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Originally Posted by Direckshun
...I think most of us thought the Broncos were going to be really good with Russell Wilson.
I didn't think they would be as good as some thought (I never had them pegged as a Super Bowl contender), but I did think they'd be a ton better than they've been. They're not even functional right now, Russ is calling Seattle's audibles, still. Who saw that coming?
None of that is hyperbolic. It's just not the party line of CP, which has gone complete "Arrowhead Pride" since Mahomes arrived.
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Yeah, I was in this thread the entire off season and gonna have to disagree with your take here.
'Most of us' thought the Donkos would be a 7 to 9 win team, with the perfect scenario and everything breaking just right for them, could sneak to 10 wins and a wildcard possibility. But generally people here believed they would finish around .500 and saw it far more likely that they imploded than excelled in this new itineration of themselves.
Reasons for imploding:
1. Inexperienced coaching staff
2. Wilson's declining athleticism (this was a big topic in the off-season)
3. overall improvement of division (other teams, specifically Chargers and Faiders). It's why we said they
could win 8-9 games and still end up only 3rd or 4th in the division.
4. Defense takes a step back w/o Fangio there (which, in all fairness, it really hasn't)
5. Wilson throwing to Jeudy, Sutton, Hamler, Patrick (take your pick of broke dick) versus having Metcalf and Lockett to throw to. Major step down.
There were lots of signs pointing to this experiment failing bigtime. I can't think of anyone on here who thought the Donkos were gonna be 'really good' (outside of a few Donko homers here).
And if ANY Chiefs fan on here said that, I maintain they were either drunk, high or stupid.