Chiefs at Broncos - Week 11 - Record: 5-5

This game should have been an easy Chiefs win at the very end of the game. We had the ball in decent field position with four minutes left, tie game. That was all the time we needed for Patrick to matriculate methodically right down into field goal range with seconds left to kick that game-winning field goal. Here was what happened.

1. Incomplete pass to Kelce, nearly intercepted.

2. Incomplete pass to Kelce, couldn't stay in-bounds.

3. Mahomes sack.

4. Punt.

Meanwhile the Broncos got the ball themselves with about the same time remaining (since the Chiefs did nothing to chew clock.) And they marched down the field, getting a few key first downs including one on a 3rd-&-15 and another requiring a virtual measurement that was almost 4th-&-1 from mid-field. The measurement said they got the 1st down.

The Broncos then got a clutch big-play pass completion, wound the clock down, kicked the game-winning field goal, and that was that.

A ton more could be said about this game, the fine Broncos defense aside. Give them credit for that.

But dang. 

Our coaching staff. Handling that situation with a prime opportunity to win -- wretched. And that was just the second three-&-out in a row there in the latter part of the 4th quarter. This was definitely an Exasperating Reid et al moment, for sure. The Broncos, on the other, actually wanted to win. This was obvious the whole time, especially when it came down to it.

And just the inability for us to do anything throughout the day. Dropped passes, missed throws, blocked PATs, silly penalties, and so much more. The whole thing was one big aggravation.

Just ugly.

I'm tired.

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Chiefs at Bills - Week 9 - Record: 5-4

Sorry, I know I'm committed to putting together a decent blog post, but I don't really feel like writing much here. You may know why. Just very discouraged, and it has less to do with the Chiefs failures than what is happening in a world living by the sweetest, richest deceit.

To their credit, the Bills are a good team, and they were at home. They played a fine game, making well-designed plays from their coaching staff. They made our defense work hard out there. And their defense, especially their D-line, did fine work stuffing our offense.

The Chiefs were indeed impeded again by the familiar rotten officiating we get once every three or four games. Today it favored the opponent frequently enough. There were a number of instances, but I can mention the one when they did not observe and call the batted pass that was called intentional grounding, putting us into a nasty 3rd-&-long we didn't need to be in. And they tell us that's a play that is unreviewable. So we get screwed.

Mahomes, our O-line, and yes, our play-calling coaches (Reid, Nagy, whoever) had an off-day. From our first offensive play those coaches did nothing to keep the Bills guessing and on their heels. Nothing. And yeah, Patrick missed a wide-open Travis when we had the ball at the one. Got a FG. That's nice. We really needed a touchdown there, 1st-&-goal from the one. Yeah.

Our pass rush did not do its job to pressure their fine QB, Josh Allen, so yeah, those who are screaming for us to get D-line help may be right. Chris Jones was holding his own, but we have no one off the edge doing anything meaningful. They have a terrific running back who we contained a bit, but he got enough good runs to give Allen enough to get untracked.

When we were in the game Rashee Rice was on fire, so that was nice to see. Only thing, he was really the only one who really did anything. Travis and Hollywood got some nice long grabs, but it didn't mean anything.

We now get a bye week to rest.

Nuff said for now.

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