KC CHIEFS vs. NE PATRIOTS: Who wins? Your predictions?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Guys, who else feels like they could run through a wall right now?

I spent about 2 hours moving snow this morning in -12 wind chills.

Tomorrow is NOT going to be bitter cold. It's going to be LOUD!

Last week I was nervous. This week, I wanna put my forehead through the drywall in the hallway.

I feel ya'. As each day has passed, my confidence level has risen higher and higher, and I've come to grips with the reality that Mahomes is just a different animal leading this team.
I can sum it up fairly simply:

In the past, it was "no way" could the Chiefs win a AFCCG, go to a Bowl, and win it all.

Now, it's "why not"? This team is as good as any team in this league, and can go toe to toe, score for score with either high-caliber offenses, top-ranking defenses, or both. And even if we weren't to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl THIS year, you KNOW we'd be back, and get there sooner rather than later.

I expected a wild card birth and a fight to win it before this season started. Anything beyond that is pure icing on a brilliantly-made cake.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate

I feel ya'. As each day has passed, my confidence level has risen higher and higher, and I've come to grips with the reality that Mahomes is just a different animal leading this team.
I can sum it up fairly simply:

In the past, it was "no way" could the Chiefs win a AFCCG, go to a Bowl, and win it all.

Now, it's "why not"? This team is as good as any team in this league, and can go toe to toe, score for score with either high-caliber offenses, top-ranking defenses, or both. And even if we weren't to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl THIS year, you KNOW we'd be back, and get there sooner rather than later.

I expected a wild card birth and a fight to win it before this season started. Anything beyond that is pure icing on a brilliantly-made cake.

Almost exactly how I feel.

I've always wanted a QB we could call "ours". Now we have THE QB, and he's ours. How freaking glorious is that?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Did you hear Clark Hunt's interview on 810 yesterday?

Say what you want about the guy - maybe it was lip service but what he said gave me goosebumps.

I think the issues with Clark that people just can't figure out have a lot to do with how he presents himself. We hear that he is "intense and passionate", but that's not exactly how he comes off. He certainly knows what to say, but sometimes his actions don't follow suit.
I believe his inexperience in the beginning had a lot to do with how people perceive him to this day. And I believe that if the Chiefs were the ONLY sports interest he had in life, some of that floundering in the beginning could have been avoided. Three coaches and three GM's later, it seems that he has finally begun to get a better grip on the league than he had coming in. I also believe( to his credit )that he has chosen to blaze a somewhat different path than his father in regards to the philosophy of the team, and to what will be given priority under his tenure.

The only thing that bothers me, again, is that unlike most owners in this league, the Chiefs aren't the only pro sports endeavor in his life. And then, you've got owners in whom their NFL team is ALL THEY DO. But sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn't so who knows? Also, I really don't like the idea of him being involved in personnel contract disputes or personnel in general. That's what guys who have spent their whole adult lives evaluating talent and negotiating contracts are hired for, right? Being a GM is a tricky business and it takes a LONG time working and studying under masters of the craft before one is ready to truly sit in that chair. And once you get there, and someone hires you, that employer needs to trust that you and the head coach have a vision, and are working towards attaining it, bumps in the road and all.
What I DO know is that he seems to be improving in his role as owner and representative as time goes on, and that's really all you can ask for.

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Almost exactly how I feel.

I've always wanted a QB we could call "ours". Now we have THE QB, and he's ours. How freaking glorious is that?

It is unbelievably fantastic and downright otherworldly. Just having this kid is a MAJOR coup and gives us the INSTANT ability to thumb our noses at 80% of this league.