Originally Posted by O.city (Post 14061239)

I’m hopeful this ends up being a little like the Seahawks in Wilson’s rookie year

Sometimes you gotta knock on the door before breaking it down

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 14061239)

I’m hopeful this ends up being a little like the Seahawks in Wilson’s rookie year

Sometimes you gotta knock on the door before breaking it down

Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 14061247)

Amen to that.

Originally Posted by O.city (Post 14061256)

It’s just damn frustrating that we legit had the damn thing won

Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 14061265)

Of course. But there will be more. We have a generational Qb who will only get better at everything.

What's most frustrating to me now that we have Mahomes, is knowing that most of these regular season games will be meaningless. The process now FEELS even longer, because no matter what happens from week 1-17, it's only the post season that counts.

So not only do we have to wait the entire off-season, we really have to wait the entire SEASON as well.

Oh well.

Woe is us. Perennial playoff team problems.

Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 14061242)

No, that's not what happened.

The Patriots are a top rushing team in the league. They ran over the Chargers to a tune of 200+ rushing yards.

The Chiefs, all season, have had the worst rush D in the league.

We all KNEW this was a rebuilding mode defense coming into the season. We KNEW that.

But we got lost in the hype, and the chance at a SB, and seemingly forgot what we knew LAST offseason, that this D was going to be rebuilt.

The Patriots went with big bodies all game, went max protect and just ran it on the Chiefs because like all season, they cant stop the run.

This was a matter of matchups, and the Pats big bodies simply man handled ours until we overloaded the D line, leaving the back end exposed.

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 14061251)

Manning had to knock multiple times.

It is what it is. It was foolish to assume this team could just fall backwards into a SB in Mahomes' first season.

The important thing is that now we actually have a chance to get there.

We did not before Mahomes. No way, no how. We were never this close.

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 14061251)

Manning had to knock multiple times.

It is what it is. It was foolish to assume this team could just fall backwards into a SB in Mahomes' first season.

The important thing is that now we actually have a chance to get there.

We did not before Mahomes. No way, no how. We were never this close.

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 14061283)

Are the Chiefs really any closer unless and until the defense is improved?

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 14061302)

We were an offsides away.

We've never been closer since '71

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 14061283)

Are the Chiefs really any closer unless and until the defense is improved?

Originally Posted by Donger (Post 14061305)

Yes, but what about next year? Would the Chiefs be any closer if the deficiencies in the defense aren't addressed?