Raiders at Chiefs - Week 8 - Record: 1-6

I'm sure it has been considered a zillion times before when the Chiefs really suck, that the "KC" actually stands for "Keystone Cops" Chiefs. Needless to say, our Keystone Cops brand of football was showcased yet again today. We coughed up the ball like a wheezing asthmaniac, and even so I couldn't believe this, but our turnover obsession is reaching record levels. The guys on the broadcast today said if we keep it up we'll set an NFL record. Neat. Remember back in the '90's when our turnover ratio was something like +5,294? The Norse gods are just now getting around to punishing us for that.

The good news is that we're right on track for winning the Geno Smith-Matt Barkley-Collin Klein sweepstakes. I think it was said that we now have the worst record in the NFL. I don't know because I just blissfully don't look at the standings. But if so, good, okay, right on track. The big question for us now is whether we'll get a John Elway-Peyton Manning-Cam Newton type dude, or our pathetically wretched luck with drafted and developed quarterbacks will continue and we get a Ryan Leaf. So yeah, I'm still very nervous. We suck now and we'll suck in April. ::Sigh::

As it is, remember the second-to-the-last time the Chiefs beat the Raiders at Arrowhead? The game in 2005? Think now, if you follow the Chiefs but don't quite remember, I'll give you some hints.

At that time I'm pretty sure we'd already had a good streak of beating the Raiders a bunch of times in a row at Arrowhead. It was looking like the Raiders were going to end that streak on that day.

It was a close game, something the Chiefs have not been regularly played against the Raiders at Arrowhead even when they do lose.

It was an exciting game, going right down to the wire.

We were behind with less than a minute left, but we had the ball at around midfield.

On the next to last play of the game, quarterback Trent Green threw the clutch pass we needed.

Do you remember who it went to and what happened? I can tell some of you remember, because it really was one of the most thrilling moments in Arrowhead history.

The Raiders defenders dropped so deep into coverage that Green was able to dump the ball off to Larry Johnson who rambled for about 30 yards all the way down to the one-yard line with a scant second left on the clock. We were down by only three, but coach Dick Vermeil went for it, sending Johnson through the line and into the endzone for the game-winning touchdown as time expired.

Wow.

The old days.

::Sigh::
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