The Lions were hot in the second half of last season. Great offense, terrible defense. Reminds me a bit of our Vermeil era Chiefs... can score, but can't stop anybody.

If we can get a few crucial early stops, this may end up being a boat race, i.e. 21+ margin of victory. Our offense should have a field day. We already know Andy's teams come out firing on all cylinders to start the season (and after a bye)... no reason to expect otherwise. The Lions traditionally start slow; again, no reason to expect otherwise.

No turnovers. TDs instead of FGs. Get some stops on D. Victory.

Goff is very much like Alex Smith. If the plan is working and the offense is "on schedule" he can be pretty effective. He's a better thrower than Smith and more capable of making big-time throws, but it still requires things going according to plan.

Johnson is a pretty damn good OC. One of the better offensive minds around.

But defensively, I don't see them matching up well against KC or having the horses in the secondary or on the front lines to really give KC too much trouble.

If the Chiefs can get a league working and put more on Goff's shoulders, it can be a comfortable win. Probably a shootout - for a while, at least -otherwise.

Of course, I have gotten to the point where I'm assuming Chris Jones will not play in this one. Him playing could create a little more optimism in the defense for this matchup.

I’ve been having nightmares about Jahmyr Gibbs.

Our team is pretty different this year. All new bookends, new WR corps, terrible defensive line, missing Chris Jones, Sneed and Toney. I truly don’t know what to expect.

I’m just leaning into the fact that Reid’s had months to prepare for this one, which will make us a tough out for anyone. Plus we’ve got Mahomes so.. not going to worry too much.

I’d just really like a big win to start the year off right. If we lose or even falter too much, the pundits will be harping on our WRs and missing Chris Jones for another week and a half before our next game and I don’t want to deal with that shit.

My counterpoint is that's just all Mahomes (and Kelce to a lesser extent). And JuJu is gone. And you can argue some of their young receivers also benefit from more time in the new Ben Johnson (their OC) system.

Part of the reason we have zero wins is because Mahomes has zero TD passes. Just hope this changes against the Lions.

That's true. Also not really what I was talking about.

The Kansas City Chiefs will defeat the Detroit Lions handily, however, it will be late third quarter before Megatron eases up on the hand wringing worrying about if we will win by double digits or not.

Chris Jones will have paid over one million dollars to watch his stock go down, and the most braindead agent of all time will have allowed this spiral down the shitter he started to continue.

Dilphag9 weeps at the sight of a Chiefs team without Chris Jones, contemplating chugging the antifreeze, and TwistedPanties stares on speechless, slackjawed with a tendril of drool oozing from the corner of his mouth at the idea that the Chiefs defense got off the field a single time without the almighty 95 to save the other 10 defensive players.

Pete will watch on from the edge of his seat, looking for any reason to proclaim this team won't sniff the playoffs, and taking notes on which key contributors to the win should be denied amenities for their mistakes during a game we won.

In short, its going to be the greatest night of the year, with The Kansas City Chiefs returning to kick off the NFL season, drop the banner, then drop Jared Goff and the Lions like a bad habit.

The usual suspects with partake of their inaugural GameDay thread screech and squee, thread bans will take place, all will be right with the world and the Kansas City Chiefs will be 1-0.

The Chiefs will **** their asses, and make them humble.

They have a lot of offensive weapons with a top notch line so they will most likely move the ball.

My guess is that they're going to run the ball liberally; test our DL's run defense without CJ and Omenihu.

Nnadi/Tershon/the ex-Raider are going to get lots of work.

Happy that Jameson Williams isn't around yet

Amon Ra St Brown is very good...

Yeah, I am interested in seeing if we are able to generate any pressure on Goff with that line of theirs.

First time poster here and a lifelong Detroit Lion fan (since '68). Have never seen the Lions on the road until this coming Sept. 7th. Was a season ticket holder from '77 to '84 and still go to two or three games a year. Us Lion fans have very thick skin and can take almost anything. Trust me, we heard it all through the decades.

Loved watching as a wee lad, those great KC/Oak games. Thats what got me hooked on the sport. Have family south of KC and have driven by Arrowhead. Looking forward to actually going to a game there, let alone a nationally televised opener. Curious to hear if the stadium is as loud as the old Silverdome during Barry's years was. Can't miss me, I'll be the old fart in Lions gear. If you're interested, please come visit our forum "Detroit Lions The Den". Hope this doesn't break a rule.

For the game, we didn't play any starters of last year's team during preseason. Having two joint sessions (NYG & Jax), the starters got their work there. Came thought relatively injury free. We have gotten deeper on all three levels of the defense, via a solid draft and key FA signings. Expect heavy DL/LB rotations, we are deep here. Fourth quarter will be interesting.

This is the first game in over two years with starting Oline (Decker, JJackson, Ragnow, BigV & Sewell). Also have a brand-new upgraded RB room, but feel we are weaker at WR than last year. Hopefully rookie TE LaPorta can fill the void. Should be a helava game! Of course, hoping for a Lion win and making it out of there alive.

GOOD LUCK!

Welcome. Now go chug some antifreeze and die in an AIDS fire, you freaking NOOB.

You're snarky. Can we be friends?

:popcorn:

Oh boy

That’s a normal welcome to CP. And he’s one of the nicer ones.

Please forgive us. We used to be friendlier when fans of opposing teams who have been hapless in the same way that we were pre-Mahomes would show up. But then Bengals fans came around a couple seasons ago and we welcomed them with amusement, only for that team to become the most obnoxious and arrogant and their fans to follow.

I find it hard to believe anyone could ever truly hate the Detroit Lions. So we wish you well outside of the opener.

Duncan requires all potential friends to meet him at the George Brett statue for proper vetting.

Billay may also be there

Ohio football fans are... special.

Lions fans tend to be more reasonable. Probably due largely to 60 years of humble pie. And we probably have our share of knuckleheads. Bandwagon is filling up, bound to be some bad apples.

Chiefs have always been my AFC team dating back to the Joe Montana year. Loved the 9ers as a kid and followed him over. Mahomes is my favorite non-Lion. I wish you all well in recovering from a 0-1 start. At least the ring ceremony will be fun for you 😀

Holy crap. There's two of them now.


Wait, is one of these guys really DQX posing as a Lions fan? have these guys been properly vetted?

Sure you read about the new COVID virus strain?

Well shit dude, i'm sorry to hear that. That's a looooooot of miserable Sundays.

Welcome to Chiefsplanet, the most notorious and hated fan forum on Al Gore's internet.

You don't have to be faster than the Lions. They'll trip over their own asses

These aren't your dad's Lions.

In a tad over two years everything has been replaced, from owner to asst trainer. And all are on the same page. This is brand new poop in these parts.

Fully aware that no one gives a shit around that here. Just saying, don't be shocked...

How are the Lions your second favorite team? You must live in Michigan or something.

lol

Sweet, we have a couple of Lions fans to play with!!

Great offense! That _efense tho.... oof. Said it before, saying it again: this Lions team reminds me of the Vermeil Chiefs teams: score a ton of points, but can't stop anyone from doing the same.

What you've got stacked against you here: Mahomes, Kelce, Andy, and the best O in the league. Andy with a whole off-season to prepare. Arrowhead. A crowd plus amped, as the SB banner is raised. Thursday Night Football, season opener energy. This adds up to an absolute blender. Don't feel bad if it is a slaughter... that is an insanely tough way to open the season. Good luck the rest of the way!!

Welcome to ChiefsPlanet. I gave you the golden ring, you're welcome. I really, really,really wanted Gibbs to fall to us but you snatched him up. That's OK, we're solid with 2/3rds of our RB group. We use recievers best anyway as you'll witness next Thursday. Good luck and "Eat a Bag O dicks"

I'm a bit biased, but not sure it can get much better than prime time Arrowhead (of course, besides playoff primetime Arrowhead). Get there early, tailgate, spend all of your money.

I dunno, between another SB victory, a new airport, and trash bins... we're flying pretty high right now. 0-1 would just be a flesh wound by comparison.

Defense is much better than its record last year would indicate. Over the last 10 games points against went down to 21 per. Lots of players got healthy and rookies stepped up. This off-season the entire secondary save one safety was upgraded, and that was the weakness. And the one safety retained was a rookie last year, and was super good. D line is loaded with pass rushers. LB corps is stacked. Biggest question mark is DT and run defense.

They won't be a top 5 unit, but I expect top 12-15. Which is good enough if the offense can repeat its top 5 performance. I expect some regression there, but the team is built to compete with anyone. The Champs in Arrowhead is a tall task. KC should rightly be favored, but the game will be competitive. Throw in typical early season variance and I wouldn't be shocked to see an upset.

WTF. All 3 Lions fans joined? Nice.

Whoa there, slow your roll, Jabroni.

A jump from dead last to 12-15 would be massive. I wouldn't bank on it if I were you, but hey, you do you. Maybe your Lions will get there by end of season, but game one... ouch. This is the worst possible draw for anyone.

Now there are Lions fans all of sudden?

Lol, if this was a week 5 game I'd put a paycheck on the chiefs money line. But week one is always crazy to predict. Lots of rust and new players not experienced in the system. Weird things always happen.

You have to admire Lions fans. Aaron Glenn's defenses have been THIS garbage for two years and they think it's going to magically get better.

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...es/GlenAa0.htm

Not saying we'll win, but +6 1/2 is money.

I quit betting because I suck at it, so there's that...

I don't even know how to act right now. This is some twilight zone shit.

Do we give them the noob treatment?

Do we behave because the football gods have already stolen their souls and beaten these poor dudes to death?

I'm so confused right now. Culture shock.

"We're your huckleberry."

Poor bastards. "Remember Barry Sanders?"
Detroit used to be one hell of a city... now you can buy a block of what were once amazing homes for the price of a Playstation.
Robocop was awesome tho... remember Robocop?
:D

I've been to Kansas City...

You know if the Lions fan base had a Clay, right now he'd be making memes with Jared Goff as Murphy coming back from the dead and blowing up Pat-209 before heading into Arrowhead and blasting Clark Hunt out the top window.

But they don't have a Clay. Or a Mahomes. Or a Hunt. Poverty franchise. They cower before our might.

We're going to peel Murphy's skin off his robot face, BBQ it, eat it and format his hard drive.

3 of them? What, are they breeding in here?

Nobody here needs your garnished child support

Civilized world is pretty nice, innit?

This is a lot of third person, even for you.

Should've left him locked up

Does anyone remember how early the banner ceremony started last time?

Yeah, an adult with the character of a 12 year old who still plays with his star wars dolls and drives a murano is JUST who we need speaking for CP, let alone the Chiefs organization...

Everyone loves an under dog and they had a nice run last year. I think we win as long as we bring some energy. After watching Alex Smith slice carve up the defending Champs in 2017 I'll never rule anything out. Week 1 can be weird in the NFL

He blows bigger loads than u keep hating

Like rabbits

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FakeOrnery...restricted.gif

ROFL
The lack of interest by the girl bunny, while the buck throws what has to be his hero **** is just about the funniest thing I've seen in at least a year.

He does his Clint Eastwood squint as he drives it home, and she's all, "that's it? I coulda been doing my knitting . . ."

LMAO

I won't claim to know much about the defensive talent that Detroit added, but they were #32 in opponent yards per play. 6.2. If they needed a huge improvement over the last 10 games to achieve that number, that's pretty awful.

A top 12-15 D seems a little optimistic.

It is nice to see some opposing fans in here who are not flaming dildos.

I think we’re going to see points go up on both sides but will never bet against bye week Andy Reid, especially when Cam Sutton and Emmanuel Mosley are the starting corners for the team Reid is facing.

I’m sure Chauncey Gardner-Johnson is hyped for this one, but he’s gonna lose his second straight to the Chiefs.

No, I'm a KC local.

But as an early teen, Barry Sanders became my favorite player and I found myself watching any Lions game that was televised until he retired.

Oh yeah, I came across that and was yep, that’s the one I’m using. It just hit a little differently than the other options.

I think we carve them up pretty bad offensively. I do think they have an improving defense but they will be relying on a rookie MLB and a rookie 3rd safety who will play a lot against how Reid likes to lineup. Two middle of the field rookies playing for the first time in NFL... in primetime... against PMII... sign me up.

I'm sure Lions fans are equal parts excited & nervous to see how their team looks. Goff better figure out how to play better on the road. His home/road splits are rough

2022:
HOME: 2,472 yards 65.8 comp% 7.7 Avg 23 TD 3 INT 109.3 Rating
AWAY: 1,966 yards 64.2 comp% 7.3 Avg 6 TD 4 INT 87.4 Rating

2021:
HOME: 1,900 yards 70.5 comp% 6.7 Avg 13 TD 3 INT 99.4 Rating
AWAY: 1,345 yards 62.7 comp% 6.4 Avg 6 TD 5 INT 80.7 Rating

Actually I think the constant onslaught by Broncos and Patriots fans when they were good started it all. It got absolutely out of control in the 2019 Season AFCCG against Tennessee followed by Niner "fans" leading up to the SB. I do agree though that the Bengals were the worst. The most cringe worthy of all was the Cincy mayor and his comments last year.

Where in south KC is your family. Welcome to the board. There are a ton of people on here with a ton of knowledge about football, but you need a thick skin to survive. The mods are generally more tolerant than on most boards, but that freedom has caused some opposing fans to refer to this place as a cespool or Mos Eisley. Oh and good luck on the season, just not week 1.

Still more than Charger fans.

While an upset is possible, so is a blowout win for KC. The Lions are up and coming, but as teams keep finding out KC is much better than they realized. They have hosted five straight AFCCGs (a record), been to three out of the last four SBs with a 2-1 record in them and were an offsides and poor half by the offense from being in five straight SBs. This is all while playing in the significantly more difficult AFC. No matter how much people predict the demise of KC, they continue to be the gold standard in the NFL.

I personally know 4 lions fans, and one that has passed never seeing them in a SB. RIP Nick. His nephew played for the Seahawks back when they played in the AFCW.

Excellent post. Goff is fake news.

Let's hope we come out and establish the run. Pound our RB's up Humphreys ass straight into their DL the entire first quarter. Doesn't matter if it leads to points, we must let them know we are tough and will run the ball all day if we need to. We may not win the game but this will put the league on notice that we are not weak.

If we lose, on opening night, dropping the SB banner and hoisting the Lombardi, then we are weak.

The only thing I have against the Lions is that they wasted the entire careers of the best RB in NFL history, and one of the best WRs in NFL history.

As long as you don't start throwing up nonsense nonfactual things about how your team is going to dominate the Chiefs in a way that doesn't actually work and has been proven not to work, we'll be all good.

Trust me, it's a friendly greeting.

Believe us, we know. That's why we all want to rip that ****ing "WCF" off their sleeves. You can write a book on the bullshit we've put up with for over 60 years. For the most part, we're a peaceful bunch because of being smacked so often.

A win Sept. 7th helps that stigma. Is we lose, meh, it's only game one.

My Barry Sanders card collection from the 90's had to have been one of the greatest in the country at one point. I still have them all hoping they could be worth something someday.

I definitely would be fascinated by seeing that. I have no clue how any organization can be that mismanaged for that long, especially when the system is designed to help bad teams become good. 60+ years of relative futility is mind numbing to me.

They're sticking with the Carl Peterson philosophy of QB selection.