Thing is, the only real Chiefs news two days into the "NFL Free Agency Frenzy" is that Brett messed with Frank Clark's contract to get us under the cap. The dude's a beast I tell you -- well, both Brett and Frank are, Brett in the front office and Frank all over opposing quarterbacks.
I tell you it is truly a blast to see what other teams, particularly teams in the AFC West are trying to do in free agency to beat Patrick Mahomes. It is awesome, really awesome to behold. Every team is scrambling out of the fear they just won't have anything to stop him. And no matter how hard they try, we all know they still won't be able to. It is happy happy joy joy to the Nth degree.
Anyway, you could say the really big news is the Sammy Watkins and Chris Jones are not gone yet. It seemed to be a foregone conclusion they'd be dust because of their humongous cap hit, but damn it'd be very very great if we could keep them both in the fold.
I just got that NFL Game Pass thing because they're offering it for no charge -- is this the best or what. It means we can watch and hear and immerse ourselves in anything Chiefs from the past season. Thing is I was listening to Mitch call the last game of the season and at one point after a Philip Rivers pass was batted down, he said the Chiefs lead the league in batted down passes -- I don't remember the exact number but it was something like 16 or 17 -- pretty danged great.
Of course all I could think about was Chris Jones batted passes in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl. Yes he was helped by our other stout D-linemen and LBs stuffing their run, and then our studly D-backs keeping Jimmy G's play action in check. But then when he had to straight-away just get back and pass, with Chris Jones doing patrolling the line he just couldn't.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS.
As far as Sammy Watkins goes, I've always felt the dude has always been tremendously underrated. Yeah there are the standard concerns about his health, and Brett has a justifiably short fuse for guys who can't be on the field. But when Watkins came back and played very healthy the rest of the year, our already vaunted passing game just went to the next level, if there even was any higher level. Well, excuse me, but there was.
Watkins route and catch just before we took the lead was reasonably one of the most talked about plays of the Super Bowl. And even though Watkins did not score a single touchdown from Regular Season Game Number One against Jacksonville all the way to that dagger score against the Titans in the AFC Championship Game, did you register all the amazing things he did for us? Did you?
Makes me think that hey, at least for now, maybe Brett and Andy really want to make it work so we can keep him. Just watch, because I just hoped for that he'll be gone tomorrow. If he is I'll be very very sad, because even before he was with the Chiefs I always thought he was one of the best. That we snatched him up before the 2018 season was just amazing to me.
And how about just more of the evidence of the excellence that is the Kansas City Chiefs: how Watkins got sustained health through the season -- Watkins even gives credit where it is due. Our trainer Rick Burkholder did things just right, working Watkins legs rather than tinkering with his troublesome feet. Made all the difference.
Every piece of the championship picture put in place firmly and industriously -- and let's hope it can get locked in for next year.
No matter what Brett and Andy'll get it done.
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Picture credit: Denny Medley, USA Today
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