4th and Long

Some Things Make Sense...Others Don't

By Ryan Frisco

The NFL season is 6 weeks old, and I think it's time to talk about what we've seen so far.

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The Sensible: The Denver Broncos are 6-0...surprise surprise *yawn*.  Peyton Manning is on a ridiculous tear, poised to break all kinds of records.  Are they going to keep this pace up?  No, obviously not. But, there's no denying this offense, with all of their weapons, is amazing!  The Raven's aren't going to be there in the playoffs to pull off a magical run over Denver like they did last year. The road is paved for the Broncos to the Super Bowl, with the greatest competition coming from the Cincinnati Bengals...yes, Denver will be representing the AFC, barring injuries to Peyton Manning, Wes Welker, Julius Thomas and Knowshon Moreno.

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The Senseless: There is one other undefeated team in the NFL.  Do you know who they are? They are actually also in the AFC...actually, they're also in the AFC South.  Yes, the Kansas City Chiefs, arch rivals of the Denver Broncos, are also 6-0 this far into the season.  New coach (Andy Reid), new QB (Alex Smith), new era in KC.  This team had two wins total last year!  Big Red has come in and transformed a franchise in the dumps into a valid contender for the playoffs...Yes I said playoffs, not Super Bowl.  As good as the Chiefs are, they are still no match for the Broncos.  Argue all you want, the first time these two meet this year, you'll see just how far this team still needs to go.

Now, after week 7 will these teams still be undefeated?

Odds are yes, but each team actually has a formidable opponent to contend with.  Denver plays the Colts in Manning's first trip back to Indy since being released two years ago.  The Colts have knocked off two of the NFC's best in San Francisco and Seattle.  This could go down as one for the ages...but I'm choosing Denver 31-21.

Kansas City gets to take on the Houson Texans.  Houston is a good team, but you never know what team you're going to get...the team that came back week one against the Chargers to win a thriller, or the team that got PUMMELED by the St. Louis Rams in week six. KC wins big 35-17.

Now I feel like these picks are pretty valid, but I think I'm more choosing both teams to win to build the drama going into week 11, when Denver and KC meet for the first time on the season.  How cool would it be if both teams were still undefeated at that meeting?! My, how much that game would be built up.  I, for one, and rooting for that!

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It's still a mystery to me how the Chiefs made such a quick turnaround.  I spent 14 years watching Andy Reid coach, and as much as I loved and supported him, I can't say he's any Bill Belichek caliber coach.  He inherited a great defense from Jim Johnson and a top draft pick to nab McNabb.  In KC, it appears to be more of the same, as the defense is already highly established, he picked up the #1 draft pick and brought in a fantastic game managing QB.  As well as he's doing, I'm still happy as an Eagles fan to be rid of him (no offense Andy).  As a tribute to Big Red, I'll let you watch this AMAZING video Casey Conklin put together in his honor :)