Your Chiefs/Raiders Open Thread

Welcome, welcome. Here begins the final week of yet another season. There were highs and there were lows and also some wonderful in-betweens. Let’s go over all of them-kidding!

To The Game!

Chiefs/Raiders:

-Kelce needs but one TD to become the first tight end to reach 10,000 yards and 70 scores within his first ten years in the league.

-A High-Scoring Affair?: Both teams are tied for 30th with respect to the opposing team’s QBR stat. (55.0) As well, both are in the bottom ten in the category of the other team’s completion percentage and TD/INT ratio,

-The Raiders are close to sewing up the 7th overall pick in this year’s draft. After compensatory picks are handed out it is estimated they will have a bushel of them (10-12) which would come in handy if they decided to move up to get one of those studly qb’s on offer.

-With a win the Chiefs will get the beloved #1 seed.

-They lead the league in points scored and have only been held below 20 once. It was against the mighty Indy Colts. Speaking of, the offense has bogged down recently and Townsend the punter has been put to work 15 times in the last three games. He punted 15 times total in the six games preceding the last three.

-More Firepower?: Mecole Hardman returns to the lineup after being on Injured Reserve. Prior to ending up there he had four TD’s in just two games. He will likely be eased into the lineup today though.

-In games where Vegas has a halftime lead they were outscored 113-32. They are the first team to blow five double digit leads in a single season. It would seem that a certain head coach is shy about making adjustments or maybe the adjustments he’s making are dead wrong.

Enjoy the tilt.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“That’s why I created the Metaverse!” – Mark Zuckerberg

Senor Weaselo

Meanwhile, at HQ:
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Doktor Zymm

I am stealth teaching people I talk to about football irl elements of Hippoese

herodotus450

why was he on TSN though, did he go to a hockey game or something?

Doktor Zymm

Almost an hour till next game, time for a Letterkenny

Downfield Matriculator

On to Wichita for the Chiefs

litre_cola

Bus ride?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

No real surprises today – hopefully Davante didn’t get a head ouchie. Stidham seemed perfectly capable moving the ball, but made enough mistakes that hopefully he won’t be too expensive to keep around.

Doktor Zymm

I’ve fallen off a horse and had that whiplash action. I didn’t get a concussion but I did get whiplash

litre_cola

I got a concussion from hitting my head at the resto a month ago. Foggy for a few days and Deci called me a unicorn…

Doktor Zymm

So, instead of this neutral whateve they’ve come up with, why not move all the games up a week and get rid of the week off for the pro bowl?

litre_cola

You had me at get rid of the Pro Bowl.

Dunstan

That was what I had expected them to do.

I think probably the deciding factor was the NFL didn’t want the spectacle of having a weekend with only the Bills-Bengals game on the calendar, which might not even have anything at stake depending on what shakes out this weekend, and which would then make the entire football world’s focus on what had happened.

litre_cola

Just saw the Andy Reid caroUsel play. I love it, and that beautiful rib eatin walrus.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Everything is fine.

Doktor Zymm

At least the score is symmetrical now I guess

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

The one to Waller wasn’t terrible either. The Raiders have moved the ball reasonably well today. Maybe without that RTP on My Friend Maxx and this is a different ballgame.

Gatoraids

Too bad Reid had trained the defense to go in a frenzy around any type of ham

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

If someone was going to get busted at a handjob house, you’d have thought it would be Mark right?

Doktor Zymm

It would be nice if there were two teams playing in this game

Gatoraids

cant believe we re reduced to hoping on DUVAAAAALLL for the game of the day and its not thursday

Doktor Zymm

That actually should be a good game, although it would help if either team was even slightly consistent

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Kind of generous to say the Chiefs are “peaking” after they almost lost to the Texans and had a tough time with the Broncos.

Doktor Zymm

Local maxima can be quite small

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“You’re telling me.” – Deanna Favre

litre_cola

Hi there! I see my KC ATS bet is going well. How is everyone this fine Saturday?

yeah right

Beautiful day if a little chilly. Did serious prep work for tomorrow’s meal and got a good 4 mile walk in. Not too shabby.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Looks like we’re all tied up for uncalled inteference penalties. BEERGH SLEEPS!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Apparently he’s awake.

King Hippo

Did Vegas have a Running of the Bulls mid-week, or why is that turf so fucked up?

Dunstan

They have a semi-regular “Running of the Bandannas,” but that only fucks up the people watching.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Arm punts aren’t really a thing when you’re inside your own 20, Jarrett.

King Hippo

I really wanted HI I’M MARK DAVIS to give him an extension after last weekend

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

There’s zero doubt they’ll want to keep him; the question is how much it’ll cost them.

Cecil Rhodes

My word! How could the National Footballing powers that be make a scheduling decision that favoured the uncivilized native tribes of Kansas! I must inform Captain James Cook that he needs to demand satisfaction!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah, I’m mad about it too. Yet another example of KC’s obscene good luck during the regular season.

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litre_cola

Sir it seems some of our people from the homeland are impersonating the “Indians” from the New World. Something may be afoot.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Not pass interference.”

I mean come on. Even in Raider-o-vision that was absolutely interference.

Doktor Zymm

The pre-Vegas gutting of the team so they would be successful after the move didn’t quite work out as well as they wanted

Doktor Zymm

Chicago is a far superior sports-watching place for me than CA. AV setup is almost equivalent, as is internal alcohol stock, but better seating setup due to larger room and slightly better picture due to having a screen mounted. Plus better delivery options, better bars nearby if I want to go out, and I’ll probably get laid later.

King Hippo

You livin’ right, Dok!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’ve gotten laid in the past, you should do it, it’s fun!

litre_cola

Made 1 baby, once. Can concur.

Doktor Zymm

Ooh, shovely pass!

King Hippo

Damn, I wish I could not admire Mahomes. That was cold-blooded.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah, how do you even stop that? Stay with your guy and he runs it in.

King Hippo

waited a looooong time to commit, defense played it as well as humanly possible

King Hippo

I am impressed they could custom print “Love For Damar” shirts big enough for Reid and Bienemy that goddamned fast.

Gumbygirl

Omar was working overtime.

Doktor Zymm

Modified ponchos

King Hippo

we would also have accepted “circus tents”

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Trying to remind myself that it was only a year ago that the Raiders won their way into the playoffs by beating the Chargers. Pretty sure I won’t be experiencing that level of elation this year.

King Hippo

But teh wing-wang wants what teh wing-wang wants.

King Hippo

Old-Ass Dad Achievement – UNLOCKED!

I sucessfully assembled and hooked up the 50″ teevee box the kids got me for Shitsmas. I had to swap the location of the “long” and “high” dressers so it would fit. My lower back isn’t too awful happy with me, but (i) I have pills for that; and (ii) I didn’t have to ask anyone FOAR help!

Doktor Zymm

Next year I will give your kids my speech about the superiority of projectors

King Hippo

Man, that’s a hard sell for a mammal who still uses a physical GPS unit in his car.

Doktor Zymm

Technically, projectors are older than teevees

Gumbygirl

So what you’re saying is you’re never ever getting out of bed again. I get it!