Strength of schedule
 

I was looking at Tankathon to see who was drafting where, and I saw that they also have the strength of schedule for the final results. Only the Jets, Cardinals, and Titans had a tougher strength of schedule, but playing those three teams made the SOS look better than if they had played better teams. When you consider that we played playoff 8 teams (Rams, Steelers, Chargers, Texans twice, Jags twice, Seahawks, Broncos, and 49ers), it makes sense that our record suffered, especially given that four of them were after the Jones IR move, and three were when he was hampered by the first injury. As I said in a different thread, if our schedule had been the reverse order that it was, we probably get an additional two wins, and make the playoffs.

I know there are some that would criticize this post in one way or another, but I think it is part of the perspective that could have gone into CIG's decision to retain Ballard and Shane.

People are understandably frustrated, myself included. And being tired of "excuses" is understandable as well.

But I don't put much into all the platitudes people spew and gobble up. If you're 8-2 and your QB cracks his leg and limits the offense and your backup (former starter) is gone because he broke his face... well, fuck me, that might have an effect on the team.

The roller coaster at CB, too. The secondary was overhauled and looked like a team strength going into the season before it got fucked. Walley gets the starting job and dies. Ward misses most of the season and doesn't look right when he returns. Gardner is a blockbuster trade and makes it all of 2 games before he dies, too. Buckner dies, OL dies... just in time for the muderer's row.

I don't care how much gambler's fallacy you want to succumb to because you're annoyed.

It's like a poker player getting his pocket aces cracked the five previous times he's been dealt them... so then he decides pocket aces aren't a good hand or need to be played in some anti-standard way for them to be valuable. It's the exact same thought process. That's retarded.

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Even though the Chiefs had a losing record this season, I think that they are very far from what their disastrous 2025 season became ...... before Patrick Mahomes went down, all of their losses went down to the wire ...... and Mahomes was actually hurting and limping around even before he tore both his ACL and his LCL, and that was affecting his play, especially his mobility.

If Mahomes is completely recovered by opening day of 2026, I believe that it's highly likely that the Chiefs that made it to 7 consecutive AFC Championship games from 2018 through 2024 will be back.

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