Welcome to this week’s version of Let’s Argue!
Let’s Argue is a recurring sequence that appears at sizzling takes, unpopular opinions, wacky predictions and extra from Kansas Metropolis Chiefs followers.
Kansas Metropolis’s extensive receiver room is ready for the season.
The WR room is ready for the season.
— Cullen Jekel (@DoctorJekel) Could 17, 2024
This can be an unpopular opinion amongst Chiefs followers, and I’m unsure why.
In 2023, exterior of Rashee Rice, the room was stuffed with inconsistent play all year long. Fortuitously, the protection performed at a historic degree. Led by defensive deal with Chris Jones, the protection held groups underneath 28 factors 21 instances (playoffs included), which is probably the most in NFL historical past.
Even within the Tremendous Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers, the offense stalled for many of the recreation.
Now, issues look solely completely different, due to the additions of Hollywood Brown and Xavier Worthy. Even with Rice’s pending suspension, the room is clearly extra gifted. Brown’s lone 1,000-yard season got here when he performed with one other MVP quarterback, Lamar Jackson.
Worthy, as a rookie, is extra of a thriller, however there’s no denying the potential. As you might have heard, he broke the 40-yard sprint mix report by operating a 4.21. It’s often troublesome for rookie receivers to choose up Andy Reid’s playbook, however Rice shortly emerged as the highest receiver a 12 months in the past. With Rice more likely to be suspended, one would assume Worthy ought to get loads of alternatives early on.
The Chiefs’ common season actually doesn’t matter anymore.
The common season for KC is simply prolonged preseason. The schedule is meaningless and nothing issues till January. All the things else is simply media click on bait fluff
— Retro Dad (@RetroGamerDad17) Could 17, 2024
I get what you’re making an attempt to say right here.
Each time the Chiefs lose an early regular-season recreation, many followers act as if the sky is falling. Bear in mind the terrible Week 3 loss to the Indianapolis Colts a few years in the past? Or the home-opening loss to the Detroit Lions simply this previous season?
The Chiefs went on to win the Tremendous Bowl every of these seasons. However within the common season, you could win sufficient video games to make the playoffs and much more to win the division.
The common season is the place you construct habits, whether or not good or unhealthy. The Chiefs have had numerous good ones in recent times.
Joe Burrow and the Bengals aren’t scoring 20 in Week 2.
Our protection will maintain burrow to underneath 20 week 2.
— Dynasty B-rad (@VolChiefMan31) Could 17, 2024
Joe Burrow has confronted the Chiefs 4 instances in his profession. The previous Heisman winner has a report of 3-1 in these matchups.
Holding Burrow to underneath 20 will likely be a tall job, contemplating the Chiefs haven’t been ready to do this. To be honest, of their final assembly, Burrow was solely in a position to lead his offense to twenty factors within the 2023 AFC Championship Recreation.
That was one of the best iteration of the Chiefs protection Burrow confronted to this point. The unit he faces Week 2 could also be even higher. Regardless of the lack of L’Jarius Sneed, Kansas Metropolis brings again continuity, they usually’re very younger with room to develop. Cornerback Trent McDuffie is coming off an All-Professional season, defensive finish George Karlaftis appears to be like to construct off his first double-digit sack season, and linebacker Nick Bolton returns extra seasoned in his position.
None of this implies they’ll maintain Burrow and firm to underneath 20 factors, however that wouldn’t shock me within the slightest.
Chiefs will win the AFC West… with 4 to 5 losses.
Chiefs will win the division however have 4 or 5 losses.
— Fats Sayjak (@fatsayjak) Could 17, 2024
Within the six seasons Mahomes has been the starter, the Chiefs have misplaced 4 or extra video games in additional than half. So, assuming they’ll lose 4 or 5 video games is not far-fetched.
The higher matter right here is what number of video games the Chiefs might lose whereas nonetheless successful the division. I believe they may lose seven or eight video games and nonetheless win this explicit division in 2024.
Clearly, that wouldn’t be best should you’re making an attempt to win the No. 1 seed within the AFC.
