Comments on: The Next Episode

By: Harold C.

Harold C. — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:36:06 +0000

ED…..you should have said “Indplschiefsfan Bob didn’t write this piece Enrique Siu did okay his name is listed below the article heading.”

Not “Guys”. Indplschiefsfan is the only one who called it Bob’s piece.

And I did not miss the point of the piece….I simply think it is silly to think that if the Chiefs lose that the reason would be because they are overconfident making it a trap game. Not enough winning has occurred to think these guys could think that they are all of a sudden a super duper win machine team and then get shocked by the Chargers and lose. The idea is laughable. If the Chiefs lose it is simply because they did not play well enough against a superior team. If the Chiefs win then you can say that the Chiefs getting better.

By: ED

ED — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:33:39 +0000

Guys Bob didn’t write this piece Enrique Siu did okay his name is listed below the article heading. Everything else you said I agree with. The Chiefs just have to remember had bad it felt to lose to Chargers at home and carry that feeling into this game. Play with a chip on their shoulder.

By: Indplschiefsfan

Indplschiefsfan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:13:39 +0000

I think you both are missing the point of Bob’s piece. No, the Chiefs are not the team the Chargers are, or the Steelers or any of the other cream at the top of the NFL. The point here — this being a trap game for the Chiefs — is on whether or not the Chiefs can continue to compete at the level they did against the Steelers. The pundits may very well say the Steelers game was a fluke if the Chiefs get blown out today. Pundits will say whatever is easiest for them to say. I think Bob is making the point — and I concur — that it will be very easy for the Chiefs to swagger into Qualcomm thinking they’ve “arrived”, and then get stomped into the San Diego turf. And lose any confidence, any sense of accomplishment, they may have acquired over the last couple of weeks of play and practice. In effect, Bob has very wordily stated the basic principle of the NFL — your most important game is the one you play today.

The Chiefs are at a very fragile and vulnerable point right now in their quest to become one of the best again. They won a game on the road, to a team who wrapped the game up in a pretty bow for them. Then, followed it up with a no question about it hard fought victory over a very good team at home. They MUST follow it up with, at the very least, a competitive game on the road against a very good divisional opponent. If the Chargers spank them today due to poor play by the Chiefs, any gains over the last few weeks will be lost, and it will be back to square one again. That is why this is a “trap game” for the Chiefs.

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By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:10:34 +0000

The Chargers are a superior team, but so were the Steelers. The Steelers came in missing their best defensive player and lost when their best offensive player was knocked out of the game.
The Chargers don’t have those absences.
The Chiefs must certainly have had a confidence boost; combined with LJ’s departure, that makes the locker room a lot more fun.
Todd Haley will do everything he believes to be necessary to keep the team grounded for the Chargers, but the veterans may well also be spreading the word to the younger players to keep things in perspective.
We’ll soon see.

By: Harold C.

Harold C. — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:08:31 +0000

I don’t think the Chiefs have won enough games for this to be a “trap game” for the Chiefs. They are still viewed as a poor team. Yes a team that beat the Steelers but still a poor team. If the Chiefs lose to the Chargers everybody will say that the Steelers game was a fluke…a game that the Steelers gave away. If the Chiefs beat the Chargers then people will begin to open their eyes and say…”hey….maybe these Chiefs are becoming a better team after all”. Yes there has been some excitement after the Steelers game….but I don’t think most people actually believe the Chiefs are good enough to beat the Chargers. Thus…..I don’t think it is realistic to call this a trap game for the Chiefs. I would say it is a game that can be used to measure where the Chiefs are at….nothing more.