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We haven't argued in a while: nearly every Chiefs podcast is wrong, I think.
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Almost all the time I spend exercising or working alone or driving, I'm dialing up a Chiefs podcast. I listen to more than most: Time's Ours, Locked On, It's Always Sunny In Chiefs Kingdom, KCSN, 4th and 1, Arrowhead Addict, Arrowhead Pride, Roughing the Kicker. I don't catch all of it but I catch a lot of it. And this past week, after breaking down the roster, several of these podcasts are, I think, overshooting what the '22 Chiefs may be capable of. These podcasters -- with the lone exception of Nick Jacobs, whose opinions I find pretty "grounded" -- are all predicting a Super Bowl season. And while that's to be expected of Chiefs-friendly media, it sure as **** makes Chiefs Kingdom toxic by Week 10 as the Chiefs are, say, 5-4 and still trying to get their roster figured out. "We should be the go away favorites for the 1 seed!" we're all being primed to spout in November, when the Chiefs may be trying to just hold onto the AFCW. I just listened to three straight Chiefs podcasts predict the Super Bowl unanimously among their hosts, including KC Lab on KCSN, which is normally more grounded. Maybe Kissel's infected them, I don't know. I appreciate optimism, but routinely predicting a 13-4 or 14-3 schedule against a bear of a calendar with a rookie secondary and a DL held together with scotch tape is irresponsible. Argue all you want that podcasts have no responsibility, and legally you're right. But if you want to be seen as credible, then c'mon now. Anchor yourselves. I volunteer as tribute as the Chiefs fan on this board who thinks the Chiefs are going to be very, very good this year but on the outside looking in when it comes to the Super Bowl. Pat Kirwan is one of my favorite analysts and he famously (to me) said on Moving the Chains that "you get two ifs, and that's it." And I think this team exceeds two ifs before we're just pie-in-the-sky dreaming. Mahomes and Reid are Mahomes and Reid. They are incredible, and when they're clicking, unstoppable. Kelce is a top 3 TE all time. JuJu, Watson, McKinnon, Fortson all have a good rapport with him right now. But it is not yet clear to me that this receiving corps can improve or even match the incredible work Tyreek put in last year. Coming as a guy who hates Tyreek's guts as a human being, there's no question he is just a cheat code who can do things nobody else can do and that there are few answers for. I think the logic of having a team with a ton of options for Mahomes makes sense. But this team is going to have to give MVS a lot of snaps to justify his contract, and I'm not high on him. Skyy and Mecole are a rookie and Mecole. JuJu looks like a damn steal, but all these things in the aggregate... I'm not sure they match what Hill did. It's possible though, because Mahomes and Reid. The secondary has a lot of promise, but we're completely lying to ourselves about them. This is a roster corps that we know is built with rookies, and we consistently, collectively know will have "growing pains" -- which is the same thing these podcasters recognize while predicting 13-win seasons. If you're winning 13 games, you're not having growing pains! Spags is a god at taking a pretty talented secondary and making it look great, so that's an area I know we'll be set at long-term. But growing pains means this secondary is going to have embarrassing blown coverages and bad games that will rack up a couple more losses than they should. I think that Trent McDuffie's camp and preseason has shown a lot of promise that I was skeptical of. It's still undeniable that he's had some bumps along the way and that's going to continue as he develops in live games. Watson and Williams look really good as rookies -- they're going to still get roasted by the AFCW's gamut of excellent receivers. The learning curve can only curve up so fast. It's possible they're fine, though, because Spags. But those aren't the two things I think will be really problematic for the team. First, I don't see solutions for this DL, unless Karlaftis is a truly game-changing talent, which is somebody else than he's shown so far, immediately out of the gate. Aside from Karlaftis (who I think is going to be a really great rookie but is already earning predictions to beat Derrick Thomas' record), the DE position is just not very good. Even Karlaftis, who put some great snaps on tape, is still miles away from the ceiling he's going to reach (that's not a criticism, I don't think: he's a rookie). I have no faith in Clark, I am extremely reticent about the Achilles that Dunlap has, as are the Chiefs who kept 6 DEs just to make sure we'll have bodies. Danna is a rotational guy who's fine. We should have found a way to land Robert Quinn. The DT position has taken a step backward, I think. We all dumped on Jarran Reed, who didn't justify his contract last year, but he offered some passrushing with good run defense, a combo none of our other DTs have, other than Chris Jones, who is amazing. Nnadi got pushed around a bit in the preseason and offers no passrush, Wharton is always going to be who he is, and Saunders remains a frustrating question mark. Saunders did play well in the preseason, which... I'll just say if Saunders reaches his potential, our DL is going to wreck people. But I've been saying that for a year now. Thank god our linebackers are amazing, because that will make up for some of the deficiencies of the DTs in front of them. We will not be a bottom 5 rush defense, but we could very realistically be a bottom third unit who Buffalo, Ravens, and Broncos run right over. And our passrush is going to be right where it was last year. The other big problem I have is out of the Chiefs control: the schedule is just brutal. We face a Chargers team that may very well be better than us, plus Tom Brady in the first four weeks. We play both of the Super Bowl contenders. We play everybody who was in the conference championship games. I would personally argue that the 2022 AFC West is the best division we've ever seen (even better than the 2021 NFC West initially looked and mostly was). And there's a stretch we play three road games consecutively -- which I don't think is very common. I personally struggle to recall the last time we did that? My memory fails me sometimes. The Chargers loaded up their DL and secondary, finally have an OL and a ton of weapons. The Raiders I'm never super worried about but Adams vs. a rookie secondary will be interesting. The Bills have the best roster in the league right now and I would argue the Bengals got better. I'm not super worried about Russell Wilson but that Broncos team may click. We're going to have to beat some combo of the Chargers, Bills, and Bengals to get to the Super Bowl. Any two of them is a murderer's row. TL ![]() Chiefs podcasters are high on their own supply, overlooking problems both manageable and less manageable, to predict the Chiefs are Super Bowl shoo-ins. The Chiefs have a major problem at DL which I fear is going to be their Achilles all season, and a brutal schedule that will take more losses from the team than perhaps this roster deserves. I also have some comparably minor concerns: the rookie secondary, which I think will cost us games, and apparently all of these podcasts think we can replace Hill in the aggregate, whereas I'm not so sure. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. Let's argue. Last edited by Direckshun; 09-04-2022 at 03:01 PM.. |
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It has been said a few times that we are in a rebuild year. I think we have a lot of good players but I think we need to cool off on expectations too.
I think we have a chance of going to the Superbowl again but because of the amount of rookies we are going to have to rely on a lot of young players it may be tough. I am just hoping that 3-4 players from this draft hit and then we are in a very very good position next year to go for it all again. |
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Think the OP is fair enough and pretty reasonable. There are a load of questions, particularly the DL, secondary and WRs given the churn. The schedule is also wild. I guess I just I try and remind myself that every team has questions. Even the ones that look like they've improved with big FA moves are hoping players fit with schemes and coaches.
I'm pretty optimistic but I'd agree that the 13-4 or 14-2 predictions are really relying on a LOT going well. Could absolutely happen, but there's also a world where the DL doesn't improve, the secondary's inexperience leads to a lot of mistakes, and the WRs are fine but fail to replicate what Hill gave us. We'll be fine because we have Mahomes and Reid, and we'll win a lot more than we lose. My guesses would be... DL is MARGINALLY better but not a huge difference. DT remains not great outside of Jones but we'll have abandoned the DE experiment so it shouldn't be the same car-crash to start. DEs will be better with Karlaftis and Dunlap but perhaps not a giant leap forward. We'll look poor against the run to start with BUT our linebackers then start to crush it and that gets fixed - I think Gay, Bolton and Chenal are going to be horrible to play against. Secondary starts slow but if everyone stays healthy and we don't need Watson/Williams in early, it'll find it's feet. I have absolutely no idea about the WRs but I'll bet on Mahomes. Running game won't matter, just as well. |
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We replace a scrub with an upgrade- New player does not know the system-bad move. We place an old vet with a younger, stronger, faster player- Player will struggle because he does not know the system. They bitch about the D line and we get Dunlap- Just a matter of time before his Achilles pops. Kelce says he is rededicated to football- History shows he is in decline. Chiefs revamp the WR corp with better players - The offense will struggle with so many new players. Clark comes into camp in the best shape he has been - Too light, he will get pushed around. George looks like a beast - He is a rookie and will struggle- we should have drafted X player instead. The Chiefs have one of the best O lines in the NFL, Brown shows up in shape - We don't have any depth. 4 straight AFC Championships- the schedule is toooo tough, boo hoo!! ![]() |
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However, both TEN and IND feature less mobile QBs along with not-elite receiving weapons. In fact, both teams are actually run-centric, led by middle-tier/high third-tier non-scrambling QBs. And watch the highlights of last season's game vs. TEN, Bolton basically neutralized Henry for much of that game by himself. Leo is going to get some extra reps in those two games to shut down the run game, and he'll likely get a few opportunities to go after their QBs. Bottom line, I believe that KC will dominate and win going away in both of those games.
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Here's the thing. Yeah, they need some guys to develop on the DL and play above what they've played. They need Saunders to be a good player. They need rookies in the secondary to come on and play well.
Here's another thing, so does every other team. The Raiders have a god awful OL and a HC who has a history of not being so well. Denver brought in a new HC and QB and lost some defensive parts and the Chargers are the Chargers. They've had a great offseason. |
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