Arrowhead Pride
In our “Let’s Argue” series, our Mark Gunnels considers the hot takes, wacky predictions and unpopular opinions of Kansas City Chiefs fans from all over the world.
As long as Patrick Mahomes is the team’s quarterback, I’ll never go along with the Chiefs missing the playoffs.
Mahomes is not going to play forever, so you have to maximize every single year — especially this season, when teams like the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts are the AFC’s top three seeds.
That is not to say these are not good teams — because they are — but they are all inexperienced in January.
And let’s not forget: whether or not Kansas City makes the playoffs, general manager Brett Veach can still make significant offseason moves. After Super Bowl LV, he totally revamped the offensive line.
Well… I don’t believe the Chiefs would think this has been “fun.“ At 5-5, they’re on the outside looking in. There’s nothing ”fun” about that.
But everything is still in front of them. If they win out, they will make the playoffs.
This is not to say it will be an easy task. They still have to play the Colts, Broncos, Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers.
I couldn’t disagree with this more.
Yes… Kansas City is 5-5 — and things look pretty bleak. But we should keep things in perspective.
Every one of the Chiefs’ losses has been by a single score — the complete opposite of last season.
It all comes down to attention to detail. There’s always an untimely penalty — or Mahomes commits a turnover at the absolute worst time.
These things are correctable — and with the season essentially on the line this Sunday, I would expect to see a very focused group at Arrowhead.
This is a bit too strong for my liking.
Earlier this week, head coach Andy Reid appeared to unintentionally call out Mahomes about RPO play-calls “turning into passes.”
If Reid truly wants to run the ball more, it would make sense to call hard running plays instead of RPOs
Are there times Mahomes disagrees with a play call from Reid?
Absolutely.
At the same time, I still believe there is tremendous trust between these two guys. They have only won three Super Bowls together.
No biggie.
