My parents still live on the family farm in north central Kansas. Their dog, General is not a dog of pedigree. General is a "mutt" cross of German Shepherd and something else. It is the best dog the farm has ever had roam the property and the farm has been around for one hundred years. Why is this dog so special? General is tough and takes on all intruders and whips them all; snakes, bobcats, skunks, coyotes, stray dogs....anything!
That dog reminds me of this 2007 Chiefs team or this team reminds me of that dog. Take this into consideration as we all head into the bye week. THE CHIEFS ARE THE ONLY AFC TEAM WITH A WINNING RECORD THAT HAS NOT OUTSCORED ITS OPPONENTS. The Chiefs have been an UNDERDOG in 6 of their 7 games, including being a home underdog twice! The Chiefs and the New York Giants are the only two teams in the NFL that lost their first two games of the season and have a winning record after seven weeks.
It doesn't make sense, if you look at the statistics. This team isn't about stats, its about doing what it takes to win....ugly, pretty or otherwise. OK, I'm still waiting for the pretty win, but you know what I mean. This week on the Dodge Chiefs Insider television show seen throughout the Chiefs Kingdom, I'm going to show what makes this team tick. It makes key plays under difficult circumstances. Examples include plays you have forgotten about; Jared Allen's strip of Adrian Peterson in the Vikings game, Jarrad Page's strip of Michael Turner in the San Diego game, Pat Surtain bird"dogging" Chad Johnson in the Bengal game and Damon Huard showing guts in making two throws in the Raider game.
This team is like that "stud" farm dog....it just fights...and its not especially a team of pedigree...not a "pretty" team and as Herm Edwards would say.."that's ok". Herm's response on our post-game show Sunday was profound when I asked him what we have learned about this team after seven games. Herm said, "..they are a team of tremendous will". I like this "dog" and you should too, theres a lot to like about it....just like that farm dog.
