Michael Irvin says ‘nobody’s scared anymore’ of KC Chiefs

The players and coaches of the Kansas City Chiefs woke up to face a harsh reality on Monday morning. It’s the sinking feeling of dashed expectations and the hangover from a pitiful performance against the Tennessee Titans. All around the National Football League, the Chiefs are a conversation piece regarding topics of failure and letdown, frustration and false hopes.

Specifically on First Take, former Dallas Cowboys legend Michael Irvin took the Chiefs to task as one of the hosts on the popular sports talk show. After the Chiefs turned in an offensive performance of a mere three points overall and a shutout at halftime—the first such half for Andy Reid and the Chiefs since 2016—Irvin looked back at his own experience to chide the Chiefs and describe the new reality they face in 2021.

Check out the clip below:

Here’s the key part of what Irvin said if you just wanted to read it, although he goes on to say the Chiefs will also miss the postseason.

“What they’re going through right now is the reality that nobody’s scared anymore. You walk in a game and you think you’re still that old team and you think you’re just going to shake it off and go back to killing people. Dictating from an offensive standpoint, that’s what they’ve been doing for years. They’ve dictated to defenses, this is what we’re going to do. We’ll make you do this and then tear you up and they can no longer do that.”

In the past, we’ve actually disagreed with Irvin over some of his views regarding the Chiefs—the most recent of which was saying Dak Prescott was better than Patrick Mahomes. While that notion is still one we would disagree with, the reality is that maybe even our own bias around the Chiefs has been at work to make us continually overinflate the value of the Chiefs and their abilities on the field this season.