Chiefs fans, I’m here to give you some advice.
You are now public enemy number one. You went from the lovable underdog who was going to dethrone a dynasty to the dynasty everyone is trying to dethrone.
With that comes the haters and losers who will take anything they can get to downplay your accomplishments because they simply can’t wrap their mind around a winning culture and winning players.
Here’s some facts: the Chiefs went 15-1 during the regular season when they played their starters, handled the Texans in the Divisional Round and beat Josh Allen to make it to their third straight Super Bowl. Nobody has even made it to three straight before!
In their last 17 one score games the Chiefs are 17-0.
But… but.. the refs! It’s rigged! The NFL just wants the Chiefs to win! That’s why Buffalo didn’t win! Waaaah!
I don’t even like the Chiefs. I’m not rooting for them. In fact, I’m rooting against them because I selfishly don’t want to see the Patriots Dynasty get upstaged.
I can however respect greatness. And I see jealousy from a mile away.
After all, it was the same tune with the Patriots. It was something new every week. Spygate. Deflategate. The refs are protecting Brady. The Jesse James drop (that, by the rules, was a drop), Myles Jack (probably wasn’t) down. It goes on and on and on.
That’s just what happens when you win. Others can’t process it and have to find any excuse to not just give credit where credit is due.
Maybe, just maybe, when you get all these “calls” that go your way in big moments, you’re doing something right to constantly be in those big moments. It’s almost like when you win as much as the Chiefs do you get more attention and games in the spotlight, thus making every opponent or referee mistake that much more public and heightened.
And I’m not some referee apologist here. The refs screw plenty up and for the most part, just need to stay out of the way in the big games and only call the obvious ones.
But to say last night was on the refs? The Bills were 1-for-5 on tush push plays with a 250 pound quarterback! That’s not to mention the elite running back behind him.
Nantz and Romo were even calling the Bills out for only sneaking to the left! Hey dip shit McDermott, if those guys know it was coming, where do you think they got it from? After the third time it failed, don’t you think they’d try to change things up? Like maybe instead of taking a step to the left before plunging forward just plunge forward when it’s fourth and two inches?
Even if he picked up the first down, it wasn’t by much. The way this play is being talked about is like he cleared it by four yards. He picked it up by maybe half a yard, at most. I’m honestly not even sure with the camera angles if he got the line to gain anyway.
But just say he did and the Bills go down and score. What next? You’re leading by one with 13:01 to go in the fourth and have the ball at the Chiefs 41.
Even if you score, did anyone think Mahomes wasn’t scoring the next two possessions? The Bills defense made one play in the red zone (the Jordan Phillips sack that forced the field goal) but other than that, the Buffalo defense provided no resistance in the fourth. KC got whatever it wanted, including two first downs on four plays when it was trying to run clock.
That’s not even going into McDermott chasing points by going for two in the SECOND QUARTER or the Bills and Josh Allen getting the ball back with 3:33 to play down three and turning it after the Spags blitz call in the condensed formation that the Bills didn’t see coming.
Some franchises are cursed. Some are just losers. The Buffalo Bills happen to be both.
Did the refs miss some calls? Do the Chiefs get some bounces? Sure. But if you want to beat the champs, you better come in and throw a hard power punch. Buffalo never did that and that’s why they’re 0-4 against Mahomes in the postseason.
(PS Go Eagles)