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Kansas City Chiefs: Still the NFL Team to Beat in 2024
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12/3/2024
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Um, we were talking about earlier, the fact that, uh, you know, I don't care about, you
00:11
know, the chiefs locks going to run out one of these days and in these upcoming days in
00:17
these upcoming scheduled games that they have, I don't give a rat's ass about even Christmas
00:24
day against the Steelers because it's meaningless.
00:27
All that matters is week two of the divisional semis is that's when it hits that they lose
00:34
at Arrowhead in one of their one score games.
00:38
And then if it's not, then it's the next week in the AFC championship game.
00:43
I need it to end one of those two weekends, otherwise we're going to have to go down and
00:49
eat fish and talk about them again for a third straight year.
00:52
And that makes me sick to my stomach.
00:54
Yeah, I agree with you, Scott.
00:56
I think the, the people that are assuming that the demise of the Kansas city chiefs
01:00
has begun for real because they're winning closely are delusional.
01:05
You can also make the argument that they're beat up, banged up, that they've had a million
01:09
injuries and they're still winning football games and you know, they're going to dial
01:14
it up a notch.
01:15
There's a different level, right?
01:16
There's a different level in the playoffs, specifically at the coaching position.
01:23
And you know, Andy Reid's going to dial it up.
01:25
You know, Spagnola is going to dial it up in a 60 game setting.
01:28
So they're like the wicked witch of the West, Scott.
01:30
And I know this new wicked movie is a smash success, but that's who the Kansas city chiefs
01:35
are.
01:36
They're the wicked witch of the West.
01:37
And until you finish them off and they're gone, they're not gone.
01:42
Like they're not done.
01:43
This doesn't matter, but it does matter, Scott, that you try to knock them off the perch at
01:47
least that they don't have home field.
01:50
I don't think anybody, like even if I was a Buffalo bills, I'm not going to feel good
01:53
about going in Arrowhead and a conference championship game.
01:56
You've got to at least, at least get them on the road and give yourselves a better chance.
02:03
But I'm with you, Scott, until they're beat, bro.
02:05
I mean, no one thinks they're ever going to win Scott.
02:07
And even in the past years, they're not very good.
02:09
They're not going to win this and that.
02:12
And they find ways and they find ways in a playoff.
02:14
So I'm with you.
02:15
The chiefs are still the team to beat.
02:17
Let's not kid ourselves.
02:18
You got the chiefs, you got the bills, you got the Steelers.
02:22
Team's starting to fade a little bit.
02:24
I don't think the Chargers will be a fun team to play in a playoff, Scott, but let's not
02:28
kid ourselves, guys.
02:29
The Kansas City Chiefs are the team to beat in the National Football League still.
02:34
This isn't college football where we're judging like style points, guys.
02:38
It's different.
02:39
This is pro football.
02:41
The chiefs are the team to beat.
02:42
I agree with you.
02:43
And then, I mean, like, look, those are, you know, Denver would be a playoff team right
02:49
now.
02:50
Houston is going to be a playoff team.
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Baltimore and then the three Kings, which are Kansas City, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.
02:58
Of all those teams, you watched, you know, Denver last night, Bo Nix, that defense, Sertan.
03:06
My guess would be they would not have a home game, but they would have to go on the road.
03:10
Do you consider the Chargers and Broncos and Ravens?
03:15
Now, I've already seen the Ravens live.
03:17
The Steelers beat them.
03:18
I went to the game.
03:20
All they do is lose big games lately, if you haven't noticed.
03:22
So, of all those teams, who's got the best shot of surviving with Kansas City, Buffalo,
03:29
and Pittsburgh?
03:30
None of them.
03:31
I say none of them.
03:32
No, you know what the thing is, Scott, I think, I don't want to sound cliche, but I think
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you would agree with this.
03:37
In a modern NFL, anybody can kind of beat anybody.
03:40
So, when you're talking about like the Broncos, the Chargers, the Texans of the world, although
03:45
I don't think much of the Texans this year, like it wouldn't shock me if they won a playoff
03:52
game, right?
03:53
I mean, they can win a wild card game, but I don't see the Broncos being able to string
03:56
together three games, as you stated.
03:59
As it is now, Scott, the Broncos, if it held true, if the Chiefs hung on to the top seed
04:04
and the Bills hung on to the second seed, it would be Denver at Buffalo.
04:09
It would be Denver at Buffalo in the playoffs.
04:12
I'm not going to dismiss them, but I think the Buffalo Bills would win, but I don't think
04:16
the Chargers or the Broncos or the Texans have three games in them, Scott.
04:19
You know what I mean?
04:20
Where they're going to get that hot, where it's like, all right, look, we won this game,
04:24
we won that game, now we're going to go on the road and win the conference championship
04:26
game.
04:27
I don't see that happening, but I think they're legitimately dangerous.
04:31
And you know, if you ask me, Scott, you get into a 60-minute setting, you know, the Broncos
04:37
are a load, bro, and so are the Chargers.
04:40
You know, to me, because of the coaching, coaching matters in the playoffs, guys.
04:43
You have a week to prepare for these games, and coaches can really come up with some stuff,
04:48
and we see the difference of great coaching in past years in the playoffs.
04:53
Sean Payton's won a Super Bowl before, Sean Payton's coached in big playoff games before.
04:57
So you give him a week to prepare for a team, he's going to come up with some kinks and
05:02
some tweaks, and similar with Harbaugh, Harbaugh's been in a Super Bowl, Harbaugh's won a national
05:07
championship.
05:08
You get into a 60-minute game with Harbaugh, and he's just going to want to bleed that
05:12
clock and shorten the game.
05:14
So I don't think they're going to be a lot of fun to play, Scott, so, and in fact, let's
05:17
keep it on this theme.
05:18
I think the Chargers, we're going to find out a hell of a lot this Sunday night about
05:22
both teams.
05:23
I think the Chargers can go into Kansas City and actually beat them.
05:26
In past years, guys, even with that clown Staley as their coach, they used to hang around.
05:32
The Chargers have always competed with the Kansas City Chiefs.
05:36
And now you've got Harbaugh rolling in here.
05:39
They can run the ball.
05:40
Obviously, they've got injuries right now with Dobbins, but L.A. played good defense,
05:45
Scott.
05:46
Smash Mouth, Big Ten-style football team.
05:48
That's going to be a close game.
05:49
I like the Chargers plus the points, and let's see if the Chargers can knock them off.
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