The Nightmare, the Turnovers and the Season's Over

[JO_75]

This is going to be a weird take to most of you but I don't think Ricard played enough snaps. Before this game we would often have Ricard on the field to act as a sixth O-line when we were having trouble passing the ball and yet we didn't really do that at all this game.

It's like we love going away from what works. Watching the Lions run it down the 49ers throat, is just sickening knowing that should have been us.

 

[CanadianRavensFan]

Yup. Should have been a ground and pound game after we tied it 7-7. Easily Monken’s worst called game of the season and it came at an awful time. What the Lions are doing to the Niners is exactly what we should’ve been doing to the Chiefs to even out the TOP

Hell even if we went as pass happy as we were, personally I would have rather had Ricard out there blocking instead of the ghost of Bateman doing nothing

 

[allblackraven]

This is going to be a weird take to most of you but I don't think Ricard played enough snaps. Before this game we would often have Ricard on the field to act as a sixth O-line when we were having trouble passing the ball and yet we didn't really do that at all this game.

Not at all. Our offense works best with him in the game. No sacks, no blitzes, holes in the D line galore.

 

[Davesta]

I knew it…I knew we were going to get this response.

Maybe we’re the fools thinking Harb would change….

 

[CanadianRavensFan]

It's like we love going away from what works. Watching the Lions run it down the 49ers throat, is just sickening knowing that should have been us.

We played into the strength of their defence by passing SO much and completely ignored their weakness by refusing to run the damn ball. It really is infuriating

 

[JO_75]

Maybe we’re the fools thinking Harb would change….

People keep trying to defend him when fans call him out on this. Lamar isn't winning a ring with Harbaugh as Head Coach.

 

[CanadianRavensFan]

Not at all. Our offense works best with him in the game. No sacks, no blitzes, holes in the D line galore.

I was just thinking about all the hate we had for Ricard being out there during the GRO days

 

[JO_75]

We played into the strength of their defence by passing SO much and completely ignored their weakness by refusing to run the damn ball. It really is infuriating

This actually makes me think the Lions could win the Super Bowl. The way the Lions are running it against the 49ers, with the Chiefs weakness being the run game? Detroit isn't going to pull a Harbaugh and go away from running the ball out of the blue.

 

[Davesta]

People keep trying to defend him when fans call him out on this. Lamar isn't winning a ring with Harbaugh as Head Coach.

Rah-rah can only get you so far.

 

[airconteka]

I mean I would understand us giving up on the run game if it wasnt working or we were trailing by a huge score. We didnt even give it a chance. Our strength against their weakness, nah lets do something else. Then the turnovers and the penalties, we were never in the game and its all on us. Fuck blaming the refs, we delivered a steaming turd.

 

[cobrajet]

Only six carries today for our running backs is pathetic. Gus three, Hill three, Cook zero.

 

[cobrajet]

Can’t believe we held the chiefs scoreless in the 2nd half and lost this game

I was stunned.

 

[UPennChem]

Remember when Dalvin Cook was going to be a weapon? If the plan was to give him no carries vs Houston until Gus got hurt and legit 0 today, why do Melvin dirty like that?

 

[Simba]

Remember when Dalvin Cook was going to be a weapon? If the plan was to give him no carries vs Houston until Gus got hurt and legit 0 today, why do Melvin dirty like that?

They trusted Dalvin if he needed to play much more than they trusted Melvin if he needed to play

 

[redrum52]

The thing that really is sticking with me and making it extra difficult to process this loss:

There’s no big “why”. No big deficit in the team building that can explain the loss and allow us to rebuild and fix the issue for next year…

We just didn’t execute in all the most important moments. The chiefs rose to the occasion in the big moments and we shrank… hard to get past that when trying to have a positive outlook looking forwards

We aren't a clutch team and seem to tighten up in pressure moments. Sad to say. Why? No idea. Thought we were turning the corner then Zay fumbled. I really had faith the entire game up until that point.

 

[UPennChem]

They trusted Dalvin if he needed to play much more than they trusted Melvin if he needed to play

But they didn't trust Justice or Gus either lol. Idk I'm just perplexed

 

[redrum52]

Can’t believe we held the chiefs scoreless in the 2nd half and lost this game

If I said a week ago we held the Chiefs to 17 and 0 2nd half points we'd have opened a SB thread.

 

[JAAM]

We aren't a clutch team and seem to tighten up in pressure moments. Sad to say. Why? No idea. Thought we were turning the corner then Zay fumbled. I really had faith the entire game up until that point.

Such a demoralizing turnover. That gets us within 3 and Lamar doesn’t force it into triple coverage later on. It’s absolutely insane what that fumble prevented. I can’t blame Zay though. Hell of a play by Snead. But I think we win if we score there. It’s heartbreaking to think about really

 

[Jacquouille]

The worst part about this is KC gets to keep Spags and we're saying goodbye to McDonald

 

[Militant X 1]

I generally don't believe conspiracy theories (and by generally, I mean never), but I could get behind the NFL wanting Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl and rigging it in favor of KC.

The NFL constantly flashes the camera on Taylor Swift in the booth during games and the 'Swifties' are watching football and attending games because of Taylor Swift's relationship with Kelce. Also, I heard that his jersey sales have gone up because of their relationship. And, then Kelce, his brother, and Mahomes have been plastered throughout various commercials for weeks. Interesting.