NFL 2024-25 Season

[Vyn]

After getting roundly stomped by the Bills last weekend, today saw The Chiefs dominate the field against a lesser opponent in a manner suited to a 2-time Super Bowl championship winning team that is on track for number three in a row.

Until the 4th quarter, when the Chiefs' defense decided to stay on the bench and let the Panthers do whatever they wanted. And if that wasn't enough, the refs called the Chiefs on multiple impactful penalties - pass interference at least three times and personal fouls at least twice (in the five minutes). Maybe more. The Panthers ended up forcing OT, which somehow the Chiefs managed to prevail.

So, now at 10-1, but man are they RICKETY.

[Zzzptm]

It's like an old school Ric Flair wrestling title defense. You think the old man's done and dusted and then WHAMMO the Nature Boy comes out of nowhere with a controversial finishing move because the ref didn't see he had a loaded boot or his manager did the chairing or something like that.

If KC does the three-peat, that Super Bowl is gonna be so close. I'm liking that.

[Vyn]

I hope they manage to get it. Not just because they're my default team, but because it is such a monumental thing to accomplish and I'd like to be alive when someone finally managers to do it.

IF the Chiefs pull off three in a row, the city of Kansas City will party so hard that the entire country is going to go into an economic downturn because nothing will be getting done for a month in a ten county area.

[Zzzptm]

Would like to see that.

[Vyn]

Much like the Cowboys yesterday, the KC Chiefs won their most recent game. They played the Raiders at Arrowhead stadium, held the lead for most of the game, trailed by two points all through the 4th, and I'll let you guess what happened at the end.

[Zzzptm]

Magic and Unicorn Happiness put them ahead to win the game.

[Vyn]

I will give the announcers credit: they only mentioned Travis Kelce's girlfriend being at the game one time. And even then, the producers cut to a shot of her celebrating a "no look lateral" that Kelce tossed to a teammate as he himself was being tackled. It was a good play, and I didn't think the hoopla or shot of her was out of line. They didn't even comment on her, just showed her, in among shots of other folks too. So, well played all around.

You pegged the ending Z!

[Zzzptm]

If KC wins the Super Bowl by one point in the last seconds of the game, I will slow-clap their performance for a good, long while. More than any other team this year, they're showing that winning is... winning. No need to complain about "ugly wins" that are still wins, that is what I learn this year.

[Vyn]

Hahaha, that is for sure.

They have individual sparks of genius here and there. But, seriously, they suck as a team this season.

[Vyn]

Chiefs vs Bills

AFC Championship Game

Today

The Bills always win against the Chiefs during the regular season. They are 0-4 against the Chiefs in playoff matches.

Will this be the year that the Bills finally breakout of the SuperBowl freeze out Mahomes locked them in when he joined the NFL?

Or will the Chiefs be one step closer to the three-peat?

One thing I think is for certain - if KC does not win today Taylor Swift's boyfriend will retire from the NFL. But if they win, and especially if they pull off the 3 SuperBowl wins in a row, I think he'll stay. I mean, why not go for FOUR Super Bowls in a row? Who would bail on a chance for that kind of thing?

[Zzzptm]

AFC Champeenship gonna be lit, as the kids say.

Meanwhile, Jerry Jones recently hired Whatshisname as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. This is a team that is not getting past the Wild Card round, if it makes it to the playoffs, so long as Jerry Jones is involved in its affairs.

[Vyn]

I was surprised Jones hired Schottenheimerschmidt rather than any of the tried and true, big name head coaches that were in play. You know, those guys who have been successful as actual head coaches?

Jerry clearly knows something others do not. In the same way a schizophrenic sees and hears things no one else does.

[Vyn]

32-29 Chiefs.


Looks the the Eagles and the Chiefs in this seasons Superbowl. Sunday, Feb. 9th!

That's was a good game and I think KC looked more like a SB-worthy team than they have since this season's start!

[Zzzptm]

Regarding the Cowboys: One thing we know is that Kellen Moore did not use very much of the 3 hours the league permitted him to interview for the HC spot. McCarthy also walked out early. It's a sign that they didn't want the job as offered, and they didn't want to waste time trying to change Jerry's mind. Nobody wants this job, I think, and Whatshisname just took it for the same reasons I would... damn, that's a crazy pay bump and I can ride that out until it crashes and then be pretty much set for retirement, if I live within modest means.

***

Chiefs looked STRONG yesterday and the Bills were giving it their all, as well. Coaches in Philly are studying footage of Hunt and coaches in KC are watching the frame-by-frame on Saquon Barkley... Just as KC definitely looks SB-worthy, so do the Eagles. I look forward to this grand final matchup for all the 2024 marbles.

[Vyn]

Agree, this should be a good match up!

I hadn't heard about Moore and McCarthy bailing early like that. Interesting. Jones sure has created a horrid culture when no one want to work for the guy anymore. And I think you're right about Schottenpuffnstuff taking the big career jump for no other reason. They guy was not on anyone's HC role list, at all, so he probably did jump all over it when the Cowboys called.

Worst case scenario, he makes bank. Best case, he shows he has skills and makes the permanent switch to "head coach" and can go to any other team should the need arise.

But damn, why does Jerry Jones have to be so...Jerry Jones 24/7.