Bears at Chiefs - Week 5 - Record: 1-4

Let's look ahead to 2019.

That's when confident Aaron Murray will make clutch pass completions. That's when ruthless Chris Conley will snatch those key touchdown passes. That's when smothering Marcus Peters will continue his All-Pro pass swatting. That's when overpowering Travis Kelce will be that veteran presence on the field. That's when our new seasoned genius coach will be providing that inspiration that'll turn itself into those key big plays contending teams make to win.

Maybe, just maybe maybe maybe just maybe, there will be no more curse affecting this Chiefs team and this team will actually win - games - like - they - should.

(Also maybe that's when there'll actually be more Chiefs fans in their own stadium than Bears fans. I mean, please Chiefs fans, where were you today? That there were more cheers at Arrowhead when Chicago did well, that's just shameful... Except, to your credit, maybe you know what I know and, let's face it, what we all know...)

Again, the 2015 Chiefs team, even with all that talent, just isn't a very good team. In fact, this team is actually perfectly clutch -- clutch losing. This was very similar to the Broncos game three weeks ago when we were ahead 24-17 with :40 left -- and lost. In this one we were ahead 17-6 with three minutes left, then 17-12 with :20 left -- and lost.

As a Chiefs fan, this is devastating.

There is no question this team was, at one time, definitely destined for playoff success. I'd love to crow about our fine pass defense, our actually decent offensive line play -- really, it just wasn't that bad. I'd love to say hey-yeay about De'Anthony Thomas and his nice touchdown. I'd love to again give a great nod to Dustin Colquitt who, yes, as the punter, is the best player on this team.

But with all that talent, this is a mess of a team. Sure it may play well at times, but damn. This team did not score a point after going up 17-3 in the 2nd quarter. Good teams do not fail like that. Good teams make the little things happen for them. This Chiefs team allows the stupid things to happen to them. Who knew that blocked FG would be a difference maker. How many other little dinky things were those kinds of catastrophic difference makers, like that questionable PI on Marcus Peters in the last minute of the game or that slightest of a bobble that invalidated a Jeremy Maclin reception with six seconds left keeping Cairo Santos out of FG range to try to win it.

But that's the 2015 Chiefs.

Yeah, we can point our fingers at the Jamaal Charles injury -- looks like he's out for the year, a great testament to the curse's strength -- but this train wreck goes far beyond that.

And yes, sign me up: I'm officially in the "Fire Alex Smith" movement. Let's face it, he's still ditching his progressions, he allowed himself to get sacked a bunch more times today, and when he needs to make a good throw he throws a duck. Oh, what's that you say? He threw for 857 yards in last week's game? How many touchdowns was he responsible for? Zero. He doesn't finish, and we're not going to win when you don't take it to the next level and finish. If you didn't notice we had one offensive touchdown today. That stinks.

And ya know? This was a Bears team that just isn't very good. This one should've been 30-3, early. They were missing their two key receivers, they were riddled with other injuries -- yet we let Jay Cutler find a way to pull this win out.

That's the curse in all its glory.

The Chiefs valiantly try with all their Herculean might and they utterly fail. The Bears gurgle up some spittle and -poof- here's a win dropped in their laps. 

So yeah, make sure you understand this right now.

I'll still cheer on my Chiefs. I'll still hope like crazy that Alex Smith and Andy Reid prove me wrong. No matter how abysmal it is or how much the curse is still shattering our hopes year after year after year, I will still hope the best for our Chiefs, right here right now right this season.

But the only way we start winning, winning regularly, and winning playoff games is when we have a tough smart young coach a la Bill Belichick who is very good and bountifully relentless -- Andy Reid is not that -- and we have a courageous quarterback who will simply make - the - play -- Alex Smith with his planetload of talent just won't do that.

Andy Reid and Alex Smith? There is absolutely no excuse for your failure to get another score in the second half. With this team? None whatsoever.

So I'm looking forward to 2019, to be honest with you. I'm just going to be excited about what John Dorsey will keep doing well to make the team that will actually have the ganas to win football games, with a quarterback and head coach who will do what it takes to make that happen. Aaron Murray will be that guy then, and -- hey, can we get Jon Gruden out of the TV booth? Jim Harbaugh back up from the pros? Anyone who's that authentically good coach?

In 2019 we'll have him, we will. And that year we'll finally -- glory be! -- win an actual NFL playoff game.

As for now, this is just about the loudest this has ever been shared in this blog, but it's just about how I feel right now:

::SIGH::
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