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Originally Posted by Amnorix
Not a single player on the field for the Chiefs will be 40 years of age, so how do they have 40 years of frustration to let out?
How many ever saw Kansas City before, say, 3 years ago? Like 10 or so I'd bet.
It's odd how fans of teams (not just Chiefs -- all teams, most fans) somehow think their players feel the same way about their team that they do. 99% of the time, that isn't the case at all.
The amount of bitching I hear from Pats fans about players who leave for the money when they have it SO GOOD with the Pats/Brady/Belichick is comical. They're playing for a ****ing paycheck -- and would YOU seriously turn down an extra $X million? Why? You're from ****ing Alabama or Florida or Texas or California and you don't give a crap about Boston. JFC people.
Same for you, here. Just sayin'
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I think it's different in this context: And by no means am I saying this is the only correct answer.
You walk into the Chiefs franchise and see the incredible success they had as AFL team. You meet Lenny, you meet Buck Buchanan, Willie Lanier, Fred Arbanas, Curly Culp, Emmitt Thomas. That a wing of HOF'ers. Those guys gave legitimacy to the entire AFL. And from the AFL days, the Pats weren't much of a winning franchise.
The Pats grew their winning history from 85 to the present. The Chiefs? They sowed nothing but disappointment after 1971. Regular season? Sure, great records. And playoff futility.
The players know how much the last game meant for the fans and the city. That doesn't mean it was their sole motivator. But these players acknowledge the players from the glory years, and the fans who have waited for (in the words of William Wallace) "One chance, JUST one chance" to bring this franchise to glory again.