I mean when you think about it no fans in the stands really would hamper any motivation as far as crowd noise goes. I don't care what other teams are doing when we've toted Arrowhead as being an advantage in forever because of crowd noise you got to think playing to a quiet arena especially on defense you're kind of not very pumped up. I mean you look at last year and hell we were down in the playoffs and offense came back so the defense has always pretty much been the same. Dirty Dan is either the star or he stinks and should be cut. I know these guys need to dig down deep but when you look at what we did last year oh, my God the only time we got it together and held a good team was actually the super bowl but then again they had people cheering for them and they were pumped [Reply]
our defense always seem to need an entire first half of football to realize there's a football game being played.
how many games this year, have the Chiefs offense, and defense come out and played like they should? It's always an either/or; offense or defense stutters the first half of each game it seems.
our defense plays better when they have a 2+ possession lead (as do most defenses, of course). [Reply]
The way they've been playing lately you would think they are already in quarantine. They seem to be maintaining a 6 foot distance between themselves and opposing runners and QBs.
Edit: Should have put a smiley face in there for people with no humor). [Reply]
It seems that everyone is ignoring the point you are making about crowd noise. I think that's valid. Our defense really seems to thrive when the crowd energy is insane, so I can buy that that's had an impact.
Really, that could be a factor league wide. Crowd noise is usually a factor 50% of the time, but right now it's just not at all. That clearly should be a benefit for offenses to some extent. [Reply]
The games are boring as fuck without the crowd. Thankfully we have Mahomes to keep us entertained. Can't imagine watching this garbage as a fan of 80 percent of teams [Reply]