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To Mr. 2.7 (brilliant moniker by The_Truth),

You had a golden opportunity here in Kansas City and you blew it.

We, the fans, knew the circumstances behind your pick in the draft. We understood that Peterson overrode the choice of your future coach to draft you. We understood that it would create a difficult situation for you as a rookie because of that. We understood that being behind a very productive and very popular running back would make it all the more difficult for you to prove yourself. You failed to recognize that the coach was player kind of coach and if you just went about doing your job you would have likely won him over. Your chanced arrived when that productive and popular running back got injured and you were given the chance to be the starting running back yet you failed at the given opportunity. This would have given you a shot at winning over fans and the coach all in one swoop. Sure you had a great couple of years, that did not go unnoticed. We saw that and rallied around you. You became our All Pro running back and nearly every fan began to embrace you. Did you not take notice that you were becoming a favorite of many fans? The number of jerseys in the stands that had your name and number should have made that clear enough for you. Did you not recognize the admiration behind those seeking your autograph? Were you not aware that we sympathized with you when the next coach ran you into the ground? Did you not understand we also took into consideration that as the offensive line deteriorated you struggled to be the stud running back that we saw in you the previous seasons? Your supporters remained steadfast behind you Mr. 2.7.

You eroded before our very eyes. You went from a feared premier bruising back to becoming nothing more than a below average forgettable ball carrier. You failed to improve, not only in your game but in your attitude and maturity as well. In fact you regressed in some areas and proved beyond a shadow of doubt that your first coach was dead on in his assessment of you. Do you not see that the loss of all of those opportunities helped to fuel your animosity all the more until it spilled over into your personal life?

Instead of recognizing, taking advantage of the opportunities that was given to you and being a professional you turned to bite the hand that fed you. You turned on our team and in doing so, by proxy, you turned on us. It is obvious that you failed to see that in doing so you began to alienate those who supported you. You could not stop there though, you just had to go that extra step to go straight for the fans as well. What you failed to see is that once you donned the Arrowhead we fans would eagerly support you because you are a Chief, that is until we are proven wrong and damn if you didn't succeed at that. Your tenure here may have some high points but, Mr. 2.7, you had a golden opportunity here in Kansas City and you blew it. You have no one to blame but yourself.

Food for thought to take with you as you move on...grow up and carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

Cordially,

A fan of the Chiefs and once a fan of you.

It goes without saying that overtime is primarily about revenue because I cannot see any logical reason for it outside of a play-off game. This is not about the money side of overtime but my view of its place in the game as a whole. I know this is nothing new, this is not a groundbreaking topic but we just played one and I noticed that there was nothing mentioned in any of the comments since the game about the fact, so I thought I would broach the subject.

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From the FanPosts. -Chris

It has been difficult the past few years for every Chiefs fan and it is obvious we are not out of those trying woods yet. Only the true time-tempered fan continues to stand and weather out the storm of being cellar dwellers.

This is just a change of pace from the weekly post-game breakdowns, analysis and number crunching in an attempt to help ward off the Monday blues that us Chiefs fans have become all too familiar with. Listed are just a few of the little known, well, some anyway, tidbits of Chiefs history.

So without further adieu, did you know...

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