What stings worst?

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(01-30-2023, 03:23 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Definitely the Super Bowl loss.

The main reason is after the Super Bowl loss, I had this fear of "What if we never make it back here? What if this was just a magical ride of 'luck' and good fortune? Our offense is so streaky. If Chase catches a deep ball, we succeed but, if not, we struggle to string successful drives together. In the playoffs, we won 3 one possesion games because we got 3 picks against the Titans, the pick against the Raiders and an absurd comeback against the Chiefs because Mahomes just played like complete dog shit in the second half. What if this was our one and only chance and we blew it?"

But now, we have cemented ourselves. Not only was this loss mostly bullshit from the refs (missed blocks in the back on that final punt return, missed holding on that final offensive play, an egregious "do over" 3rd down for the Chiefs, phantom DPI on Hilton, multiple bad spots that messed up our drive at the end of the first half), it was also mainly lost because of our injuries on the offensive line. Adeniji got beaten like a drum all day and especially on our last offensive play. If we draft a tackle to take over RT or, hell, if we move Carman over there once Williams is healthy, that should be better.

And, to be perfectly honest, we weren't beating the Eagles with that Oline. Their defense is truly incredible. I think this is just their year.

If we won today and then lost to the Eagles in the Super Bowl, there'd start to be questions about whether Joe can get it up for the big game (being 0-2 in the SB), and I'm just glad to avoid that whole off season storyline.

I'm confident we'll be in the conversation next season now, so this one doesn't hurt nearly as bad. Sometimes the ball bounces the other way. But we'll be there for a long time. We're the Chiefs' primary rival now and we'll get them back for this one. And it may even be in Cincinnati next time.

I didn’t want that negative storyline about our team not able to win the big game like buffalo when they lost 4 straight. We avoided that. Eagles are a buzzsaw this year.

If our oline stayed intact, I think we win it this year. Bad luck, come back stronger next year.