The thing to remember about freedom is that it is not given, it is taken

Fans from the twelve playoff teams are gearing up for this weekend and beyond. But it wasn’t without incident. This past Sunday was pivotal in determining who was in and who wasn’t. Surprise victories by some left teams out and changed playoff seedings. But one fan in particular makes a great point about what transpired on Sunday to allow the Kansas City Chiefs work their way into the playoffs.

To fill you in, all Denver had to do was win their game against the 49ers and they would have secured a playoff spot. I’ll let Jack McCord, a member of my fantasy gaming group (and Kansas City fan and resident) tell it best:

“At the start of the day, the Chiefs (my team) were at the bottom with the worse case scenario to make the playoffs. They needed a Denver, Tennessee and Cincinnati losses. Plus, a victory against, Jacksonville. Guess what...it all happened. My thanx to: Pittsburgh, New England and especially San Francisco. I'm happy with that. My entire disappoint is with the media. FOX in particular. The results and scenarios were in place before the start of the Denver/S.F. game. But at no time would the big city media mention that K.C. (the small market) was in the game. Granted, it may seem that I am playing home town hero but... the situation was known before the game. It was cut and dry, Denver wins they're in. Denver loses K.C. is in. . Pretty simple. I watched the entire Den./S.F. game, they mentioned 17 times that if Denver wins they're in. They never mentioned what happens if Denver loses. It was simple, if Denver loses K.C. is in. But they went out of their way to not mention K.C. until, 9 min. left in the 4th qtr. 17 times they mention a playoff scenario but don't mention the small market team until you have to. That is B.S. Don't give the small market any publicity until you ultimately have to. Great marketing. For those of you thinking Denver is small market, guess again, they are almost twice our size. Why is this? Can't the networks give equal unbiased reporting...apparently not. At any rate....We're here, We're there and we will continue to be whether New York or L.A. recognizes us or not.”

The 17 times may have been an exaggeration, but then again it could have been more. But Jack (known as Captain Jack in our circle) makes a great point at how the media can be so biased that they lose sight of the big picture.

I offer my congrats to Jack and the Chiefs. I would love to see the Jets and Chiefs play each other so there can be the other element of Herm Edwards against his former team.

I’d comment on the other playoff teams, but I’ll leave that to someone who cares about them.