So the team we barely beat beats the team that blew us out?

[lurker1965]

Funny link about Raiders dancing while clock runs and Chiefs hurry to line.

Forgive them, winning is a new experience.

Why doesn't the link show as blue text in this window? Here it is raw.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...s--crazy-celebration-saved-by-timely-time-out

 

[Gronkandez]

Funny link about Raiders dancing while clock runs and Chiefs hurry to line.

Forgive them, winning is a new experience.

Why doesn't the link show as blue text in this window? Here it is raw.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...s--crazy-celebration-saved-by-timely-time-out

We blew out the Chiefs?

[MOD EDIT: thread title corrected]

 

[Geezer Butler]

thats. why. they. play. the. games.

 

[dales804]

Hope OAK doesn't make the playoffs; they'll kill the Pats!

 

[Froob]

That's nothing, I played coed softball one summer and we beat a team in extra innings by a point and that same team beat the team that beat us 36-0. In softball..yeah

 

[New England Pride]

Doesn't work like that. Its all matchups.

 

[DarrylS]

On any given Sunday, in this case on any given Thursday...

There is a great deal of parity in the NFL, but this means nothing in comparison to the games the Pats played against KC and Oakland...

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Division match ups are always tougher

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

thats. why. they. play. the. games.

I'll defer to Herm on this one

 

[kennyb]

Home field advantage is HUGE especially for KC where it is impossible to communicate or even think at times.

So...well there's that. Homefield is huge.

 

[brdmaverick]

Is this thread suggesting that the Oakland victory wasn't as bad as we thought?

Even with the Raiders upset over the Chiefs my view of the OAK-NE game hasn't changed. That was an ugly, ugly win. Not only were we one unnecessary holding penalty away from overtime, but they didn't pass the eye test either. The offense was in a funk with absolutely no sense of a rythym.

Fortunately for us, a lot has changed since then specifcally the Offensive Lineman 'figuring it out' along with the emergence of Brandon LaFell.

No matter how you slice it, that Oakland game WAS ugly. There is no disputing that. We barely beat an 0-10 team at our home stadium.

 

[Haley]

This just serves to underscore the fact that the teams in the NFL are all pretty closely matched regardless of their W/L record. The margin between a good and bad team isn't as large as we all like to think.

 

[Brady6]

Week 3 and week 4 of the regular season is nothing but a distant memory. This team is 6-0 since winning 243 to 128 during that period. With the exception of the Jets game that was played on a Thursday after an array of injuries no game has even been close.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

There is no transitive property of football

A>B
and
B>C
does not mean
A>C

 

[Hudson Pats Fan]

If you ask Felger, BB was leaving room for growth and not trying 100% to win earlier this season hahahah.
Love Koppen in this segment
http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/pats-hold-back-early-felger-theory-blows-koppens-mind

 

[brdmaverick]

Here's a classic example of why this doesn't work.............

Colts beat Bengals
Eagles beat Colts
Packers beat Eagles
Lions beat the Packers
Cardinals beat the Lions
Broncos beat Cardinals
Patriots beat the Broncos
Chiefs beat the Patriots
Raiders beat the Chiefs

Therefore we might as well crown the Raiders now b/c the Chiefs, Pats, Broncos, Cardinals, Lions, Packers, Eagles, Colts, and Bengals don't stand a chance.

 

[KA-]

Any given Sunday ... or Thursday

 

[borg]

Just yesterday I had KC as the one potential opponent to avoid in the playoffs. How robotic is Alex Smith. He refuses to take risk

 

[Mike the Brit]

The Chiefs did just about everything bad that they could and still nearly won (how a professionally coached team could give up that 90-yard running touchdown is still a mystery to me).

You really saw the limits of their passing game, but Jamaal Charles is extraordinary. He's everything that Laurence Maroney should have been ...

 

[meatface]

There is no transitive property of football

A>B
and
B>C
does not mean
A>C

Very true in the not math sense. It's also the fact that Oakland had been playing well the last few weeks and Thursday games are weird