Why FOX Sports’ Mark Schlereth Still Fears the 3rd-Place Kansas City Chiefs | The Rich Eisen Show

question that I have uh over the final six weeks, you know, kind of dovtailing on what you just said is which of the teams at the top that we didn’t expect even though the Broncos had a massive bandwagon coming into the season, but 9 and two I think is above expectation. Um and certainly the opportunity that they have at 9 and the fact that the Chiefs are six and five is kind of surprising. Patriots being 10 and two, Colts being eight and three. Which one of those teams can hang on to their amazing starts over the final six weeks of tight football? And which of the teams that are perennial AFC playoff contenders, uh, if not favorites, Chiefs, Ravens, Bills, Texans, which one of those will actually survive? Which one of those will actually make it from their early season holes? 1-5 Ravens, 0 and3 Texans, Bills at once upon a time at 4- one having lost more than they’ve won over the last couple of weeks. Which one of those might actually come from the pack? Yeah, I I still like until they’re dead, I still fear the Chiefs. And as much as I root for them to lose every game, what they did like what they did against the Colts was amazing. They held him to 18 yards total offense in the fourth quarter and in overtime. Defensively, they just made plays. And even when like even when Patrick Mahomes and his receiving core and even Travis Kelce, they don’t have that same magic that they always seem to have and be able to make those, you know, remarkable plays when things break down. They still found a way to come back down what 20-9 in the fourth quarter and win that football game. And like they’re the team to me that if they get in like their championship pedigree and and the fact that they haven’t been clicking on all cylinders on the offensive side of the ball, they still understand how to win. They made plays on the special teams, they made plays on defense, like that team uh still really scares me. Um if if if in fact they get in, they they are the one team that really scares me. And I know fans who watch shows like this one and hear folks like us, uh, Mark say over and over again, you know, the c the Chiefs aren’t out until they’re finally out, blah, blah, blah. And they might get sick and tired of that. It’s the truth. This is a fact that backs it up or a nugget that NFL network or an observation the research department there came up with that I keep repeating and I will keep repeating that in the Mahomes era seven years of being the starter. This is his eighth year being the starter. The seven previous seasons of him being a starter, the earliest a Chief season has ended is overtime in the AFC Championship game. Five Super Bowl appearances, two overtime losses in the AFC Championship game. So, not even in the division round, not even in regulation of the AFC Championship game. That’s the earliest a season has ended for the Chiefs. So, that’s why you and I, I think, are saying until it’s over, it ain’t over with. Yeah. And think about how many times, Rich, we’ve seen them make remarkable plays. Like one thing about Mahomes is that dude can play on schedule and and he can play as well as any quarterback on schedule, but what what separates him is his uncanny ability to play off schedule and to be on the same page where everybody on that offense just seems to see the same thing where they can alter a route um in in the midst of a game where they’re lining up on the line of scrimmage. We remember the overtime game where they beat the Buffalo Bills I think in the divisional round with 13 seconds left and they said, “Oh yeah, we just kind of as we’re walking up the line of scrimmage, Travis and I just kind of changed the play and and you know we pick up a I don’t I don’t remember what exactly the game was like 30 yards or something like yeah we just we just looked at each other and we knew this what we’re running. They haven’t had that this year. That hasn’t that hasn’t been part of of kind of their makeup. And yet here we sit at six and five and you keep saying, “Well, if they get to that again, if eventually that comes and and rears its uh, you know, beautiful head if you’re a Chiefs fan, ugly head if you’re the rest of the NFL, then then we’re in trouble.” Like we’re cuz they still can play on the defensive side of the ball. Hey, you made it all the way to the end. Thanks for that. Check us out every single day streaming live on Disney Plus and the ESPN app 12 to 3 Eastern.

NFL on Fox Analyst/’Stinkin’ Truth’ podcast host Mark Schlereth tells Rich Eisen why the 3rd-place Kansas City Chiefs are still a dangerous team.

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5 comments

  3. The Chiefs offense still has a lot of upside if they can put it all together. Special teams needs to get itself sorted out so they're not killing the offense with crappy field position. Defense is just fine except for the pass rush. Not sure how to improve that other than a lot more blitzing. Definitely a SB caliber team if they can get their act together. More talent than last year for sure.

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