Chiefs hope to change their Luck

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Given the post-season history involving Indianapolis and Kansas City over the years, Andrew Luck and the Colts have every reason to feel confident heading to Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday.

The Chiefs have every reason to believe they’re due.

Four times the teams have met in the playoffs, twice in the wild-card round and twice with a spot in the AFC title game on the line. Each time the Colts emerged victorious. All but one were down-to-thewire nail-biters, one a recordsetting shootout and another a defensive slugfest, and each left Colts fans feeling euphoric and Chiefs fans feeling cursed.

Asked whether he understood the magnitude of the next installment in the onesided series, Chiefs cornerback Kendall Fuller replied quite simply: “Oh yeah.”

“Especially what they’ve been going through over the years and things like that,” he said. “We definitely see how fans feel, what they’re expecting and stuff like that.”

There are still more than a dozen players around who were involved in the 2013 game which Luck’s Colts won 45-44 after overcoming a 3810 deficit.

The Chiefs earned the No. 1 seed with their third consecutive AFC West title, and have arguably the game’s best young quarterback in Patrick Mahomes. Yet the Colts, the sixth and last seed in the playoffs, may be the hottest team playing.