Chiefs Bear>>>Royals Bear

Watching the Royals last night, one can’t help but feel like Grumpy Bear.

It feels like the season is already over watching the Royals play. They have no life. No one seems to be trying.

An optimist will say that there is still hope that the Royals will make the playoffs. A pessimist will say that the Royals have not reached the bottom yet. 

I think the Royals are going through a rough patch, one that every team experiences. It is clearly poor timing on their part as they have slipped from FIRST PLACE to THIRD, and another loss tonight will put them in FOURTH. I don’t want to dwell on that though, because it’s too easy to complain about them. It is also too hard to find positives about them so I won’t do that either.

Rather, I will focus on what Kansas Citians have had to do for DECADES at this time of year: forget the Royals and move on to the Chiefs.

In addition to this blog about (mostly) the Royals, I also blog about the Chiefs for www.Chiefs360.com (check out my posts here). All players will report to training camp on Thursday, and after last season’s ugly exit in the playoffs, I am excited to get this season going and end another stupid Kansas City record (8 straight playoff losses…ugh). The Chiefs have not won a playoff game in 19 years! 

Despite losing numerous starters from last year’s team, I think the Chiefs can make the playoffs again in 2014. Denver was very good last year but it might be very hard for them to replicate last year’s success, especially after every team got to watch Seattle’s defense dismantle the Broncos' offense and can mimic what they did this season. If the Broncos have any offensive line injuries and/or Peyton Manning goes down, they are toast. San Diego was surprisingly decent last season but their head coach is unproven and I can see them regressing backwards this season. And Oakland looks awful on paper (their starting QB is Matt Schaub. Really?!). The Chiefs added some defensive help this offseason, and if Alex Smith and Jamaal Charles stay healthy, and Dwayne Bowe puts up statistics like he is capable of, and they get more production at tight end (all of which seem very likely), the Chiefs can easily win the division and lock up home field in the playoffs.

The first preseason game against the Bengals is only 16 days away. For all you Royals fans like me, who may feel like Grumpy Bear today, turn that frown upside down and feel like the Chiefs Bear instead.