The coming days will pump more nervous anticipation through Kansas City than any period since the Royals were in the World Series, and more Chiefs angst than any two-week period since 2003. And you probably remember how that ended.
The best Chiefs team in more than a decade won the AFC West with a 37-27 win over the Chargers here, possibly the last NFL game in San Diego.
They earned a first-round playoff bye, the AFC’s No. 2 seed, and a home playoff game with a sweep of the division, Andy Reid’s coaching, John Dorsey’s roster, Tyreek Hill’s speed, Eric Berry’s strength, Dee Ford’s emergence, Travis Kelce’s stardom, Dontari Poe’s jump-passing and a thousand other factors that fed a 12-4 record.