On the news page linked to Nola, is an article (you can't read unless you pay) that's entitled (I came away less optimistic). He said that KC was missing a lot of their players, so basically we shouldn't have been impressed by our teams performance.
I beg to differ. We were missing some of our starters too. Rashid Shaheed, Demario Davis, and Andrus Peat (if he's still a starter). But, the point is that our team was performing very well. And, it was against the defending Superbowl champions.
We were a 7-10 team last year, yet our starters - less the aforementioned) totally outplayed KC.
Jeff is totally off-base in this one. I mean, yes, I'd love to have seen RAM go up against Chris Jones, but I already know that RAM can handle him. And as for them missing some receivers, so what. Lattimore and Adebo and Taylor could handle them too.
Jeff may not be optimistic, but I am. I loved the 🔥 the team came out with. Cam Jordan doing backflips. Kahlen Saunders dancing. This team was 🔥 up, and that tells me about the character and makeup of this year's team over last year.
We held KC and Patrick Mahomes (the best QB in the NFL right now) to 31 yards of offense in the 1st quarter with our starters in the game. Our offense looked like a Drew Brees run unit - efficient and executing flawlessly.
Sneaky Pete showed that he can be a very good playcaller.
What's not to be optimistic about.
Lighten up Jeff and just enjoy the ride.