Buffalo will play host to the Chiefs, and there’s an excellent probability that the Payments are the very last thing standing between Kansas Metropolis and an ideal 17-0 season.
With a victory, the Chiefs would possibly as properly take into account themselves 12-0, because the Carolina Panthers and Las Vegas Raiders await them in Weeks 12 and 13, respectively. Kansas Metropolis might be examined down the stretch as a consequence of 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 towards the Cleveland Browns? That’ll be a win, too.
Working 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.
Understanding that perfection could be very a lot inside attain for Kansas Metropolis is a tough capsule to swallow. We hear about this group 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 turned the primary group to finish an undefeated common season because the New England Patriots did so in the course of the 2007 marketing campaign.
One can solely marvel how the league would tie Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift to the 17-0 document.
Nicely, if Buffalo doesn’t win on Sunday, we’re all certain 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 successful streak, however all three victories got here towards low-level competitors; the Texans have been on a gradual decline for almost a month, the Broncos don’t have the expertise to get the job accomplished, and we’d think about the Steelers will fade sooner or later with Russell Wilson underneath heart.
Pittsburgh has to, proper?
Don’t have any concern, 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 group has ever managed to win three Tremendous Bowls in a row, and that’s not going to vary this season. You could possibly even argue that going 17-0 would possibly damage 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 strain of following up an undefeated marketing campaign with one other championship.
On the finish of the day, taking dwelling the Lombardi Trophy is what actually issues. That New England group 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 would possibly discover themselves in that very same predicament in the event that they put an excessive amount of emphasis on chasing perfection.
