09-10-2024, 11:12 PM
(09-10-2024, 11:06 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: They start out slow every year and then figure it out.
The slow starts need to stop, though.
My theory is (and they will never admit this) is that the underestimated the Pats, played vanilla on offense, and saved a lot of wrinkles and schemes for the Chiefs. That is my hope, anyway.
They really took the narrative of being the most heavily favored team in week 1 to heart. Honestly, if not for a couple of drops and a muffed punt, they might have even gotten away with it. They damn sure didn't deserve to.
I think that great teams in this league round into shape over the course of a season. The team blowing the doors of of someone in week 1 isn't always faring so well come December. KC looked very beatable for a long stretch of last season, even dropping a game to the Raiders at Arrowhead. It's about who's hot at the right time. It's what's so gutting about the 2022 season and how it ended. I really thought we had the hot hand in that playoff.
We'll find out quickly who they are. There's a prime chance to reverse narratives immediately. I'm not sure it's that easy. Having so few early round picks contributing is very debilitating to a roster. Burrow convinced no one that he's whole.
If they were playing possum, then that's a dumb strategy. I'd rather go 3-1 in the first 4 weeks of the season than risk a game to play rope-a-dope with KC.
