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Football 2024-2025

Rascally Badger

El Capitan de la outro espacio
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No offence to Steelers fans, but even knowing they've looked like butt for more than a month, Baltimore scares me.

In the last 5 years, the only times I was really worried about the Chiefs going into a playoff game was the Super Bowl vs Tampa, because we were starting 4 back up linemen, and Baltimore last year. I don't want anything to do with the Ravens this year.
 

Kazin

did i do all of that?
(he/him)
I feel lucky to have gotten the Commanders on Saturday, though any given Sunday and all that.

God am I glad we got the 1 seed though, holy crap. Good luck Vikings, if you get to Detroit in the NFCCG it'll be fun. I do hope you take the Eagles out for us...
 

Kazin

did i do all of that?
(he/him)
I've only watched highlights, the two Vikings/Lions games, and this Vikings/Rams game. How the hell did the Vikings get 14 wins this year? Jfc
 

jpfriction

(He, Him)
Decent, occasionally great when the stars align, regular season, followed by a big loss during the wild card game is generally how we roll.

I had honestly written this season off as soon as JJ got hurt so it was a pleasant surprise to watch Darnold work while he was in the swing of things. My gut says they let him go as he was always the second choice, but hopefully they give him another chance.
 

Kazin

did i do all of that?
(he/him)
You want to keep Darnold after the past two weeks? Man, I really did miss something during the Vikings games I didn't watch lmao
 

Rascally Badger

El Capitan de la outro espacio
(He/Him)
For all that he ended the season by turning back into a pumpkin, Darnold was legitimately excellent for most of the season. Someone is going to pay him Baker Mayfield money (seems fair, maybe the Raiders?), but I would guess Minnesota just rolls the dice with JJ and saves the money for other spots.
 

Kazin

did i do all of that?
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I like Goff, but those turnovers are unacceptable in the playoffs. He cost us. Yes, the playcalls (especially that trick play where Jamo threw an INT) were stupid, but honestly this is on Goff. Our defense is destroyed, you don't have to play perfect but you can't play like that.

Gutted.
 

Dark Medusa

Diamond Crusader
(He/they)
That's what happens when you have a tier 2 quarterback. If your defense is bad/gets absolutely AWFUL luck in injuries, then he usually isn't enough to get you through the hard times. Sorry, Lions fans.

We're about to see if my Bills can get through having a mediocre defense...
 

Dark Medusa

Diamond Crusader
(He/they)
Skin of our teeth but I'll take it. Ravens are damn good and a bad matchup for the Bills. I know this is silly considering it's the Chiefs at home... but I think the Bills are built to beat the Chiefs. They'll have a good chance. Good luck, Badger!
 

Kazin

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ohio stupid gd state won the college football championship and KC is going to three peat. We are in the worst possible timeline in every way possible, including fucking football
 

Rascally Badger

El Capitan de la outro espacio
(He/Him)
I know everyone hates us now, and I don't care.

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Rascally Badger

El Capitan de la outro espacio
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Here's my thoughts:

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Hats of to the Bills and Josh Allen. I've long been a hater, but I am now willing to admit that my pre-draft evaluation that he was going to be a bust might have been wrong. Seriously, dude is special.

I don't like how politics is coming into it, because I feel like my team is getting guff for being rightwing because Butker is a shithead, and rightwingers are complaining because of Kelce and Swift and really what it is is that this team is just always there and people don't want to see that.

I don't fucking care; I like this team a lot.
 

Issun

(He/Him)
The Brady Patriots never played in 5 Super Bowls in 6 years
The Brady/Belichick Patriots were a dour enterprise that worked in boring, machinelike efficiency and I hated them. The Mahomes/Reid Chiefs are at least marginally fun and I'd rather they threepeat than the Patriots.
 

Adrenaline

Post Reader
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The Chiefs are a lot less fun than they used to be. Their offense has gradually gotten blander as Mahomes has had fewer exceptional targets to pass to. He's still great, but it's a workmanlike greatness, he's not blowing everyone's mind on a weekly basis with throws nobody else can make anymore. They mostly win with defense and not making mistakes. Basically Patriots-brand football. I don't find their dominance less tiring than New England's, it just hasn't gone on for two decades yet.
 

Rascally Badger

El Capitan de la outro espacio
(He/Him)
After the 2021-22 season, the Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill for a boatload of draft picks and the offense, in terms of excitement if not efficiency, has never recovered. Also, using some of those picks in the 2022 draft, the Chiefs went heavy on defense and drafted 5 players that are starting for them this year, including their top 4 cornerbacks.
 

Kazin

did i do all of that?
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Eh, I was mostly trolling anyway. I'm far more upset about stupid fucking ohio state winning the national championship. Those fans (and players, tbh, even though a few of them play for my Lions iirc) are annoying af. I don't really have a problem with KC fans.
 

Adrenaline

Post Reader
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Every fanbase goes through the same cycle when their team goes through an extended period of success: Excitement at potential dynasty, exuberance at it coming to fruition, indignation at realizing nobody likes their team anymore, defiance as they realize that winning feels better than getting patted on the back, and finally acceptance as it comes apart and the team falls back to normalcy
 
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