Twas a lovely feel good moment for a fan base that has been kicked in the nads so often for the last quarter century and beyond, really. And to do it against the team that has grinded their hopes down into an ashy paste under their jackboots won’t soon be forgotten. Are they emotionally spent though? For the non-answer to this and other questions, read below…
TO THE GAME!
Browns/Chiefs:
-Hey, good luck to HC Stefanski, coaching his very first playoff game. As far as harbingers of good fortune, I Preifer someone else.
-Chubb should be able to impose his will. He’s had 100 yards from scrimmage the last three games and scored in the last 6 of 7. And that KC run D is nothing to be afeared of.
-Tyreek is all set up to dominate-he has the most deep TD passes caught (8) this year and the Browns have given up the 3rd most (11) long scores. Though they do get back secondary starters in Ward and Johnson. Pro Bowler Bitonio is back to protect his Baker as well.
-Folks rightly point out that the Browns o-line is elite (although 4 dudes are questionable for this one) but t’udder side has allowed only 3 opposing rb’s to run for more than 65 yards this year. So maybe temper your expectations for CEH (also listed as questionable) or Bell or Williams or Thompson.
-“Just Win, Patty!” After a blowout of the Jetskis back in week 8, the Chiefs largest margin of victory was a 6 point trouncing of the Broncos.
-The Rich Get Richer: The Chiefs hit it big in the 4th round of the draft when they landed cb L’Jarius Sneed, who became an instant starter in the secondary and on special teams. Needless to say, when a scouting staff can find gems in later rounds a team’s overall depth improves dramatically.
-You’d think that the Browns would need a defensive turnover or two to keep pace with the opposition but it’s highly unlikely they’ll get the 4 picks that they generated last week-Mahomes has but 6 for the year.
-Sleeping With Bieniemy: The Chiefs OC has been pegged (damn!) by the Eagles as an HC candidate and/or a Rooney Rule checkmark.
Scribble your kibble in the comments.
Cleveland just pissed away a timeout.
Cleveland has just burned a timeout.
Stupid challenge.
Andys playbook went from Cheesecake Factory menu to deal a meal choices
What was the line on this game?
Think chiefs have 9.5
I think 6.5
“At least 7, maybe more.”
-Michael Irvin
HAHAHAHAHA! I can’t believe the Universe actually took the bait and contradicted my “Mahomes will be back” prediction! Sucker! Stupid universe…
[is hit by a meteor]
just because god has it out for me doesn’t mean he can’t multitask.
i wouldn’t tempt fate
Marty schottenheimer’s fingerprints are all over this game
The Lake Erie Prophecy lives.
Mahomes has been foreclosed for the remainder of this game.
He’s been sent to an upState Farm where he can play freely.
How will things go wrong this time?
Quite a catch there!
Anyone else seeing a KC 25-CLE 23 final score?
Some real urgency with this clock management
Still have 3 timeouts and will have to get a defensive stop regardless.
Chad Henne is now the QB, so very possible.
Did the Browns enter a Game Genie code for eight quarter games?
I’m going to make a pineapple upside down cake. I am old skool!
Yum!
I tried something different, pineapple bundt cake with pineapple glaze. Will let you know how it turns out!
I have plenty of groceries left, but am so bored with my own cooking that I feel compelled to order in. I’m thinking Japanese curry….
Andy Reid will be right over
Going with Brokeback for one of my playoffs-long fantasy picks is looking better and better
browns showing absolutely zero urgency.
Bold strategy to use your Chubb so much before the big finish.
May lead to some premature celebration?
It’ll probably be all right; 33 years later I hardly remember my prom.
In a game like this where I don’t have a real cheering interest, I am always hoping for the 4th down attempt to succeed and be rewarded.
Every nipple in Buffalo must be enstiffened right now.
Looking into the Defense Production Act to increase the supply of folding tables.
Reiterating my prediction: if the Browns score a touchdown on this drive, Mahomes will pass his evaluation.
“Turns out it’s just an inner ear injury, no big deal”
They’ll give the Doctor a concussion first before letting them evaluate Mahomes
Trump’s former doctor just died, so the Chiefs are on the phone with the Chargers to see if they’ve got a guy they can recommend.
Trump’s other doctor is now a Congressman.
Mahomes comes out with the steel chair! Wait no, that would be Buffalo.
Afternoon lizard people. Has this game gotten interesting yet?
The Virgin Mahomes versus the Chad Henne.
Did Tyreek just hallucinate that coach was his kid?
chad henne has been in the league so long that i remember someone’s user name from the old site
I sometimes regret that I put no thought into my KSK/DFO username, and then I remember that if I had, I’d probably have some obscure NFL reference from 10 years ago
Chad Henne Checkdown Clinic!
that’s what it was!
simpler times
If the Browns make a game of this, it will turn out that Mahomes does NOT have a concussion, according to NFL doctors.
Nice inverted DDT.
State Farm will probably disallow an insurance payout on that injury because that type is not covered when you get the Patrick Price.
“Ooh sorry, you’re covered for concussions resulting from helmet to helmet hits, but not helmet to ground hits. See ya.”
Mahomes ded?
Ouch, It looks like his head slammed into the ground there
It looked to me it didn’t somehow. Defender’s arm seemed to hold it up. Dunno.
Might just be the angle in the shot I saw, that and it pretty clearly wasn’t a helmet to helmet so that seems like the only possible head impact
Also looked like a bit of a choke hold in there, may have caused a little grey out.
Yeah. I thought the defender’s arm kept his head from hitting the ground. Not that that’s better: still could be concussed within the helmet and could also be a neck injury now.
Owwie.
….and there goes any chance of a Super Bowl repeat.
The lights are on, but no one’s Mahomes.
Why are there so many insurance commercials during football games? Are other TV shows the same way, or does the insurance industry know something about football fans?
Insurance companies would want to sell to people who are NOT risk takers; so that explains why you never see them advertise on Buffalo games
I think other shows are the same? I suspect insurance is a big advertiser because most people don’t have a ton of “brand loyalty” to their insurance company, so it’s possible to attract new customers, and the benefits of getting someone to switch are pretty big, because you could be cashing their checks for 20+ years.
The funniest for me is watching tennis coverage, in which 90% of the commercials are for brokerage firms, luxury watches, and occasionally even private jet shares.
It’s so weird that tennis remains a rich people sport, it made sense when it first started, but nowadays it’s one of the cheapest sports in terms of equipment
It’s not very space efficient though. You can fit 10 or 20 little brats on a basketball court of the same size
Yeah. Depends where you live, of course. I grew up in a place where we had a publicly-owned club, so even a “tennis club membership” was cheaper than pretty much every other sport by a longshot.
Because of the size of the audience. Geico sells completely through advertising and then you apply on-line; that’s why you’ve never seen a Geico office. The other insurers have to compete with that to make sure they don’t get the business. Insurance is big money: ask Warren Buffett.
I work as an outsourcing for big insurance company. They mail tens of MILLIONS of letters every month. A 1% increase in response is worth a million dollars in revenue, so worth it
Oh God the Jets practice squad what ninthh circle of hell is that
Yes give us a Chubb.
Shades of Marshawn.
We will never know, because Andy Reid would stuff it in his maw as soon as it comes out.
I endorse this post 100%:
NFL Divisional Open Thread: Coaching trees edition – Lawyers, Guns & Money (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
So the toilet overflowed 90 minutes ago. This is fun.
How’s everyone doing?
“So the toilet overflowed 90 minutes ago.” — Chiefs’ locker room attendant
RRRREEEEEIIIIIIDDDDD!!!!!!
Kicking is hard
Those goalposts are badly designed in that they deprived us of a satisfying “doink” sound.
Should sound like a tuning fork when hit
I bet the Nickelodeon broadcast would have set off an airhorn or something.
They had the initimidating Spongebob fill the goal post to jinx then
A Songebob laugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIDBnt5fAE8
I know. Really it should light up like a pachinko machine and shoot slime.
SHANK’HLOR WILL FEAST THIS WEEKEND!
I really shouldn’t mess around with hope, but this is almost exactly how the first half of the Chiefs-Titans game felt a few years ago.
Sooo is Buccs-Saints going to be competitive or …?
fuck, I hope not. Saints by 30 is sommet I would watch from start to finish
Would the Real Cleveland Browns please stand up?
INTERVIEWER: Let’s talk movies. What villain have you hated the most?
ANDY REID: Oh, that’s easy – Chet from Weird Science. He offered Gary a nice greasy pork sandwich, and then didn’t even give it to him! What kind of monster does that?
Honey Badger Ain’t Care
Why doesn’t Tracy Wolfson have that witchwart removed? I don’t like it!
I presume it serves some kind of important biological function, like without it her circulatory system would stop functioning or something.
Think I’d still risk it.
She should grow a mustache andbeard and cover that shit up.
This is such a great game so far. Hopefully KC does better in the second half and really drive that nail in the coffin!
As a Donks homer, I have no idea why I still want y’all to win. Must be because I want Mahomes to shred MRSA Dreamboat’s records.
I think everyone knows the Browns are not that good. Then just showing up to the game is probably what everyone expected.