ANYBODY BUT KANSAS CITY

With two rounds completed, I've picked a rooting interest for the NFL playoffs: ABKC.

Anybody but Kansas City.

I'm tired of Taylor Swift in the luxury suite, even more so now that she's been joined by Caitlin Clark.

I'm tired of Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in every commercial.

I'm tired of the favorable treatment Mahomes and the Chiefs get from the refs.

Those two roughing-the-passer calls in KC's divisional-round win over Houston were shambolic. No head contact was made on the first. Mahomes slid late and the two Houston players hit each other on the second.

As discussed on my radio program, the quarterback shouldn't be protected after he crosses the line of scrimmage with the ball. The QB should then be treated like any other ball carrier. The slide shouldn't safeguard.

Quarterbacks, not least Mahomes, unfairly exploit rules designed to protect them. They get extra yardage via fake slides, late slides and feigning going out-of-bounds. They cheat. QBs need to be made to protect themselves.

Whatever protection is given to quarterbacks should be applied evenly to all. Mahomes gets more than anybody.

Defenders should just blast quarterbacks. Go headhunting. Make the 15 yards worthwhile if you're going to get flagged anyway. Knock QBs out of the game.

So...ABKC. Anybody but Kansas City.

It will be all Chiefs, all the time if they win a third straight Super Bowl. It will be insufferable. It already is.