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**BigRedChief** · 12-31-2020, 03:57 PM

The Inevitability of the Kansas City Chiefs

The season is already over, we're all just going through the motions now.

"The Kansas City Chiefs don’t win well enough."

That’s what I’ve been hearing and reading from analysts throughout our hermetically sealed football bubble. I’ve even seen it from some Chiefs fans on Twitter.

The Chiefs are 14-1, but they aren’t obliterating their opponents and mailing the leftover viscera to their families, so are they really winning?
The Chiefs have the best record in football, but their wins are being counted against them more than the losses of all other playoff teams. Nearly every discussion about the Chiefs over the last three or four weeks has legitimately been “Why aren’t the Chiefs blowing everyone out, and should we be concerned?”

This is, in part, the Chiefs’ own doing. While the Chiefs have mostly goofed off, sleepwalked, and can’t-be-bothered their way to a 14-1 record, the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers have spent the last couple of weeks looking a lot more exciting.

Yet, the Chiefs have the second-best point differential in the NFL. They trail only the Baltimore Ravens, who they always beat. So, to be clear, the lackadaisical team that looks like it couldn’t care less and refuses to blow out teams is second in the league at scoring more points than their opponent.

I get it. The version of the NFL we know today was built on storylines and narratives. Like 50% of the stuff I’ve written about the Chiefs has been complaining about dumb made-up media/fan narratives or trying to find narratives of my own to spend a thousand words on. Without the rivalries or beefs or soap operas or redemption arcs, the NFL wouldn’t be one of the biggest sports and entertainment goliaths in the world.

The Chiefs' inevitability runs counter to the idea the NFL is the land of parity. It’s difficult to preach “any given Sunday” when Kansas City feels so inevitable. We all already know the ending, but we’re pretending like we didn’t peek at the last page before starting the prologue. We’ve known where this season has been headed since last season ended.

The Chiefs have no competition. Everyone knows it. The comparison to the '90s Chicago Bulls and 2010s Golden State Warriors are already tired. They could kneel the ball every play until the fourth quarter and still put up 31. They have no peers. It's the Chiefs, about a galaxy of empty space, and then everyone else.

That’s not just this year; it’s the next 15 years. People like to point to the Chiefs' collection of talent and say there’s no way the team can maintain its powerhouse status after Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill are gone. I would remind those people that Kelce and Hill were third- and fifth-round picks. The Chiefs are about to be a Patriots-tier dynasty that also drafts well. It’s over, folks.

Turning to the 2020 playoffs, the Bills or Tennessee Titans on their absolute most flawless days will beat the Chiefs on their absolute worst day. That is legitimately the only reality in which the Chiefs do not get to a second-straight Super Bowl.

The rest of the AFC has no shot. The Steelers and Colts have lumbering, geriatric noodle-arm quarterbacks who load up like trebuchets before hucking the ball seven yards downfield in an excruciating, borderline-tortuous fashion. The Ravens have had three seasons to figure out how to attack Mahomes and just keep getting embarrassed. The Browns would need twice the graupel they got last time to even have a shot at keeping it close. The Dolphins are just kinda there.

As far as potential Super Bowl opponents, the Packers and Seahawks fall into the Bills and Titans “if we don’t make a single mistake and the Chiefs eat themselves, then we have a shot” camp. Everyone else is hopeless. All of their fatal flaws are infinitely exploitable by even a middling Chiefs performance.

It’s not fun for anyone but the Chiefs and their fans to exist in a world where no one else has a fair shot. But it is what it is, and after this postseason, reality will finally set in. The only thing stopping the Chiefs are injuries or themselves.

The 2020 season was over when it started, the games were just a formality.

https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs/gm-rep...L0ouqE1hikwOTM

**Bearcat** · 12-31-2020, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Megatron96

Okay, fine then.

I'm not holding it up as some kind of great piece either. I just don't care what some random guy thinks. Is he a little too bombastic? Yeah, which makes it funny. But I don't care enough about this piece to get excited about it either. Maybe it's the scotch.

Yeah, I appreciate it for what it is, which is arguing the whole "they aren't winning by enough!" schtick that leads to people believing the Bills and other teams are the next AFC SB representative because they hold all the momentums.

"No competition"/"rest of the AFC has not shot" is bombastic as you say. It's far better than anyone you'd listen to on major sports radio/TV because it goes against their dumb narratives, but it's of course not deep diving into anything or really making you think, either.

Someone here could have posted it and it would have gotten a thumbs up.

**BigRedChief** · 12-31-2020, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tk13

Putting the "SI" in front of this is probably disingenuous.

I found it in my feed. An SI tweet from a SI account. WTF would you call it then?

'Hamas' Jenkins · 12-31-2020, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Banana Slings

I was writing better trash than this at WPI 15 years ago.

Whatever happened to WPI and Athan?

FloridaMan88 · 12-31-2020, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I found it in my feed. An SI tweet from a SI account. WTF would you call it then?

It’s part of Fannation which is part of SI.

Not sure why people are getting so triggered by it... it’s not as if it was a virtual lynching as “professional” journalist Brooke Pryor attempted to do to Tyreek.

**BigRedChief** · 12-31-2020, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Whatever happened to WPI and Athan?

he lives about 30 minutes from me. New wife. Baby. Works in business. Writes part time.

**DaFace** · 12-31-2020, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

Yeah, I appreciate it for what it is, which is arguing the whole "they aren't winning by enough!" schtick that leads to people believing the Bills and other teams are the next AFC SB representative because they hold all the momentums.

"No competition"/"rest of the AFC has not shot" is bombastic as you say. It's far better than anyone you'd listen to on major sports radio/TV because it goes against their dumb narratives, but it's of course not deep diving into anything or really making you think, either.

Someone here could have posted it and it would have gotten a thumbs up.

I think the dissonance is the source. It's fine for a fan post on Arrowhead Pride. Pretty weak for what I used to believe Sports Illustrated was, though.

diqlix · 12-31-2020, 07:59 PM

“ Turning to the 2020 playoffs, the Bills or Tennessee Titans on their absolute most flawless days will beat the Chiefs on their absolute worst day.”

That’s a step further than some posters will admit at least

**BigRedChief** · 12-31-2020, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I think the dissonance is the source. It's fine for a fan post on Arrowhead Pride. Pretty weak for what I used to believe Sports Illustrated was, though.

bearcats post about why we don’t beat down inferior teams was way more illuminating than any other reason I’ve read by the professionals.

FloridaMan88 · 12-31-2020, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by daquix

“ Turning to the 2020 playoffs, the Bills or Tennessee Titans on their absolute most flawless days will beat the Chiefs on their absolute worst day.”

That’s a step further than some posters will admit at least

Tennessee played the perfect first half in the AFC Championship Game last year... and they still trailed at the half and ended up losing the game by double digits.

diqlix · 12-31-2020, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

bearcats post about why we don’t beat down inferior teams was way more illuminating than any other reason I’ve read by the professionals.

I like Bearcat but the homerism shines through brightly when he talks about how the Chiefs don’t give their all to win regular season games.

diqlix · 12-31-2020, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Tennessee played the perfect first half in the AFC Championship Game last year... and they still trailed at the half and ended up losing the game by double digits.

Yeah I don’t think the Titans would beat the Chiefs.

Halfcan · 12-31-2020, 08:04 PM

The last SI article I read about the Chiefs- was a total hit piece on how our stupid fans were ignoring Covid protocols at the stadium. It was a total lie and put out as confirmed.

Pablo · 12-31-2020, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

he lives about 30 minutes from me. New wife. Baby. Works in business. Writes part time.

Does he work at computer in business?

**BigRedChief** · 12-31-2020, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by daquix

I like Bearcat but the homerism shines through brightly when he talks about how the Chiefs don’t give their all to win regular season games.

Wellll duh. Is he trying to pass himself as the Edward R. Murrow of sports journalism? It was a random post in a thread 60+ pages long already.

**Bearcat** · 12-31-2020, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by daquix

I like Bearcat but the homerism shines through brightly when he talks about how the Chiefs don’t give their all to win regular season games.

King Homer GIF from Simpsons GIFs

12-31-2020, 03:57 PM
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $2969627 VARSITY	SI: The Inevitability of the Kansas City Chiefs The Inevitability of the Kansas City Chiefs The season is already over, we're all just going through the motions now. "The Kansas City Chiefs don’t win well enough." That’s what I’ve been hearing and reading from analysts throughout our hermetically sealed football bubble. I’ve even seen it from some Chiefs fans on Twitter. The Chiefs are 14-1, but they aren’t obliterating their opponents and mailing the leftover viscera to their families, so are they really winning? The Chiefs have the best record in football, but their wins are being counted against them more than the losses of all other playoff teams. Nearly every discussion about the Chiefs over the last three or four weeks has legitimately been “Why aren’t the Chiefs blowing everyone out, and should we be concerned?” This is, in part, the Chiefs’ own doing. While the Chiefs have mostly goofed off, sleepwalked, and can’t-be-bothered their way to a 14-1 record, the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers have spent the last couple of weeks looking a lot more exciting. Yet, the Chiefs have the second-best point differential in the NFL. They trail only the Baltimore Ravens, who they always beat. So, to be clear, the lackadaisical team that looks like it couldn’t care less and refuses to blow out teams is second in the league at scoring more points than their opponent. I get it. The version of the NFL we know today was built on storylines and narratives. Like 50% of the stuff I’ve written about the Chiefs has been complaining about dumb made-up media/fan narratives or trying to find narratives of my own to spend a thousand words on. Without the rivalries or beefs or soap operas or redemption arcs, the NFL wouldn’t be one of the biggest sports and entertainment goliaths in the world. The Chiefs' inevitability runs counter to the idea the NFL is the land of parity. It’s difficult to preach “any given Sunday” when Kansas City feels so inevitable. We all already know the ending, but we’re pretending like we didn’t peek at the last page before starting the prologue. We’ve known where this season has been headed since last season ended. The Chiefs have no competition. Everyone knows it. The comparison to the '90s Chicago Bulls and 2010s Golden State Warriors are already tired. They could kneel the ball every play until the fourth quarter and still put up 31. They have no peers. It's the Chiefs, about a galaxy of empty space, and then everyone else. That’s not just this year; it’s the next 15 years. People like to point to the Chiefs' collection of talent and say there’s no way the team can maintain its powerhouse status after Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill are gone. I would remind those people that Kelce and Hill were third- and fifth-round picks. The Chiefs are about to be a Patriots-tier dynasty that also drafts well. It’s over, folks. Turning to the 2020 playoffs, the Bills or Tennessee Titans on their absolute most flawless days will beat the Chiefs on their absolute worst day. That is legitimately the only reality in which the Chiefs do not get to a second-straight Super Bowl. The rest of the AFC has no shot. The Steelers and Colts have lumbering, geriatric noodle-arm quarterbacks who load up like trebuchets before hucking the ball seven yards downfield in an excruciating, borderline-tortuous fashion. The Ravens have had three seasons to figure out how to attack Mahomes and just keep getting embarrassed. The Browns would need twice the graupel they got last time to even have a shot at keeping it close. The Dolphins are just kinda there. As far as potential Super Bowl opponents, the Packers and Seahawks fall into the Bills and Titans “if we don’t make a single mistake and the Chiefs eat themselves, then we have a shot” camp. Everyone else is hopeless. All of their fatal flaws are infinitely exploitable by even a middling Chiefs performance. It’s not fun for anyone but the Chiefs and their fans to exist in a world where no one else has a fair shot. But it is what it is, and after this postseason, reality will finally set in. The only thing stopping the Chiefs are injuries or themselves. The 2020 season was over when it started, the games were just a formality. https://www.si.com/nfl/chiefs/gm-rep...L0ouqE1hikwOTM
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