Have the last two days felt surreal to anybody else?
Today is a great example. I re-located to Colorado due to my wife's line of work in 2016. I teach for a living, and I'm known for wearing eccentric ties. From 2016-2017, my Chiefs tie was rarely commented on despite being deep in Bronco country, and not only that, it was rarely even noticed.
In 2017, my co-workers all thought I was crazy for picking the Titans victory, and even were a bit startled they couldn't even rib me that season.
Co-worker in 2017: "I see your Chiefs are 5-0"
Me: "Yeah, but it's going to fall apart in the playoffs."
Co-worker in 2017: "Just wait for the.. oh."
Often, if my Chiefs affinity was noticed, it was often greeted with looks of pity. Things changed this year. It started after the Steelers game. Multiple co-workers told me right away, "Yeah. Mahomes is looking good, but just wait until teams figure him out."
That turned into, "Just wait for the playoffs."
And then the Bronco game came - and I was greeted with a cold silence in the breakroom when I walked in. It was a new world. People at gas-stations were commenting on my tie, at the grocery store, all to remind me that the Chiefs would lose in the playoffs, but also - that the Chiefs had a quarterback.
Today was straight out of bizarro world. For the first time ever as an (informed) Chiefs fan, anything felt possible/ Even if we ultimately don't go all the way, that is genuinely the first time I have felt this way since I was in grade school.
Funnily enough, this is also the most I've ever seen Denver fans rooting for us, ever. Multiple people told me today that as painful as it is, they hope we crush Brady.
It's a new era, peeps. I'm going to try to savor every minute.
I fist bumped a guy wearing a Joe Montana Chiefs Jersey at my local Trader Joes this weekend, Granada Hills California! :-)
All my friends and coworkers who are fans of other teams are really pulling for the Chiefs this weekend. A close friend of mine, a HUGE Patriots fan, texted me and said Mahomes is legit and the Patriots are going to lose.
Originally Posted by chinaski:
I fist bumped a guy wearing a Joe Montana Chiefs Jersey at my local Trader Joes this weekend, Granada Hills California! :-)
All my friends and coworkers who are fans of other teams are really pulling for the Chiefs this weekend. A close friend of mine, a HUGE Patriots fan, texted me and said Mahomes is legit and the Patriots are going to lose.
Originally Posted by chinaski:
I fist bumped a guy wearing a Joe Montana Chiefs Jersey at my local Trader Joes this weekend, Granada Hills California!:-)
All my friends and coworkers who are fans of other teams are really pulling for the Chiefs this weekend. A close friend of mine, a HUGE Patriots fan, texted me and said Mahomes is legit and the Patriots are going to lose.
I stopped at 7-11 downtown Austin this morning for the first time in probably a month. The cashier and I have talked before, he is a big Texans fan. He saw me, 5 people back in line, and started talking to me about how great the game was. Then said that he "has the Chiefs winning it all". It felt weird to talk to the guy over the top of the other customers but great fun! [Reply]
People were commenting on my Chiefs hoodie and beanie yesterday while running errands at WaWa, at my local pet store, and at the grocery store. Redskins fans, Ravens fans (whom we just beat a few weeks ago), Steelers fans (the second worst type of human being on earth), Eagles fans... They're all Chiefs fans this weekend. It's like the twilight zone.
Yes, I'm cherishing every second. I won't go as far as saying that Sunday is a win-win, but what is truly lost other than the first of many AFCCGs Pat and Andy will lead us to? This team, after another draft and round of FA, is only going to get better. I'll be bummed if we lose but holy fuck... Being a Chiefs fan has never been as exciting and I've never felt this optimistic. So I dare say Sunday is almost(?) a win-win?
Edit- To clarify I think we're crushing the Pats, which is stated in each of my posts in the Chiefs-Pats threads. I also think we can beat the Rams or Saints. I haven't conceded defeat, I was simply saying that even if we do lose I'm not going to be depressed all off-season like in year's past [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
Have the last two days felt surreal to anybody else?
Today is a great example. I re-located to Colorado due to my wife's line of work in 2016. I teach for a living, and I'm known for wearing eccentric ties. From 2016-2017, my Chiefs tie was rarely commented on despite being deep in Bronco country, and not only that, it was rarely even noticed.
In 2017, my co-workers all thought I was crazy for picking the Titans victory, and even were a bit startled they couldn't even rib me that season.
Co-worker in 2017: "I see your Chiefs are 5-0"
Me: "Yeah, but it's going to fall apart in the playoffs."
Co-worker in 2017: "Just wait for the.. oh."
Often, if my Chiefs affinity was noticed, it was often greeted with looks of pity. Things changed this year. It started after the Steelers game. Multiple co-workers told me right away, "Yeah. Mahomes is looking good, but just wait until teams figure him out."
That turned into, "Just wait for the playoffs."
And then the Bronco game came - and I was greeted with a cold silence in the breakroom when I walked in. It was a new world. People at gas-stations were commenting on my tie, at the grocery store, all to remind me that the Chiefs would lose in the playoffs, but also - that the Chiefs had a quarterback.
Today was straight out of bizarro world. For the first time ever as an (informed) Chiefs fan, anything felt possible/ Even if we ultimately don't go all the way, that is genuinely the first time I have felt this way since I was in grade school.
Funnily enough, this is also the most I've ever seen Denver fans rooting for us, ever. Multiple people told me today that as painful as it is, they hope we crush Brady.
It's a new era, peeps. I'm going to try to savor every minute.
TLDR - THIS IS FUN!
Repost Police: Sorry about it.
Every time I think of what is about to happen, I imagine this:
We had 170 Chief fans attend the Chiefs fan group down here. The game is not till 6:40 my time. I was planning this weeks event.
I didn’t even consider what I’m doing if we win. Planning or thinking of where to party, what we need to do to celebrate. How fucked up are we as Chief fans that we think we can’t be happy as a fan. Something is going to go wrong. Because Chiefs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
We had 170 Chief fans attend the Chiefs fan group down here. The game is not till 6:40 my time. I was planning this weeks event.
I didn’t even consider what I’m doing if we win. Planning or thinking of where to party, what we need to do to celebrate. How fucked up are we as Chief fans that we think we can’t be happy as a fan. Something is going to go wrong. Because Chiefs.
Nothing is going wrong Sunday. This is our year friend and the first of many. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC Tattoo:
I've seen Bronco fans say same things and I'm like NOOOOOOOOOOOOo please don't, I want Bronco tears when we when it all..
Bronco tears are most tasty i don't want them happy for us at all.
Broncos HAD BEEN much better than the Chiefs in the postseason.
It’s important that we win this year and continue to destroy the Broncos. Many of them hate us more than New England [Reply]
