Fortunate for dh, he's both a Pats and Saints fan. At least one of his teams made it fairly.

When a pro football team (or equally any other pro team) loses a playoff game, typically neither the team nor its supporters would be best described as being "proud".

You chose the perfect avatar.

What?!?!? They shouldn’t be proud to have made it so far? SMH.

Yea, Pats!!! What a game. Congratulations to KC for a season and game well played.

I watched the last part of the Patriots game through my fingers. Yikes! I have been a Pats fan for many years and I wish my loyal sports obsessed dad was still here. He could have really enjoyed all the winning.

I feel bad for the Saints and that bad call. Tough way to end a season.

I’m out. I love football, but I have 0 interest in this game with these teams. The halftime “entertainment” doesn’t thrill me one whit. I’ll be at the movies.

Elmer, I've been a Chiefs fan since before the Chiefs played in the First Super Bowl and I am PROUD of the Chiefs. They played a great game and have nothing to be ashamed of. They weren't expected to do all that well and Mahomes has proved that he will be Super Bowl material. The whole game, however, came down to the toss -- if the Chiefs had won the toss, they would have been on their way to the Super Bowl.

The OT rules have to change. Both teams should have at least 1 possession.

That's what i think too. Whoever wins the toss, definitely has the advantage. Both teams should have a chance to score.

Martha Scott...so well stated! KC fans have every right to be very PROUD of Patrick! He has been a pure joy to watch play this year...he will be back. He is so young and took the stress of the game in stride. I felt sad for him standing on the sideline just wanting so badly to get his chance to play in that overtime. You, Golfergrll, and foggyj2, are absolutely right...the overtime rules must be changed so both teams get a chance to win instead of the one who is fortunate enough to get the cion toss. I watched the Saints game and they were robbed by a bad call...sorry for them.

Elmer, some of us could come up with a phrase to describe you also that starts with many letters...and they probably would not be polite either!

Wanted to share a tweet by Jeff Darlington, an ESPN reporter. Class acts on both sides.

"Joe Namath..Mahomes may have fallen just short of a Super Bowl berth, but the budding superstar is headed toward a historic $200M contract in 2020". Not bad for a 23 year old young man.

Regarding the rules. I looked them up. Whoever wins the coin toss, if they score a touchdown, the game is over. If they score a field goal, then the other team has a chance. I agree it doesn't seem fair and I truly believe that had the Chiefs won the toss they would have won the game! BTW, the Chiefs played the longest game in post season football -- 1970 or 71 against Miami for the Division championship. The Chief's lost. I think it was 84 minutes long and had a couple of overtimes.

Not long ago, in OT it was whomever scored first won. That included field goals. At least now the team has to put the ball in the end zone to win.

phoggie, help me understand why you found it necessary to be the first person in this thread to make an impolite personal comment.

You were very rude to those of us who have pride in our team ... read the last sentence of your post! . Evidentially you do not read what others say about your "know it all" attitude on these posts!....and it was crude to say that if someone was from a Louisiana county , was why they were not informed .

My comment wasn't personal.

So yours was prophylactic, just in case?

Elmer, you may be the only male on this conversation, but you stated “....nor its supporters...”. I think there are many many “supporters” who are proud of their team, especially when they go that far. Gee....could there be women or even ... God forbid... testosterone-laden men, who understand the value of good effort? For you it is either win or be ashamed. How terribly sad.