Romeo’s Chiefs don’t smell sweet
The current state of the 1-6 Kansas City Chiefs is bleak at best, Sam Mellinger of The Kansas City (Mo.) Star believes.
“The picture of the Chiefs’ now historic level of ‘professional’ football incompetence is their overmatched head coach, asked a simple question about why his star running back got only five carries in another blowout loss, saying ‘I’m not exactly sure.’
“The Chiefs are beyond disappointment, beyond even the kind of stink that makes your eyes water, and are now neck-deep in the all-time pool of pathetic with Matt Millen’s [Detroit] Lions, Turner Gill’s [Kansas] Jayhawks and Buddy Bell’s [Kansas City] Royals.
“Keep in mind, the [Oakland] Raiders stink, too. They won only two games this season before beating the Chiefs 26-16, a sortof-close final score that makes it seem like the Chiefs had a chance.
“Here’s Coach Romeo Crennel’s explanation:
“‘Well, generally, if the other team is able to score, that puts you down,’ he says. ‘... You can say this is similar to what we’ve been talking about all along. We get penalties at inopportune times, we turn the ball over, then we allow teams to score.’ ”
“These are your Chiefs, Kansas City. And with the next two games shown nationally in prime time, the rest of the country will see why you’ve been booing so much, and why it’s past time for the coach and general manager to be fired.”