Chiefs Can No Longer Be Ignored in the Crowded AFC Playoff Picture

December 5, 2016   ·   Sean Tomlinson   ·   Jump to comments

You’ve seen the commercial roughly 200 times now during NFL Sundays. An older man slowly walks up to the top of a diving platform as his iPhone provides the background music for the ascent. Then he plunges, and there’s barely a ripple below after the unexpected moment of gracefulness.
That’s the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2016 season.
They don’t field many marquee names, especially on offense with running back Jamaal Charles likely out for the season and wide receiver Jeremy Maclin injured. Tight end Travis Kelce is reaching that level, though, and he finished with 140 receiving yards on eight catches during Sunday’s 29-28 win over the Atlanta Falcons.
They don’t light a fuse offensively with plenty of field-stretching deep heaves. Instead, their West Coast offense approach is mostly methodical and meandering.
And defensively, the classic football-ism of bending without breaking was made for the Chiefs. They’ll give up their...

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