Buffalo will play host to the Chiefs, and there’s an excellent likelihood that the Payments are the very last thing standing between Kansas Metropolis and an ideal 17-0 season.
With a victory, the Chiefs may as nicely contemplate themselves 12-0, because the Carolina Panthers and Las Vegas Raiders await them in Weeks 12 and 13, respectively. Kansas Metropolis will likely be examined down the stretch attributable to conferences with the Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Denver Broncos, however it has already downed two of these groups this season, so we nonetheless like its possibilities.
And oh yeah, the Chiefs’ recreation on Dec. 15 in opposition to the Cleveland Browns? That’ll be a win, too.
Operating again Isiah Pacheco gained’t be again this week for Kansas Metropolis, however he’s nearing a return after fracturing his fibula in Week 2. Huge receiver DeAndre Hopkins has additionally been a seamless match within the offense, hauling in 12 receptions for 142 yards and two touchdowns over the previous two video games.
The Chiefs are by some means solely getting higher.
Realizing that perfection could be very a lot inside attain for Kansas Metropolis is a tough capsule to swallow. We hear about this crew greater than sufficient on a weekly foundation, and mainstream media seemingly hasn’t mentioned a nasty phrase about it in nearly 10 years.
Simply think about what we’d be force-fed if the Chiefs grew to become the primary crew to finish an undefeated common season for the reason that New England Patriots did so throughout the 2007 marketing campaign.
One can solely surprise how the league would tie Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift to the 17-0 report.
Properly, if Buffalo doesn’t win on Sunday, we’re all sure to seek out out.
Of the groups Kansas Metropolis nonetheless has to face, the Payments have the most effective shot of tagging the Chiefs with their first loss in our eyes. The Chargers are on a three-game profitable streak, however all three victories got here in opposition to low-level competitors; the Texans have been on a gradual decline for practically a month, the Broncos don’t have the expertise to get the job executed, and we’d think about the Steelers will fade in some unspecified time in the future with Russell Wilson underneath heart.
Pittsburgh has to, proper?
Haven’t any worry, although, NFL followers. Irrespective of how the Chiefs end the common season, they gained’t be going all the way in which within the playoffs.
No crew has ever managed to win three Tremendous Bowls in a row, and that’s not going to alter this season. You possibly can even argue that going 17-0 may harm Kansas Metropolis in the long term. Certain, the Chiefs are battle-tested and have confirmed that they’ve what it takes to win on the league’s greatest stage, however we don’t know the way they’d reply to the added stress of following up an undefeated marketing campaign with one other championship.
On the finish of the day, taking residence the Lombardi Trophy is what actually issues. That New England crew again in 2007 had 18 wins and only one loss—the Tremendous Bowl—and that one loss made it get misplaced in historical past.
And the Chiefs may discover themselves in that very same predicament in the event that they put an excessive amount of emphasis on chasing perfection.