KC Chiefs: Champ Bailey Says Team Is Super Bowl Dark Horse

After a lousy 1-5 start to the season, the KC Chiefs have won six consecutive games and are now in the driver’s seat in the AFC WildCard picture.

It’s always nice when a former opponent looks at your team and thinks they’re legit. That’s what happened on Monday when former longtime cornerback for the Denver Broncos Champ Bailey went on Colin Cowherd’s show and said the Kansas City Chiefs were his Super Bowl dark horse choice.

Obviously, this is a huge honor coming from Bailey, who played against the Chiefs for ten years of his 15-year career (the first five were spent with the Washington Redskins, who drafted him seventh overall in 1999.

Here are some of the kind words Bailey had to say about our KC Chiefs,

"“The reason I say that (the Chiefs are a Super Bowl dark horse), you look at past Super Bowl teams, they’re good in the turnover margin. They don’t turn the ball over on offense, period. That’s key, that’s the most important stat. You can win without getting the ball from the other offense but you can’t givet the ball back. They’re great at that.“Alex Smith has been great. They look more explosive. Early in the year they didn’t have all their weapons. Eric Berry, he was dealing with his health issues. It took him a while to come along. Sean Smith‘s suspension, he’s a premiere corner in the league. You get those guys back, they start gelling and you see how this defense can be. They got the best pass rush, some of the best pass rushers. Great coach, he’s been there, been to a Super Bowl. They’re battle tested at the top and these guys are figuring out how to win.“They look so great right now and it’s a scary team. What they did to the Broncos was not a fluke. People wanna blame it on Peyton not being healthy. These guys are good, really good.”–Quotes taken from Joel Thorman’s post over at Arrowhead Pride, but you can watch the video below"

This is just really cool. Even before the season began, I never would have pegged the Kansas City Chiefs as a Super Bowl contender. Then the 1-5 start happened, and it was like all of the hype for this season was pointless.

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The Chiefs have battled back, though. They’ve battled back from injuries, from a five-game losing streak, from losing Jamaal Charles, from that crushing defeat from Champ’s Broncos in week two, from that heartbreaking last second loss to Chicago in week five, from a lot of painful moments this season, the Chiefs have fought back.

It’s worth noting that the Chiefs have not lost a game since our beloved Kansas City Royals won the World Series on the evening of November 1st (almost the morning of November 2nd). Could that Royals title have pushed these Chiefs to realize they were better than their 1-5 record indicated? Maybe.

Obviously, I hope Champ Bailey is on point with this prediction. I hope the Chiefs run the table, win their first playoff game since the 1993 season, and keep on winning until there are no more games left to win.

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It’s entirely possible after all.

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