Facing Reality: The Chiefs Will Not Make the Playoffs

by Chris Thorman on Nov 28, 2007 8:15 AM CST in 2007 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

I know we're only two games out of first place but doesn't it feel like about five? Four straight losses will do that to your psyche.

Team	Rec	Mean Wins	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	DIV	BYE	WC	TOT
SD	6-5	9.2	0.00%	0.30%	13.50%	69.50%	0.00%	1.30%	83.40%	0.30%	1.40%	84.80%
DEN	5-6	7.3	0.00%	0.00%	0.50%	12.00%	0.00%	2.90%	12.50%	0.00%	2.90%	15.50%
KC	4-7	6.1	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	3.90%	0.00%	0.20%	3.90%	0.00%	0.20%	4.10%
OAK	3-8	4.4	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

We didn't really need Football Outsiders to tell us that the Chiefs aren't going to make the playoffs but here are the odds anyway. The numbers across the top refer to playoff seeds and the TOT at the end refers to the chances of a team getting any playoff spot. Forget about a wild card spot. The Chiefs would need to overtake the Chargers and win the division to make it in.

This brings up an interesting quandry. While I'll always cheer for the Chiefs to win each and every game, does the lack of a playoff chase change your view of what direction the team should take the rest of the season? Are we still playing to win each game (or not to lose in Herm's case) no matter what? Or are we still trying to win but with our eyes looking towards next year?

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Not to be overly optimistic

but let's see those percentages after we beat the Chargers on Sunday (ours wont go up much but I bet theirs drops a lot)...but no way do you stop trying to win to get a better draft pick just because you have nearly no chance of making the playoffs. Once we are absolutely definitively eliminated from the post-season, ala the Faiders, then we can start the quandry talk.

by PVChiefsfan on Nov 28, 2007 9:51 AM CST reply actions

You don't stop trying to win...

But you play some young guys to get the the experience they need and to see what you really have. If you lose a few more games and move up in the draft, so be it.
I'd like to see what Brackenridge and Patterson can offer at corner.

by Bill Grigsbys Cirrhosis on Nov 28, 2007 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

We are already seeing Brackenridge

and Sapp in there fairly often...if Patterson gets thrown in too, great.

by PVChiefsfan on Nov 28, 2007 1:17 PM CST up reply actions

might as well start Tyler & McBride as well

and Herb Taylor. The offensive line can't get much worse, and I think Boone & Edwards may be slowing down anyway

by sm7600 on Nov 28, 2007 2:05 PM CST reply actions

And hell yeah play Herb Taylor!

he could be asleep and play better than Chris Terry

by PVChiefsfan on Nov 28, 2007 2:49 PM CST up reply actions

Tank & Turk

have both been rotating in and are probably playing almost as much as Edwards (the fat one, not the great one or the coach one). I think Tank will continue to see more time as he improves his technique, he is the run stopping boulder we need in the middle. Turk is really an end, and has only been playing tackle on 3rd and long situations. Anybody else think we have a shot at drafting Dorsey with our first pick next year? Man would that be a line...Hali, Tyler, Dorsey, Allen (young too...as of next season they would be 3rd year, 2nd year, rookie, 4th year).

by PVChiefsfan on Nov 28, 2007 2:48 PM CST reply actions