Kansas City Chiefs Wave the White Flag

I tried something new yesterday. My son was getting baptized, and the ceremony followed noon mass - which doesn't bode well for a 12:00 p.m. CST kickoff for the Kansas City good guys and someone who wants to watch the game. So - I set my DVR, went to the service and planned on watching the game when I got home. (I knew something wasn't going right when, midway through the baptism, my buddy J-Bear let out an audible sigh and kicked the pew. He may have dropped the ill-advised F-bomb in church, too - but I can neither confirm nor deny that.) So - I got home and immediately started watching the game on "2X" - twice the speed of normal play. I saw the Chiefs go a thrilling 3-and-out twice, seem to forget that LeSean McCoy was on the field, watch the Philadelphia Eagles' fans inexplicably give Michael Vick a standing ovation, and Larry Johnson officially give up on the season. To LJ's credit, he lasted three games longer than I expected him to. I can't get over how much yesterday's game bothered me. Sure, I expected the Chiefs to lose - just like week 1 against Baltimore, and even week 2 against Oakland. But, like those first two weeks, I expected to see some hustle, some energy, and some heart. Something to hang their collective hats on - something to build on for the rest of the year. Instead, I saw a team get their asses whipped, and the coaching staff give up on any chance of a comeback at halftime. Whitlock had a decent (for him) article this morning about the team quitting on Haley, and Haley quitting on the team. That's about as accurate as you can state the problem - neither the players nor the coach thought they had a chance yesterday, and the result proved it. When Kevin Kolb (Kevin Kolb!) torches you for 300+ yards, you know things are in a shambles. Whatever could go wrong, did - and even at 2X speed, it was frustrating. I managed to watch the second half in 4 minutes and 9 seconds, pausing only to watch Kolb (my starting fantasy QB this week) throw a laser to Brett Celek for the coffin-nailing denoument. It's a good thing that I had the game on mute when Branden Albert cost the team a touchdown with that RETARDED holding penalty - otherwise, I may have started drinking. It was a boring, meaningless game - even in a tidy 32 minutes (on the DVR). Unfortunately, the Chiefs have to play 13 more of them - but they don't get the luxury of fast-forwarding through the bad parts.