Chiefs Chronicles: NFL Week 17- Last Minute Edition
Chiefs D Reminds Me of Patrick, Knocking Out the Bengals Again, Harrison Butker is Nails, Chiefs Need to Develop a Killer Instinct, & Anything Else I Have Time to Fit In This Light Pre-Game Read
The Chiefs Defense this year has been pretty incredible. They are usually why the Chiefs are still in games in the 4th quarter. They’re starting to remind me of Peak Patrick Mahomes. Remember that guy? If you don’t here’s a reminder of the good old days…
Young Mr. Mahomes threw 4 touchdowns that day and, once he got into the groove, had some decent (ish) dance moves as well. But the thing that Peak Patrick eventually started doing a lot, was to start games slow. Before the Chiefs knew it, they’d be down 17 (fans would be freaking out) heading into halftime. Which would in turn lead to a huge second half and an epic Chiefs comeback. He’s the only QB in the Super Bowl era to have a winning record when trailing by 10+ points. Not Montana, Brady, Elway, AAron, Manning, or any other great QB we could name. Just him. Let that sink in.
KC’s Defense has gotten into that very same habit. My blood pressure is proof of that. Against Cincy, the Chiefs D had let the Joe Burrowless Bengals build a 10-point lead by the 2nd quarter. The score was 17-7 Bengals and the other JB (Go Huskies on Monday vs the hated Jim Harbaugh!!!) was looking good. Then the defense did this:
From that point on the Chiefs’ Defense (they get that Big “D” every time) shut the Bengals offense down. That gave KC’s offense (is there a letter size between lower-case and capitalized?) time to put some drives together and score enough to win. Keep on keepin’ on, Chiefs’ D. If we (I’ve been a fan forever, I can say “we”) make a playoff run it will probably be because of you. You all are awesome.
How great was it that the Chiefs knocked the Bengals out of playoff contention? Pretty stinkin’ great! Anything to make Joe Burrow unhappy (in the context of football). Sure, it wasn’t as satisfying as beating Joey B and the Bengals at max power, but they’re still going home and we’ll always have that.
Thank goodness the Chiefs have Harrison Butker. Stealing him from the Panthers practice squad was the kind of low-risk/high-reward move that Brett Veach has become famous for. Without him and his clutch ways, KC might have given that Bengals game away. Keep it up, Buttkicker.com (don’t try going to the site, there’s nothing there)!
All those years of going easy on opponents at the end of games (so as not to show up the other team/coach) has caught up to the Chiefs, IMO. They’ve never developed the killer instinct they need to make sure the other team goes down and stays down.
In every monster or scary movie, they never verify the death of the villain. Those movies are famous for that. And what happens? The villain always comes back. Every single time.
So, Andy and Patrick, you need to make sure the monster is actually dead. Make sure there is no question. If you’re on the one-yard line and there’s enough time on the clock that you can’t just kneel it out, SCORE.
You’ve got guys with incentives to hit and historic milestones to reach. Building their legacy. If the other team doesn’t want to be embarrassed, perhaps they should play better. And if the Chiefs follow my advice, I promise (a promise is not legally a contract) they will never receive their comeuppance. Never!
Thanks for reading, as always. Now for the Chiefs’ backups to defeat the Chargers. GO CHIEFS!!!!!
Those games with big comebacks are soooo exciting!
Amazing, I was late to read it this week but well done, and that’s coming from a Seahawk’s fan. I do have to say something, while I do not bet, the Las Vegas odds for the Chiefs going to the Super Bowl are crazy bad. Now while I get that the team is not looking great, sure, I feel betting against the likes of LeBron and Brady not making it at least to the Show has lost more people money than made them money. Pat in my mind is starting to be on that track.
Side thing, what do you think of the conspiracy theory three years ago Pete and Russ cooked a plan to build the team right, take the Broncos to the cleaners. Now we just got to bring Russ back for free to compete the scheme. Thanks for tanking Russ. (Sorry, on surgery pain meds but seriously, Go Hawks!)