conditions, especially on the other guys' turf.