Originally Posted by stevieray (Post 13317714)

gonna watch a playoff game knowing it's a loss before the game starts?

might as well be cutting yourself, it would be more productive.

Poor Chiefs martyrs.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 13317739)

That's what we've been getting with Smith. I've NEVER been confident in any Chiefs playoff game of the Smith/Reid era. Not even last year. I've predicted Chiefs losses in every single playoff game except for Houston not because of superstition, but because I look at the opposing team and then I look at our QB. And I think, "Our QB is a dick-sucking coward. Their QB is not. We're going to lose."

That's no way to live as a fan.

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 13317732)

Originally Posted by stevieray (Post 13317748)

That's not a fan, that's a naysayer.

Originally Posted by RunKC (Post 13317468)

I’ll appreciate Alex when he starts winning playoff games over credible QB’s. Otherwise he is no different than Bono, Grbac or Huard.

The goal has always been to win in January.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 13317739)

That's what we've been getting with Smith. I've NEVER been confident in any Chiefs playoff game of the Smith/Reid era. Not even last year. I've predicted Chiefs losses in every single playoff game except for Houston not because of superstition, but because I look at the opposing team and then I look at our QB. And I think, "Our QB is a dick-sucking coward. Their QB is not. We're going to lose."



That's no way to live as a fan.

Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 13317739)

That's what we've been getting with Smith. I've NEVER been confident in any Chiefs playoff game of the Smith/Reid era. Not even last year. I've predicted Chiefs losses in every single playoff game except for Houston not because of superstition, but because I look at the opposing team and then I look at our QB. And I think, "Our QB is a dick-sucking coward. Their QB is not. We're going to lose."

That's no way to live as a fan.

Originally Posted by stevieray (Post 13317748)

That's not a fan, that's a naysayer.

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo (Post 13317438)

He beat one playoff team woopty ****ing do.

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 13317783)

It's not a naysayer.

Originally Posted by TigeRRUppeRRcut (Post 13317775)

I'm sure you predicted that excellent performance by Smith against the colts

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 13317724)

Why is the NFL different?

Hard cap. Completely even revenue sharing. It's the most balanced league around. So yes, my expectations are different for the Chiefs than for Mizzou or the Royals, because those teams aren't working from a completely even deck like the Chiefs are.

There's also the matter of the Chiefs spending 30 years trying to same tired, failed approach at QB, and never deviating from it until this past spring. In light of the past 25 years, it's hard to get excited about a division title and being sent home before the conference championship game, which is your general lot in the NFL, even if you make the playoffs, unless you're daring to be great at QB.

Right. Alex Smith doesn't suck as bad as Tyler Palko, so we should be happy, right?


I was never fine with him. I was pretty damn sure that he wasn't going to elevate his play, that he'd just be another caretaker QB who needed everything done perfectly by the rest of his team to have any success against elite teams. He's done nothing but prove that out.

A brief flash of that elite-capable play popped up here and there, but never came to stay. Maybe he'll go on one of those "hot" streaks in the playoffs this year, but there's dozens of games and more than a half decade of past performance that suggest he won't.