Fuck the Chiefs
After the podcast on Friday night, we investigated Dres record this season in just the games that involved the Chiefs. His record was 4-12. Fuck the Chiefs indeed. Almost half his season in games under the .500 mark was supplied just by misreading one team. Which of course leads up to the picks.
Picks We Both Won:
- There weren't any. Great!
Picks We Both Lost (1)
- Chargers (+7) 27, Bengals 10 - So all of the press post game has been about the failings of Andy Dalton in the postseason. His resume now consists of three one-and-done January appearances. I could forgive the two previous ones against a very stout Houston defense, but this one had even me believing some of the naysayers. I'm not one to overreact to a bad game, but Dalton played scared for a large portion of the game. You don't want the label as a good "Regular Season" quarterback. Some guys, like Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers eventually shed that label, but unfortunately for Dalton, winning is the only way to do it and now he gets to wait another year. The Bengals better be careful, we saw how quickly things can go wrong for a tough defensive team with QB issues. Ask the Texans about that. San Diego capitalized on the Bengals misery, and did just enough to get the win, but there is no denying that they are a hot team at the moment.
Picks Dre Won Head to Head (1) - 2 points
- Saints (+2½) 26, Eagles 24 - Dre nailed this one. Mark Ingram won the runningback battle between himself and LeSean McCoy and helped the Saints to a 10 minute time of possession edge. Playing keep away from the Eagles was effective and the weather never really ended up being a factor.
Picks I Won Head to Head (2) - 4 points
- Colts (PICK) 45, Chiefs 44 - This was the gut punch. Not for me, I could hardly contain my enthiasm watching the Colts mad rally from 38-10 down minutes into the third quarter. No, this one fell apart on Dre. If his mission was to end the Chiefs, he sure did it in the most fantastical way possible. After the podcast on Friday, I poked fun at Dre for going back to the Chiefs, telling him that not only would the Colts win by 1, but they would do it in the most soul crushing way possible. Even I could not have envisioned what transpired. Missing Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis late, the Chiefs could not sustain ANY offense to drain the clock, and the great performance of Alex Smith will only be remembered as a great day by a QB in a losing effort, who couldn't get the critical 3rd down when needed, or whose pass to Dwayne Bowe that would have put KC in field goal range was ever so slightly off enough to carry Bowe six inches out of bounds. An instant classic, this game will be mention in similar breaths as the Bills Frank Reich-led "The Comeback." So if Dre wanted to go down in a blaze of glory with the Chiefs, he got his wish! Cue up the Bon Jovi.
- 49ers (-2½) 23, Packers 20 - Another gut punch, but nowhere near as severe. Dre managed to lose 2 points to me on the week by 1½ points TOTAL. After the one point loss to start Wild Card Weekened, Sunday ended up with Dre getting hooked at a moment when he was poised to still gain ground and cut my lead to 10.8. Instead, the Niners bucked up in the staggering cold and made the plays when needed, going on a long game winning drive and kicking the GW field goal with zero time remaining, ensuring that Aaron Rodgers wouldn't get another chance to win it. Both teams leaned heavy on the run games, and while Eddie Lacy and Frank Gore cancelled each others efforts out, it was the running of San Fran QB Colin Kaepernick that kept drives alive and gashed the Packers at seemingly ever opportune moment.
Dre 1-3 for 2 points
Jason 2-2 for 4 points and a 14.8 point lead with 25 Playoff points remaining. It may be panic time for Dre.
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