What is incorrect about what I just said. The cornerstone win YTD is Denver. The rest have come against bad to mediocre teams, or teams playing 3rd string quarterbacks.
Yesterday was a win, but hardly a thing of beauty. SD ineptness won the game for the Chiefs.
there are, by my count, 10 teams aside from the chiefs that are above .500. five of them (seattle, arizona, carolina, new england, ny jets) aren't on the chiefs schedule. two of the remaining five, pittsburgh and denver, the chiefs beat. the other three (cincinnati, green bay, minnesota) the chiefs did not beat, but all were on the road, and the chiefs were underdogs in all.
prior to yesterday's game, the chiefs had played eight of twelve games away from home (one home game was lost due to playing in london). that's the most road-heavy schedule in nfl history. they lost their pro bowl running back early in the year, and more recently their pro bowl linebacker.
the league has always been about the schedule you play, this year is no different. it just so happens that this year, you've got roughly a 2-in-3 chance of playing a non-winning team. (the patriots' two best wins have come against the steelers and jets, both at home.)
the chiefs have beaten plenty of bad teams during their win streak, but they have exceeded vegas expectations in six of seven, and their YTD point differential is +88, sixth in the league, despite playing the hardest SOS.
