Huge win. Significance can't be understated.
- Keeps Pats within (easier) reach
- Pushes Chiefs to 3rd in the AFCW and out of a play-off position
- Huge showing by the D, especially their young guys (Bishop & Hairston)
- Great balance on O, with finally some success throwing downfield
Not perfect by any stretch, but the outlook after this win vs the outlook if they had lost is night and day. And the "but the playoffs!" narrative is irrelevant until the playoffs.
2 other quick observations:
- I watched this game with the sound muted. So much more pleasurable than listening to announcers over-hyping everything
- WGR post-game with Schopp and Bulldog is unlistenable. Smarmy, arrogant, ignorant, and negative even after a win like this.