Race for the one seed

[Hammock Parties]

DEAL WITH IT

[O.city]

Originally Posted by philfree

That's some screwed up shit. Putting three conference games one which is a division matchup that close together at the end of the season was a terrible idea. At this point all three of those games could be super important with post season implications. We need to keep winning so when we reach that part of the schedule those games don't matter so much.

I was wrong, it's Browns/Texans/Steelers

12/15
12/21
12/25

So you've got 3 games in 10 days

[Monticore]

Originally Posted by O.city

Well...yeah I would.

We play Sat-Wednesday-Sunday

I'd tread lightly on that.

Ya no way we win all three we might lose 2

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by -King-

We'll probably have some wtf loss at some point to make this all moot but it's extremely hard to look at the schedule and not think 17-0 is possible.

I'm trying not to think about it, but it's hard, especially when you think about if the offense figures itself out...

The Chiefs history in the Mahomes era says we will lose one maybe two games that we had no business losing. We are not going 17-0. Not with this team minus our two best receivers and RB out already.

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by O.city

I was wrong, it's Browns/Texans/Steelers

12/15
12/21
12/25

So you've got 3 games in 10 days

Rest the starters for the Browns game maybe? Depends on the record at that time but it's a bullshit schedule if there ever was one.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by O.city

I was wrong, it's Browns/Texans/Steelers

12/15
12/21
12/25

So you've got 3 games in 10 days

That's still screwed up and it funks up the last four games of the season. If we were to go all in on those three games and we end up with the #1 seed I guess that could set us up with a throw away game in week 18 giving us essentially a double bye week to start the playoffs. I guess that could be the silver lining. The guys we rest in week 18 would actually have a the least 18 days of rest going into the playoffs. That's enough time to heal some injuries as well. The only downside could be sitting to long between games.

[Gary Cooper]

Originally Posted by philfree

That's still screwed up and it funks up the last four games of the season. If we were to go all in on those three games and we end up with the #1 seed I guess that could set us up with a throw away game in week 18 giving us essentially a double bye week to start the playoffs. I guess that could be the silver lining.

That's why we need these two loss teams (Buffalo/Houston/Pittsburgh) and maybe even Baltimore to lose at least one additional game before December. That way, the Chiefs could drop two games in December/January and still finish as top seed. If we have all these injuries now, how many guys get hurt playing 3 games in 10 days?

[ThrobProng]

Originally Posted by O.city

I was wrong, it's Browns/Texans/Steelers

12/15
12/21
12/25

So you've got 3 games in 10 days

The NFLPA should absolutely revolt against scheduling like this. **** that. Hell, the owners should too.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by Gary Cooper

That's why we need these two loss teams (Buffalo/Houston/Pittsburgh) and maybe even Baltimore to lose at least one additional game before December. That way, the Chiefs could drop two games in December/January and still finish as top seed. If we have all these injuries now, how many guys get hurt playing 3 games in 10 days?

I edited my post and added this:

"The guys we rest in week 18 would actually have a the least 18 days of rest going into the playoffs. That's enough time to heal some injuries as well. The only downside could be sitting to long between games."

[O.city]

Yeah it sucks, that's what I was saying about the undefeated stuff.

If you are undefeated going into that, you gotta think big picture a bit.

[smithandrew051]

With the rest of this schedule, really hard to see us not taking the 1 seed if we beat Buffalo.

Sure, they look good at times and have an easy schedule. I’m not sold that they’re all that good.

They looked bad against two good teams. Blew out a few bad teams. Barely beat Arizona and the Jets.

I think we win that one as of now.

[bshmerlie]

As fans we dream about big things. An undefeated season and winning a three peat at the Super Bowl are at the top of the list. But let's be real. The statistical chance of doing one or both of those things is almost impossible. In reality the Chiefs are gonna lose 3-4 games this season and that's okay. The chances are also likely that all the other good teams are also going to at least lose one or two more games as well. I just want the number one seed. We need the extra bye week to get healthy. We need to remember our backups didn't do well in the preseason. We need our starters if we want the three peat Super Bowl win. If the undefeated season happens great but if not no biggie. I just don't think this team is capable of doing both. One maybe with a little luck but asking for both is just a fan dream.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by bshmerlie

As fans we dream about big things. An undefeated season and winning a three peat at the Super Bowl are at the top of the list. But let's be real. The statistical chance of doing one or both of those things is almost impossible. In reality the Chiefs are gonna lose 3-4 games this season and that's okay. The chances are also likely that all the other good teams are also going to at least lose one or two more games as well. I just want the number one seed. We need the extra bye week to get healthy. We need to remember our backups didn't do well in the preseason. We need our starters if we want the three peat Super Bowl win. If the undefeated season happens great but if not no biggie. I just don't think this team is capable of doing both. One maybe with a little luck but asking for both is just a fan dream.

Do you want to be added to the traitors thread? Keep dooming.

[philfree]

As a fan this is great stuff to discuss on a Tuesday but as the week goes on we just need to beat the ****in Raiders as the next step in our quest for greatness.