Week in Review: CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY EDITION
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Good afternoon, Go Long readers! As we close in on the NFC and AFC Championship Games, here are our stories and podcasts from the week to get you set. I’ll also be sure to share a link to the Gameday Chat via email. We’ll dissect both games all evening, and then I’ll record a postgame show on Substack Live following the Bills-Chiefs nightcap.
Enjoy the games.
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The Chiefs have owned Buffalo in the postseason. Are those fateful “13 Seconds” still haunting this team? Last year’s Wide Right? I caught up with Von Miller, Rasul Douglas, Jordan Phillips, Alec Anderson, Curtis Samuel and Dion Dawkins this week to get a gauge of this team’s mentality. They believe this (new) roster is ready to slay the king.
‘Drive a dagger in:’ Is this the year the Buffalo Bills slay the king?
ORCHARD PARK, NY — The greatest ever crush you psychologically. Before they even take the field, they plant fear inside your mind. Damn good coaches and players start questioning everything, the ball is kicked, the fourth quarter begins and… your lead is vaporized. Your pride is shattered. Your offseason begins. Tom Brady sp…
Of course, this all began in the 2017 NFL Draft. Chatted again with former GM Doug Whaley about that weekend. Yes, the man who owns the Buffalo Bills loved Patrick Mahomes before anyone else. What happened?
The day the Buffalo Bills could've drafted Patrick Mahomes
Throughout history, fan bases in all sports love to claim that they “almost” — emphasis on those air quotes — landed a legend. History is often revised by the parties involved, too.
Nobody understands the sport’s history quite like Michael MacCambridge, who authored a three-part series on Kansas City’s three-peat bid during the summer. We discuss the matchup through a Chiefs’ scope on the podcast.
Pod: Michael MacCambridge on the Kansas City Chiefs' three-peat quest
The NFL’s natural forces have led to this at Arrowhead Stadium:
The Dallas Cowboys are not a serious football operation. Take it from those who’ve seen how Jerry and Stephen Jones run the show up close. I explored the organizational rot in this piece.
On the Dallas Cowboys and organizational rot
The Star at Frisco, by design, is a blinding spectacle. There’s no separation between football and business so there’s no need to even speculate whether the Dallas Cowboys are more concerned about making money than winning championships — you quite literally see that this is the case every day. One former executive on the football side of the operation laughs at the suggestion of a debate. When Jerry Jones cut the ribbon on this team’s new 91-acre, $1.5 billion headquarters in 2016, it was obvious that visions of Lombardi Trophies were not dancing in his head.