Good morning, everybody. Today is Wednesday, August 31st, and this is the final NFL team preview of the 2022 off season.

A reminder to everybody that all the episodes are now available in the episode list.

Pause the show, go into your podcast, player, go to the episode list.

You'll see all the teams there.

If you've missed any, you have four days to get all of the prep done before we get to the regular format of the simple handicapped.

First thing Monday morning, season number five here on the podcast begins.

I thank everybody for listening to all the team previews.

They look forward to chatting with you guys each and every morning during the regular season.

Finishing things off with the Kansas City Chiefs.

This is a fun one.

It blows my mind what we see in NFL media and general sports media altogether in 2022 somehow collectively as a culture

we still demand outrageous takes we demand clickbait lists we demand and enjoy wild disagreement

and discussion and hyperbole. It's what everybody wants

in sports, and somehow it's only getting worse as we collectively become smarter, not just

from betting, but from just watching and understanding the sports that we consume, especially

with the NFL.

Yet there's just this massive disconnect between what's really going on.

And so all offseason is Patrick Mahomes washed up?

How big of a step back did Patrick Mahomes take in 2021, where his first couple seasons a fluke?

Is Patrick Mahomes ever going to be able to go on with life without Tyreek Hill at wide receiver?

How big of an impact is this?

Can the Chiefs even make the playoffs?

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