No.

NO.

Losers bitch about the refs.

We lost a Super Bowl, but we're not losers.

Media drove the two personal folks but their DL killed our OL. That was the game.

Excellent take. :clap:

They played no part in our loss.

When 5 or 6 guys can't block 4 you're screwed. And when PMII gets sacked and hit early and often he gets happy feet. And when coaches are too stubborn to ditch the gameplan and make changes to the blocking scheme it leads to a 24-0 halftime score. It looked like a close game until they imploded in the 2nd qtr and waiting to make changes until the half was stupid. The D played well but when you play a games worth of snaps in the 1st half they are gonna get worn down.

I'm at ease with the loss. I'd have rather had a win, but it happens. This will kill much of the bs refs narrative that has been around the past few seasons. There was no NFL conspiracy to get the Chiefs a 3 peat. A couple of crappy calls extended drives for the Iggles, the O line, particularly the tackles, got their shit pushed in, Andy decided not to run the ball at all in the first half. This is what you get.

I still don't understand why we didn't shift Humphries in at half and move Thuney back to Guard. Down 24-0 you really have nothing to lose.

Need WRs that can get separation. Period.

Especially with a shitty OL.

And devise a new running scheme....as our current one sucks.

This is a much more tolerable thread than the others where 1 bad game = fire everyone, clean house, and trade all of our picks for a LT.

FACT: We need to improve our O-line.

Also FACT: We have a lot of FAs especially on defense.

Like it or not, it's not a simple solution that can be solved with free agency. We need some of our draft picks on O-line to pan out ie Kingsley, Norzad, and Hansen. Between our two holes at LT and RG, we need probably one very good FA and address the other either with what we have or in the draft.

On Defense, Reid, Bolton, Omenihu, and Wharton are key FAs. I think we're covered at safety with Hicks in the wings, but we probably need to bring Bolton back and shore up the D-line in free agency along with 1 high draft pick in the first 2 rounds.

At WR I think we can bring back either Dhop or Hollywood on another 1 year deal bc neither had amazing production this year. That gives us a solid top 3 with Worthy and Rice.

At TE, I think Kelce comes back. He's fine. Still a top 5 TE. Hopefully Wiley can take a big step this year (a la Kelce in his second year).

The Rams were much more competitive and played Philly closer than the Chiefs, despite Stafford getting sacked 5 times.

Two big differences are the Rams being able to run the ball… Kyren Williams with 100+ yards rushing… and more production from their WR’s/TE’s.

Yeah considering that potential combo is what they thought we'd be when they traded for Humphries, I think Andy in his old age is resistant to change and likes to "stick it out" which can harm or be a good thing depends on the situation. Obviously it was rational to think they could have made that switch and see what happens, the left side of the line was getting stomped, the whole line was really

I think this is really telling about the gameplan that is out there in the NFL for teams to follow to neutralize Mahomes, Mahomes needs to reinvent himself along with getting an updated OL

And as lopsided as the top ended up being...it was worse because the top actually leveled out after the game was out if reach. We only had the ball for like 5 or 6 minutes in the first half. Nobody wins like that.

The front four getting constant pressure isn’t so much a game plan as a capability. Only the Eagles have a front 4 that can consistently get that kind of pressure without blitzes.

Once the Chiefs abandoned the run (apparently during the offense install last week) the Eagles D line could sell out on pressure….and that was it.

By my memory Hopkins dropped a sure 1st down just before halftime. And Kelce dropped two 1st downs.

Not sure any of it would have mattered as the poor performance of the O Line pretty well doomed any chance the Chiefs had. But just like the Tampa Bay Super Bowl the receivers failed even when Patrick did his part.