Originally posted by JTsBiggestFan:
Such a tough loss, I've got nothing as far as second guessing our team.
It's maybe easy to second guess Kyle, but I've got two things for us to consider:
1) Mahomes/Chiefs are out of conference opponent
2) Kyle might eventually be a lot more aggressive bc of these repeated losses.
Lamar is like 18-1 vs the nfc, so Mahomes being better should be very tough as well.
In an odd way, maybe having the harder conference matters more. Kinda like those wars in the '90s with Dallas being the "real Super Bowl" was legit.
At a certain point we need to play him more often.
So the thing to look forward to is us facing them this year at home. If we somehow pull off that win, then I think the monkey could be off our back. It's not the Super Bowl, but a victory over KC cannot be understated.
Secondly, the new Seahawks coach was the ravens DC. Maybe if he can improve their defense to the point where it feels like those harbaugh era battles, that could be good for Brock. Even as much as I hate Seattle, I could be ok losing once a year to them if it meant Brock became unstoppable.
I'm optimistic long term. I like to think there's a high level piece missing to beat KC. They should be able to be beaten without an otherworldly God QB. That Spagnuolo 3rd down blitz has to be cracked….if we had that in our back pocket we would've won this game easily.
The missing piece simply could have been a guy running two feet to his left in punt coverage.
Improve the roster where you can. Don't make drastic changes that are unnecessary when you lost an OT heartbreaker to a great team.