Jim Haslett left the franchise in tatters after taking over for the fired Scott Linehan in the 2008 season. We're going to continue that journey now, but rejoin the team in 2009. Six picks ago, we looked at the journey the Rams have taken down the road of mediocrity since Super Bowl XXXVI. As upsetting as this may be, I would suggest that it is not that the Chiefs can't "lose right".
This was, of course, in reference to the Chiefs having the first overall pick in a draft where there are no sure-fire franchise QB's, sandwiched between the Andrew Luck/RGIII and Jadeveon Clowney drafts. Recently on AP I read a comment lamenting the fact the Chiefs "can't even lose right". Even Jordan, who was "the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be", couldn't control how lucky he was. But he couldn't control the way the ball bounced off the rim, or whether or not an opposing player was injured on any given night. He could train, add new wrinkles to his game every offseason, and learn to hide his weaknesses as he aged. Even as good as His Airness was, he couldn't win every game. Even Michael Jordan, the Association's G.O.A.T., lost almost a third of the time (639-291 regular season, 119-60 playoffs). A player can only be so "good" at his particular game. It's an old sports refrain, and speaks to the nature of sports more than anything.