<header class="header" id="yui_3_18_1_1_1448500773262_2052" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13px;">[h=1]NFL Power Rankings: The Kansas City Chiefs have good shot at history[/h]</header><cite class="byline vcard top-line" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 12.1px;">By Frank Schwab<abbr style="display: block;">November 24, 2015 1:42 AM</abbr></cite>Shutdown Corner
Since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, the only 1-5 team to make the playoffs was the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals. They were actually 1-6, in a 14-game season, and won out to make the playoffs. That's amazing (also, as a side note, that was the team for which Bill Walsh is credited for devising what would eventually become the "West Coast Offense").
What the Chiefs are doing is remarkable, as well.
Kansas City has won four in a row and is in a four-way tie for the last wild-card spot in the AFC. And they have to be considered a favorite to get a wild-card spot based on this remaining schedule:
Week 12: vs. Buffalo
Week 13: at Oakland
Week 14: vs. San Diego
Week 15: at Baltimore
Week 16: vs. Cleveland
Week 17: vs. Oakland
Wow. Not one winning team among the six remaining opponents. Three of the worst teams in the NFL (San Diego, Baltimore and Cleveland) remain. The only .500 team, Buffalo, comes into Kansas City next week off a short week, and quarterback Tyrod Taylor hurt his shoulder on Monday night. Oakland should provide a couple tough games, but you have to figure the Chiefs get at least a split there.
A 4-2 finish, given that schedule, is the minimum it seems. A 5-1 mark seems about right and 6-0 might happen. Could we see a team start 1-5 and finish 11-5? Take a look at that schedule again, and you tell me.
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AND TO THINK THEY WERE TRADING EVERYBODY 5 WEEKS AGO
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If you thought the Kansas City Chiefs' season was over at 1-5, history was on your side.Since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, the only 1-5 team to make the playoffs was the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals. They were actually 1-6, in a 14-game season, and won out to make the playoffs. That's amazing (also, as a side note, that was the team for which Bill Walsh is credited for devising what would eventually become the "West Coast Offense").
What the Chiefs are doing is remarkable, as well.
Kansas City has won four in a row and is in a four-way tie for the last wild-card spot in the AFC. And they have to be considered a favorite to get a wild-card spot based on this remaining schedule:
Week 12: vs. Buffalo
Week 13: at Oakland
Week 14: vs. San Diego
Week 15: at Baltimore
Week 16: vs. Cleveland
Week 17: vs. Oakland
Wow. Not one winning team among the six remaining opponents. Three of the worst teams in the NFL (San Diego, Baltimore and Cleveland) remain. The only .500 team, Buffalo, comes into Kansas City next week off a short week, and quarterback Tyrod Taylor hurt his shoulder on Monday night. Oakland should provide a couple tough games, but you have to figure the Chiefs get at least a split there.
A 4-2 finish, given that schedule, is the minimum it seems. A 5-1 mark seems about right and 6-0 might happen. Could we see a team start 1-5 and finish 11-5? Take a look at that schedule again, and you tell me.
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