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I’m lowering my expectations for the Chiefs this season

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July 20

Kansas City Star

columnist Jason Whitlock

We have to reach an understanding about the upcoming Chiefs season. Things will be very different on the field and in this column. We’ve never covered a rebuilding football team. I’m not sure I know how. I just know things will be very different, and we’ll all have to bring fresh perspective and expectations into this new season. When I arrived here in September 1994, the Chiefs were fresh off an appearance in the AFC championship game, and Joe Montana had this entire region dreaming about a return to the Super Bowl. Every year since then, we’ve analyzed and scrutinized the Chiefs from that point of view: Can they reach the Super Bowl? That foundation made column writing easy. There were heroes to celebrate and villains to demonize on a year-round basis. We ran Paul Hackett, Lin Elliott and Elvis Grbac out of town. We campaigned for Chester McGlockton, Ty Law and Jeff George, believing they were the missing ingredient to a Super Bowl team.

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