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This kind of game shouldn’t happen

By JOE POSNANSKI

The Kansas City Star

CHARLOTTE, N.C. | Well, it was fitting that this was the fifth week of the season because the Chiefs have now gone through all five stages of grief. There seemed to be no denial left in the locker room after the Chiefs’ nauseating 34-0 loss Sunday to Carolina. There wasn’t much anger. The Chiefs’ players were not in the mood for bargaining, and few players even seem very depressed.

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Named the nation's best sports columnist in America, Joe Posnanski spent his first day on the job for The Star standing in center field during a rain storm at Yankee Stadium. It was a sign of things to come.

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