Despite Rocky Start, Books Call it 'Completely Crazy' to Count Chiefs Out

A famous scholar once said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

For years in the NFL, it was insane to count out the New England Patriots, especially after early-season blunders or close losses. The Brady-Belichick Patriots dropped plenty of September and October games over the years but only missed the playoffs one time between 2003 and 2019.

The cream always rose to the top.

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Nowadays, the Kansas City Chiefs are the league powerhouse, yet some pundits search for cracks in the armor every time they lose before Halloween. 

You'd think people would’ve learned their lesson by now.

Kansas City started the season with two losses in three games, as quarterback Patrick Mahomes operated with a shorthanded room of playmakers. And let's not forget, the Chiefs were 2.5-point home underdogs to Lamar Jackson and the big, bad Baltimore Ravens during the last weekend of September.

Mahomes threw four touchdowns and K.C. won 37-20.

"The Chiefs catching points at home is an auto bet for me," one professional bettor told me from Las Vegas. "That’s as close as it gets to a free lunch."

After beating Baltimore to improve to 2-2, Kansas City lost at Jacksonville, then came home and toppled the Detroit Lions at Arrowhead.

The Chiefs had no penalties in their last victory.

"Wait, really?" Westgate SuperBook vice president of race and sports John Murray cracked from his office. "I didn’t keep a close eye on that game after leaving here on Sunday night. Zero penalties?

"What a league."

Murray and