Commanders at Chiefs - Week 8 - Record: 5-3

"AI Makes Me Doubt Everything."

This was the blog post by fine evangelist Tim Challies, published on May 21, 2025, coincidentally the very day after Google introduced its Veo 3 graphics art creator program making any video-generated human beings look about as real as anything. I myself blogged about this reality -- as it were -- here.

The reason I bring this up because as much as the real-world truth that now we really will be questioning the veracity of anything that is exhibited to any thoughtful truth-respecting human being, we will pretty much be doing the same with big-time professional sports outcomes. It now looks something like this:

"Exposed illicit gambling involvement by high profile or deeply embedded sports figures makes me doubt everything that happens on the field or court."

Yes, even with the Chiefs.

I dread feeling like implicating any Chiefs anything in any questionable activity, especially when I have shared my consideration that the Chiefs are so good they really should be winning every game by a lot. Welll... yeah. what happens when they struggle on the field? What happens when they lose? 

Will I doubt that?

And what would happen if this blog effort had more than a handful of people paying any attention? I almost fear writing anything else about this.

I've made some notes about a dozen other things to say, point out, demonstrate, mention, illustrate, but I'm not going to, at least not here and not now. Again, so much of it must be left unsaid... or else. Yes, I can't say any one thing or another about anything, not implying anything except the truth that when people are proven to screw with the game and its competitive integrity, and there are specific instances everyone knows about when that happens, then there is no reason why people shouldn't wonder. About any of it.

You just can't upset the powers-that-be in ways the mainstream media can't spin. This still doesn't keep many people from saying, pointing-out, demonstrating, mentioning, illustrating, and just flat-out being openly honest about what they know is happening out there. There is indeed just too much of it to ignore, as much as so much of it is ::hush-hush:: don't mention names -- don't get too specific -- don't ask the players anything else, or, you know...

So enough of that. As always I'll cheer on my team, and they are playing right now. Not even going to say anything except just to wait until this game is all said and done and make a few remarks. 

Yeah. It is hard. I love my team and love having a decent blog effort here...

But yeah. Maybe it is a good thing I don't have many readers.

It is hard when deep in your heart you can't help but question...

Nuff said about that. 

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Now to the game. We did handle things, won going away. It was a scoreless 1st quarter with turnovers afflicting both sides.

But wow, Rashee Rice back in there really makes a difference. Our first touchdown was set up by a very fun wildcat formation run that came a half-yard from getting the TD. As a receiver -- just his command of the field, routes and after-catch-runs. Just unparalleled.

The Commanders were without their very good quarterback Jayden Daniels. Even so, they did get two amazing catch-plays from Terry McLaurin, one of them the Commanders touchdown. But with our defense playing as well as they have, and the Commanders losing one of their fine offensive linemen to injury early, it was going to be hard for this team to compete.

And, well, yupp, this is indeed the 11th Chiefs win of 12 games overall against the Redskins/Commanders, since they started interconference play back in 1970. This is their ninth in a row over this team. The only time they lost to them was in September of 1983, in a game the Chiefs led 12-0 at halftime. Didn't score another point to the eventual NFC Champion Redskins. I looked at the box of that game, and Carlos Carson had over 100 yards receiving. 

Notable because they were saying the Chiefs so far this year do not yet have any receiver who's reached 100 yards. Much of that is just the phenomenal work of Patrick Mahomes getting everyone involved. Yet again, he was really the key. He kept all kinds of plays alive with his legs, and found everybody everywhere when he needed to.

The real tests are coming up. We have the Bills next week, then our bye, then ::yikes:: the Broncos and Colts, both playing lights-out football right now.

And right there at the end of the game here, they were saying Travis had 99 yards receiving. Rashee, by the way, had 93. Still no one with 100 this year. Oh well.

As long as we go on to win the Super Bowl.

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The photo is by Sam Lutz at the official Chiefs site. Thank you.

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