Chiefs Ten Things About Last Night’s Game: AFC Championship: NFL 37, Kansas City 31 in OT - Page 6

**gblowfish** · 07:43 AM

Perhaps, "City of Heartbreaking Loss" should replace "City of Fountains" as our moniker?

10. Well, its the morning after. Apologies for taking so long to gather my thoughts and write this, trying to write and work at the same time. Happy MLK Day, BTW. Hope you got the day off. I think by sleeping on the loss I can approach this familiar feeling of disappointment with a clearer eye and the absence of emotional hysteria. Yesterday was a nine hour commitment for Mrs. B and me. We left for Arrowhead at 1:30 pm, got parked in a Gold Lot around 2pm, ate and napped in the car till 4:15. Stood in line in the cold for an hour and a half trying to get into Arrowhead, and didn’t get to the seat until seven minutes into the first quarter. That’s OK. I had to piss like Niagra Falls and it took me around five minutes just to peel down in my Michelin Man Suit just to get cleared for landing. So it was already 7-0 before I even got seated. I guess I should have just stayed in the can till after halftime. I kept thinking why in the world would the NFL schedule the games in the order they did? Why not let the outdoor venue play during the daytime, when it was as warm as it was going to be, and let the dome team play at night? Didn’t matter, TV contracts rule the roost.

9. Let’s get numbers out of the way early. Here’s some fun ones, Pats vs Chiefs: 94-47: Total plays run. 524-290: Total offensive yards. 176-41. Rushing yardage. 36-18: First downs. 0-4: Sacks Allowed. 44-21: TOP. The Pats had ZERO negative yardage plays from scrimmage. With all those numbers, you’d think Kansas City would have been beaten by around 21 points, especially since they were shut out in the first half. Mahomes scored 31 second half points against Hoodie BOTH TIMES he matched up against the Pats this year. Last time we lost in the last seconds by a field goal, this time we lost by a coin flip. Here’s my favorite “Because Chiefs” stat: Since 1940, teams that scored 31 points in the second half of an NFL playoff game were 64-1. Now the record is 64-2. Because Chiefs.

8. You can make a pretty good case for both sides of the ball being responsible for the loss if you want to point fingers. The offense went scoreless the first half. Mahomes did not look good, and his receivers gave him no help. Mahomes was sacked four times and was hurried about ten more times, so the Pats D line dominated our O Line, especially in the first half. Kelce and Hill combined for four catches. Four. After Kelce’s TD he disappeared, and had a ball boink off his face mask that would have gotten a first down. Kelce was outplayed again by Gronk, and has yet to prove himself the more reliable guy in games that matter. Hill was double teamed 95% of the time, which was certainly not his fault. I still think he’s playing hurt as his speed seems to be diminished over the past couple games. So a guy who was a third string back -Damien Williams- ends up with three TDs, and Sammy Watkins is the guy with over 100 yards. Mahomes has the higher QB rating: 117 to 77.1 because of Brady’s two picks. QB rating is the most worthless stat in pro football. Brady was in control the entire game until the last 30 seconds of regulation. Then he won the OT toss, and Game Over.

7. The defense had only given up seven points until less than 30 seconds left in the half. That’s decent. Brady probably would have had 21 if not for Ragland’s pick in the end zone to keep the Chiefs from getting blown out. Nelson continues to suffer from Bartee Disease and seems to either drop a pick, or get burned for a TD every single week. In the second half they had one fourth and one stop. The defense could not hold a four point lead with two minutes to a trip to Atlanta. Then in the OT they gave up three consecutive 3rd and 10’s. They couldn’t get the Pats off the field, so they did not deserve to win.

6. Kansas City seems to have cornered the market on bridesmaid coaches. We lived through Marty’s failures, and stubbornness to change, and now we have Andy, who has lost five playoff games in his tenure; two by two points, two by one point, and one in OT. He stubbornly allowed Bob Sutton to return this year. As of this writing on Monday morning, Bob Sutton is still employed by the Chiefs. God knows why. Andy is seen by most of the NFL as one of those guys who just can’t win the big one. And like Marty, his “coaching tree” has been more successful than he has been. Every year it’s the same story. He’ll get up and say “This is on me, we need to focus on improving and during the off season we’ll get better.” In fairness, we did at least win a home divisional game -which was definitely an improvement- but man, when you’re two minutes away from the Super Bowl and can’t hold a four point lead at home… that really hurts.

5. Eric Berry should be on an operating table THIS MORNING. The Chiefs gave him millions of dollars this year. Berry played when the spirit moved him, and when he did play in three games, Chiefs went 0-3. I like Eric Berry and admire him. But the old saying is “You Can’t Make the Club from the Tub.” If he needs to get his heel fixed, fix it TODAY and get him on the road back to health, or part ways. Houston was invisible. He had two tackles, no sacks, no impact plays. DT did that too during his career, disappeared in playoff games. Dee Ford will be cast as a scapegoat, but the rest of the defense was just as culpable. Chris Jones had NO tackles, and when he managed to touch Brady, was awarded the biggest bullshit roughing penalty of the season. Ford will most likely be our franchise tag player. Hopefully he’ll learn and grow.

4. If we go Little Mary Sunshine, what good was there? Well, I read a stat where the Pats roster guys had played in over 130 AFC Championship games between them. The Chiefs roster? ZERO. So, our 53 man squad all got to experience what it takes to win an AFC Championship game against a veteran team who’s been there, done that. We took them to OT. Mahomes did all this in his first year as a full starter. This is his first full tour of duty, and he lost the Super Bowl by a coin toss. At 23 barring injury, he’ll be ruling the AFC West for a long time. Butt Kicker was money in bad weather. He’s also young and could be our kicker for many years. Those are all very good things.

3. Who do you fear in the AFC West? Oakland. Nope, they’re a train wreck. Denver? Nope, not until they get a QB and their defense is aging fast. Bolts? Phyllis will be eligible for a senior discount at Denny’s very soon. If we can get a defense, we could be the next Patriots. The spotlight now turns to GM Veatch. His Speaks draft looks like a disappointment. We got bupkis from Speaks and T-Pass this year. On this draft, he better pick ALL defense. We need two corners, a safety who can help in run support, a middle line backer who can thump, and more depth at the other linebacker positions as well. Looks like our pick with the Rams on the Peters trade won’t be all that, because the Rams will be at the end of the draft this year. They must dump Sutton, and get a defensive minded guy in here who can do better than giving up over 500 yards and 37 points at home in an AFC Championship game. Tick tock, tick tock…

2. So today I have that too familiar feeling that I’ve lived with my whole adult life. No Super Bowl for Kansas City again this year. Oh well, maybe we’ll be this close again 25 years from now. I’ll be 84 years old then. I probably won’t give a flip by that point. I may not even remember who the Chiefs are or why I should care. But if you remember after the second Bolts game, I said in the Ten Things that the Chiefs would not go to the Super Bowl this year, because they can’t stop the run, and they can’t get good teams off the field on third down. That’s exactly what happened, and so here we are. Am I crushed? No, actually I’m strangely satisfied with how everything went down this year. We made it to the final four. We got the home playoff loss monkey off our backs last week. We got an AFC title game at Arrowhead and took the greatest NFL dynasty team of the last 20 years into overtime with a rookie QB. They fought like Hell, didn’t embarrass the city, and came up a bit short. I can live with that.

1. Many have said the Royals equivalent to this year was 2014 when Alex Gordon stood 90 feet away from tying Game Seven at Kauffman. The Royals came up short in an improbable season. Then in 2015 they came back with a vengeance and crushed it. I have a good feeling that if Veatch can fix this defense, or at least improve it from being worst to mid pack, we can make this whole thing work. Chiefs were worst in the league in penalties. That goes to coaching, and Andy Reid is responsible for fixing that. Both championship games went to overtime. Both big market teams won with help from the zebras making calls or non-calls to steer the games during critical moments. Take that as you will. The NFL got a Los Angeles team into the Super Bowl with a mega-billion dollar stadium under construction that they seriously need to succeed. Remember, the NFL owes you a football exhibition for entertainment purposes only. Were you entertained? Because…… Chiefs.

At least the Lamar Hunt trophy got to visit Kansas City for the first time. Maybe one will live here someday. Have a great off season, and thanks for all the kind comments over the past season about the Ten Things. Maybe Next Year. Maybe Next Year.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 01-21-2019, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Well, I'm sure at some point he'll be a tortured man playing piano in some airport Holiday Inn Lounge drinking himself to death and living on tip money.

We love you, George. God Bless.

GloryDayz · 01-21-2019, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Well, I'm sure at some point he'll be a tortured man playing piano in some airport Holiday Inn Lounge drinking himself to death and living on tip money.

Ain't that the truth.

Best to you and the wife George. And thank you for another year of great write-ups. They truly make CP a better place.

**MahiMike** · 01-21-2019, 04:15 PM

5. Eric Berry should be on an operating table THIS MORNING

As far as I'm concerned he should be on a bus out of town this morning. He started 3 games. We lost every game. He was taking the spot of someone else that could have done better. Gronk had the game of the year vs him last night.

**MahiMike** · 01-21-2019, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kgrund

This is so so true. Lining up offsides, as opposed to jumping offsides, has to be one of the most benign calls in the game. Had ZERO impact on the play whatsoever, BUT it is still a penalty. A hugely stupid penalty, which makes it so much harder to swallow IMO.

The thing is - I know I've seen him do this a dozen times this season. Never got called till last night...

Sweet Daddy Hate · 01-21-2019, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MahiMike

5. Eric Berry should be on an operating table THIS MORNING

As far as I'm concerned he should be on a bus out of town this morning. He started 3 games. We lost every game. He was taking the spot of someone else that could have done better. Gronk had the game of the year vs him last night.

Seems to me the defense was kicking more ass with Berry on the sideline, doing his Hobosprit workouts and pep talks.

If fans aren't completely over this guy at this juncture, they should probably switch hobbies because they are clearly too stupid to watch football anymore.

**gblowfish** · 01-21-2019, 04:24 PM

I haven't watched the game, but in the fourth quarter some dipshit with a "Build the Wall" sign ran out on the field. It essentially gave the Patriots a free time out, and interrupted the game flow. Why would you pay $300 for a game ticket, sit out there freezing your nuts off until the fourth quarter, then get dog piled by ten cops? I hope when they ran him downtown they put him in holding with Jesus and Juan and Alejandro. Hope they No Habla his cornhole.

I go to games to get away from Political Stuff, you stupid shithead!

The cop that made the tackle had pretty good breakaway speed. Bring him in for a look in St. Joe next July. He tackled much better than Ron Parker.

BTW: Did any of you notice all the Jackson County Sheriffs trotted down the sidelines at around the 2 minute warning when the Chiefs were up by four? They were there to keep the fans from running on the field. The other telling thing was, when we lost the coin toss for OT, they all went back up the tunnel and left before the ball was kicked off. They all knew it was Sutton Death Overtime.

Hammock Parties · 01-21-2019, 04:25 PM

Sutton Death

58-4ever · 01-21-2019, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by displacedinMN

last night was a blur. I have turned off other games and we won. Tried that here.

gotcha... makes sense.

**gblowfish** · 01-21-2019, 04:46 PM

I've never felt escapist nervous when I'm at Arrowhead. I've closed my eyes and listened to crowd noise during some big kicks, but generally if I'm there in the fight personally, I'm too engaged to get antsy.

When the Chiefs are on the road on TV, however, I often have to walk out of the room...usually to the basement and throw some towels in the washer, so I don't jinx them. My dad did the same thing when I was a kid. His thing was to go walk to the end of the block and back, or go put something away in the backyard shed.

I'm that way with Mizzou too, especially basketball. They play better when I don't watch, and I've documented that to myself dozens of times.

TwistedChief · 01-21-2019, 04:53 PM

Love you, George. A shame they lost, but your write-ups are amazing and appreciated. Thanks for encapsulating in words what we’ve all been feeling. See you on the other side.

**Bugeater** · 01-21-2019, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

I've never felt escapist nervous when I'm at Arrowhead. I've closed my eyes and listened to crowd noise during some big kicks, but generally if I'm there in the fight personally, I'm too engaged to get antsy.

When the Chiefs are on the road on TV, however, I often have to walk out of the room...usually to the basement and throw some towels in the washer, so I don't jinx them. My dad did the same thing when I was a kid. His thing was to go walk to the end of the block and back, or go put something away in the backyard shed.

I'm that way with Mizzou too, especially basketball. They play better when I don't watch, and I've documented that to myself dozens of times.

I decided to watch the game out in my garage since it's heated and I can smoke out there. After the Pats marched right down the field to the goal line on their second drive I got mad and shut the TV off and went back inside. Right after that, of course, Brady throws an INT.

I decided to try to get a little work done to the house and I would leave the TV on in the garage and periodically check on the game, but I would only stay out there when the Chiefs had the ball because our defense was too infuriating to watch. Needless to say, every time I came out, the Pats had the ball. I'm not sure I saw our offense play at all other than the first 3 and out.

Some might say that's a pussy move but whatever, I decided several years ago that it doesn't make any sense to set aside time for something that just pisses you off 98% of the time. I'm not all that far behind you in age and I need to start using the time I have left as wisely as possible.

jimidollar · 01-21-2019, 05:14 PM

When the Patriots won the toss, I knew the game was lost. I didn't watch the OT.

**gblowfish** · 01-21-2019, 06:13 PM

Another fun stat I heard on the way home tonight: Chiefs set the all time NFL season record for first downs surrendered: 619 in one season. Yikes.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 01-21-2019, 06:15 PM

They've probably been posted, but...

Chiefs have blown 4 4Q leads in 19 starts for Patrick Mahomes.

Didn't happen to Tom Brady until his 133rd start (10th season).
— Scott Kacsmar (@FO_ScottKacsmar) January 21, 2019

Playoff teams scoring 31+ points with 0 turnovers were 64-1 since 1940.

Make that 64-2 after KC lost.
— Scott Kacsmar (@FO_ScottKacsmar) January 21, 2019

Marcellus · 01-21-2019, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by InTheNeutralZone55

They've probably been posted, but...

Chiefs have blown 4 4Q leads in 19 starts for Patrick Mahomes.

Didn't happen to Tom Brady until his 133rd start (10th season).
— Scott Kacsmar (@FO_ScottKacsmar) January 21, 2019

Playoff teams scoring 31+ points with 0 turnovers were 64-1 since 1940.

Make that 64-2 after KC lost.
— Scott Kacsmar (@FO_ScottKacsmar) January 21, 2019

01-21-2019, 11:28 AM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17686178 VARSITY	Ten Things About Last Night’s Game: AFC Championship: NFL 37, Kansas City 31 in OT Perhaps, "City of Heartbreaking Loss" should replace "City of Fountains" as our moniker? 10. Well, its the morning after. Apologies for taking so long to gather my thoughts and write this, trying to write and work at the same time. Happy MLK Day, BTW. Hope you got the day off. I think by sleeping on the loss I can approach this familiar feeling of disappointment with a clearer eye and the absence of emotional hysteria. Yesterday was a nine hour commitment for Mrs. B and me. We left for Arrowhead at 1:30 pm, got parked in a Gold Lot around 2pm, ate and napped in the car till 4:15. Stood in line in the cold for an hour and a half trying to get into Arrowhead, and didn’t get to the seat until seven minutes into the first quarter. That’s OK. I had to piss like Niagra Falls and it took me around five minutes just to peel down in my Michelin Man Suit just to get cleared for landing. So it was already 7-0 before I even got seated. I guess I should have just stayed in the can till after halftime. I kept thinking why in the world would the NFL schedule the games in the order they did? Why not let the outdoor venue play during the daytime, when it was as warm as it was going to be, and let the dome team play at night? Didn’t matter, TV contracts rule the roost. 9. Let’s get numbers out of the way early. Here’s some fun ones, Pats vs Chiefs: 94-47: Total plays run. 524-290: Total offensive yards. 176-41. Rushing yardage. 36-18: First downs. 0-4: Sacks Allowed. 44-21: TOP. The Pats had ZERO negative yardage plays from scrimmage. With all those numbers, you’d think Kansas City would have been beaten by around 21 points, especially since they were shut out in the first half. Mahomes scored 31 second half points against Hoodie BOTH TIMES he matched up against the Pats this year. Last time we lost in the last seconds by a field goal, this time we lost by a coin flip. Here’s my favorite “Because Chiefs” stat: Since 1940, teams that scored 31 points in the second half of an NFL playoff game were 64-1. Now the record is 64-2. Because Chiefs. 8. You can make a pretty good case for both sides of the ball being responsible for the loss if you want to point fingers. The offense went scoreless the first half. Mahomes did not look good, and his receivers gave him no help. Mahomes was sacked four times and was hurried about ten more times, so the Pats D line dominated our O Line, especially in the first half. Kelce and Hill combined for four catches. Four. After Kelce’s TD he disappeared, and had a ball boink off his face mask that would have gotten a first down. Kelce was outplayed again by Gronk, and has yet to prove himself the more reliable guy in games that matter. Hill was double teamed 95% of the time, which was certainly not his fault. I still think he’s playing hurt as his speed seems to be diminished over the past couple games. So a guy who was a third string back -Damien Williams- ends up with three TDs, and Sammy Watkins is the guy with over 100 yards. Mahomes has the higher QB rating: 117 to 77.1 because of Brady’s two picks. QB rating is the most worthless stat in pro football. Brady was in control the entire game until the last 30 seconds of regulation. Then he won the OT toss, and Game Over. 7. The defense had only given up seven points until less than 30 seconds left in the half. That’s decent. Brady probably would have had 21 if not for Ragland’s pick in the end zone to keep the Chiefs from getting blown out. Nelson continues to suffer from Bartee Disease and seems to either drop a pick, or get burned for a TD every single week. In the second half they had one fourth and one stop. The defense could not hold a four point lead with two minutes to a trip to Atlanta. Then in the OT they gave up three consecutive 3rd and 10’s. They couldn’t get the Pats off the field, so they did not deserve to win. 6. Kansas City seems to have cornered the market on bridesmaid coaches. We lived through Marty’s failures, and stubbornness to change, and now we have Andy, who has lost five playoff games in his tenure; two by two points, two by one point, and one in OT. He stubbornly allowed Bob Sutton to return this year. As of this writing on Monday morning, Bob Sutton is still employed by the Chiefs. God knows why. Andy is seen by most of the NFL as one of those guys who just can’t win the big one. And like Marty, his “coaching tree” has been more successful than he has been. Every year it’s the same story. He’ll get up and say “This is on me, we need to focus on improving and during the off season we’ll get better.” In fairness, we did at least win a home divisional game -which was definitely an improvement- but man, when you’re two minutes away from the Super Bowl and can’t hold a four point lead at home… that really hurts. 5. Eric Berry should be on an operating table THIS MORNING. The Chiefs gave him millions of dollars this year. Berry played when the spirit moved him, and when he did play in three games, Chiefs went 0-3. I like Eric Berry and admire him. But the old saying is “You Can’t Make the Club from the Tub.” If he needs to get his heel fixed, fix it TODAY and get him on the road back to health, or part ways. Houston was invisible. He had two tackles, no sacks, no impact plays. DT did that too during his career, disappeared in playoff games. Dee Ford will be cast as a scapegoat, but the rest of the defense was just as culpable. Chris Jones had NO tackles, and when he managed to touch Brady, was awarded the biggest bullshit roughing penalty of the season. Ford will most likely be our franchise tag player. Hopefully he’ll learn and grow. 4. If we go Little Mary Sunshine, what good was there? Well, I read a stat where the Pats roster guys had played in over 130 AFC Championship games between them. The Chiefs roster? ZERO. So, our 53 man squad all got to experience what it takes to win an AFC Championship game against a veteran team who’s been there, done that. We took them to OT. Mahomes did all this in his first year as a full starter. This is his first full tour of duty, and he lost the Super Bowl by a coin toss. At 23 barring injury, he’ll be ruling the AFC West for a long time. Butt Kicker was money in bad weather. He’s also young and could be our kicker for many years. Those are all very good things. 3. Who do you fear in the AFC West? Oakland. Nope, they’re a train wreck. Denver? Nope, not until they get a QB and their defense is aging fast. Bolts? Phyllis will be eligible for a senior discount at Denny’s very soon. If we can get a defense, we could be the next Patriots. The spotlight now turns to GM Veatch. His Speaks draft looks like a disappointment. We got bupkis from Speaks and T-Pass this year. On this draft, he better pick ALL defense. We need two corners, a safety who can help in run support, a middle line backer who can thump, and more depth at the other linebacker positions as well. Looks like our pick with the Rams on the Peters trade won’t be all that, because the Rams will be at the end of the draft this year. They must dump Sutton, and get a defensive minded guy in here who can do better than giving up over 500 yards and 37 points at home in an AFC Championship game. Tick tock, tick tock… 2. So today I have that too familiar feeling that I’ve lived with my whole adult life. No Super Bowl for Kansas City again this year. Oh well, maybe we’ll be this close again 25 years from now. I’ll be 84 years old then. I probably won’t give a flip by that point. I may not even remember who the Chiefs are or why I should care. But if you remember after the second Bolts game, I said in the Ten Things that the Chiefs would not go to the Super Bowl this year, because they can’t stop the run, and they can’t get good teams off the field on third down. That’s exactly what happened, and so here we are. Am I crushed? No, actually I’m strangely satisfied with how everything went down this year. We made it to the final four. We got the home playoff loss monkey off our backs last week. We got an AFC title game at Arrowhead and took the greatest NFL dynasty team of the last 20 years into overtime with a rookie QB. They fought like Hell, didn’t embarrass the city, and came up a bit short. I can live with that. 1. Many have said the Royals equivalent to this year was 2014 when Alex Gordon stood 90 feet away from tying Game Seven at Kauffman. The Royals came up short in an improbable season. Then in 2015 they came back with a vengeance and crushed it. I have a good feeling that if Veatch can fix this defense, or at least improve it from being worst to mid pack, we can make this whole thing work. Chiefs were worst in the league in penalties. That goes to coaching, and Andy Reid is responsible for fixing that. Both championship games went to overtime. Both big market teams won with help from the zebras making calls or non-calls to steer the games during critical moments. Take that as you will. The NFL got a Los Angeles team into the Super Bowl with a mega-billion dollar stadium under construction that they seriously need to succeed. Remember, the NFL owes you a football exhibition for entertainment purposes only. Were you entertained? Because…… Chiefs. At least the Lamar Hunt trophy got to visit Kansas City for the first time. Maybe one will live here someday. Have a great off season, and thanks for all the kind comments over the past season about the Ten Things. Maybe Next Year. Maybe Next Year. Last edited by gblowfish; 01-22-2019 at 07:43 AM..
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MahiMike He's Mahomie! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Jax, FL Casino cash: $10023443	5. Eric Berry should be on an operating table THIS MORNING As far as I'm concerned he should be on a bus out of town this morning. He started 3 games. We lost every game. He was taking the spot of someone else that could have done better. Gronk had the game of the year vs him last night. __________________ 99.9%
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01-21-2019, 04:24 PM	#81
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17686178 VARSITY	I haven't watched the game, but in the fourth quarter some dipshit with a "Build the Wall" sign ran out on the field. It essentially gave the Patriots a free time out, and interrupted the game flow. Why would you pay $300 for a game ticket, sit out there freezing your nuts off until the fourth quarter, then get dog piled by ten cops? I hope when they ran him downtown they put him in holding with Jesus and Juan and Alejandro. Hope they No Habla his cornhole. I go to games to get away from Political Stuff, you stupid shithead! The cop that made the tackle had pretty good breakaway speed. Bring him in for a look in St. Joe next July. He tackled much better than Ron Parker. BTW: Did any of you notice all the Jackson County Sheriffs trotted down the sidelines at around the 2 minute warning when the Chiefs were up by four? They were there to keep the fans from running on the field. The other telling thing was, when we lost the coin toss for OT, they all went back up the tunnel and left before the ball was kicked off. They all knew it was Sutton Death Overtime.
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01-21-2019, 04:25 PM	#82
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $4740478	Sutton Death __________________ Chiefs game films
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01-21-2019, 04:46 PM	#84
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17686178 VARSITY	I've never felt escapist nervous when I'm at Arrowhead. I've closed my eyes and listened to crowd noise during some big kicks, but generally if I'm there in the fight personally, I'm too engaged to get antsy. When the Chiefs are on the road on TV, however, I often have to walk out of the room...usually to the basement and throw some towels in the washer, so I don't jinx them. My dad did the same thing when I was a kid. His thing was to go walk to the end of the block and back, or go put something away in the backyard shed. I'm that way with Mizzou too, especially basketball. They play better when I don't watch, and I've documented that to myself dozens of times.
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01-21-2019, 04:53 PM	#85
TwistedChief Why so serious? Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Chicago Casino cash: $2470415	Love you, George. A shame they lost, but your write-ups are amazing and appreciated. Thanks for encapsulating in words what we’ve all been feeling. See you on the other side.
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01-21-2019, 05:14 PM	#87
jimidollar MVP Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Texas Casino cash: $10021632	When the Patriots won the toss, I knew the game was lost. I didn't watch the OT. __________________ -------------------- "I will have my glory day in the hot sun."- Nacho
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01-21-2019, 06:13 PM	#88
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17686178 VARSITY	Another fun stat I heard on the way home tonight: Chiefs set the all time NFL season record for first downs surrendered: 619 in one season. Yikes.
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01-21-2019, 06:15 PM	#89
OnTheWarpath15 MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $4931115	They've probably been posted, but... Chiefs have blown 4 4Q leads in 19 starts for Patrick Mahomes. Didn't happen to Tom Brady until his 133rd start (10th season). — Scott Kacsmar (@FO_ScottKacsmar) January 21, 2019 Playoff teams scoring 31+ points with 0 turnovers were 64-1 since 1940. Make that 64-2 after KC lost. — Scott Kacsmar (@FO_ScottKacsmar) January 21, 2019
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