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The matchup the Kansas City Chiefs have been waiting for

By Stacy D. Smith

Dec 8, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Albert Wilson (12) and defensive tackle Chris Jones (95) and wide receiver Chris Conley (17) interact with the crowd during the game against the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs won 21-13. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 8, 2016; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Albert Wilson (12) and defensive tackle Chris Jones (95) and wide receiver Chris Conley (17) interact with the crowd during the game against the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs won 21-13. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports /
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The football gods couldn’t have scripted a better start to the postseason campaign for the Kansas City Chiefs. Pay no attention to what appears to be the consensus of Chiefs Kingdom. The Chiefs drew the perfect opponent in the divisional round — The Pittsburgh Steelers.

If anything effectively sets this team on a course for Houston, for Super Bowl LI, it’s a re-match with the team that it suffered its greatest defeat to in the regular season. The Steelers are one of just a handful of qualifying playoff teams believed by pundits to be capable of making and subsequently winning an championship in this NFL season.

If ever there were a time for the Chiefs to prove they belong in that conversation, it’s right now. The Chiefs have achieved that level of visibility for the first time since Marty Schottenheimer was in the pilot’s chair at One Arrowhead Drive. No Chiefs team’s been this consistently good since the squads he assembled between 1990-1997. Sure, the Dick Vermeil-led Chiefs once earned the No. 1 seed, but that group wasn’t as solid from top-to-bottom. It was tough to believe that bunch was capable of the NFL’s ultimate prize.

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