brian_griffin
"Eric Cartman?"
Wholly agree. KC is not head and shoulders above BUF (or SF, and even add CIN & PHI, DET & BAL to that list). Any given matchup among those teams on any given week, regular season and playoffs, will largely be determined by a small number of individual player matchups, absolutely affected by pre-game and in-game injuries, preceding week's schedule / days of rest, home field, coaching/clock management, and the officials. There just aren't that massive talent gaps at the top anymore in the current cap era with the rules favoring the offense and hindering the defense.I don't really see it as "jumping" them. We were a play away from beating them with half our defense injured. Not an excuse, just an observation that they were right there with them this year. Any given year they can break through with Allen going on a heater. Just need to hope it actually happens.
That said, I agree. It's unlikely this coming year is the one where we see marked improvement to the roster. Hopefully we just get a lot younger, and then 2025 they can have some stars emerging year 2.
They're going to be forced to finally play some kids. And honestly I think they'll be better for it. My new theory is one of the reasons we've struggled to find impact players is we have too many average vets in the way of seeing what we've really got with our youth. Won't be a problem this year.
This Mahomes / Chiefs dynasty talk is the same Brady / Belichik / Pats talk. None of the Patriot SB wins can be considered dominating, IMO. Wins by 3, 3, 3, 4, 6*, 10** points and losses by 3, 4, and a delicious 8 when the Eagles stomped them.
(* in OT after the Falcons inexplicably stopped running the ball up 25 points with <24 min remaining in the game, and up 19 points entering the 4th quarter)
(** the Stupor Bowl snooze-fest between the Pats and Rams)