>>Yes - but the dream is still alive! Go Chiefs! (uhh and Go Jax ...uhh and go Cleveland)
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>For about 30 minutes today there was hope, when KC was leading and both the Ravens and Texans were down.
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>This is a bizarre year for KC. On the bright side:
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>- Justin Houston, 22 sacks
>- KC surrendered the fewest points of any team in the AFC (281 points)
>- Beat the defending Super Bowl champs
>- Wins over several teams that made the playoffs and several teams with +.500 records
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>But in the end, losses against 2-14 Titans and 3-13 Raiders killed them.

Yup. That is a really mixed bag.

The Bears already fired Marc Trestman and GM Phil Emery, as was widely expected. One thing the Tribune's beat reporter Brad Biggs pointed out in his column today is that this is bad news not only for Trestman but for every coach in the CFL who has aspirations of using it as a steppingstone to the NFL. It may be a while before that happens again. Trestman was a nice guy -- too nice. He stressed teamwork when in actuality it is 53 guys with their separate agendas. Kind of like Obama, they knew they didn't have to fear him. And in a profession with generally short earning potential that's a bomb waiting to go off.

I read online that Rex Ryan has already cleared out his office although nothing has been announced. He's not smart enough to coach a bunch of bums to even mediocrity but he is smart enough to know which way the wind blows.