Andrew Perloff gets why you’re Chief’d out.
But the Infinity Sports Network on-air personality doesn’t get why you hate them, either.
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo will go on rants about how the Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift are ruining his enjoyment of the sport. Russo was even mad about Caitlin Clark, a lifelong Chiefs fan, attending a Chiefs game in Kansas City.
That’s one side of the sports radio ecosystem.
The other includes Perloff, who previously had been a fixture on The Dan Patrick Show.
Now, with Maggie Gray on Westwood One’s Maggie & Perloff, ‘McLovin’ has had his fair share of takes that ruffle the feathers of the masses, like his take on Caitlin Clark getting a forearm to the face or how he thought there was an ulterior motive to Bill Belichick’s media career.
But there are no ulterior motives to Perloff’s opinions about the Kansas City Chiefs
And as a Philadelphia Eagles fan and the host of a nationally syndicated radio program, he gets why the neutral fan hates the Chiefs.
He told host Brandon Contes of the Awful Announcing Podcast that’s the “understatement of the year.”
That doesn’t mean he gets it, though.
“Oh my God, that’s the understatement of the year,” Perloff said when Contes mentioned that people, in general, are Chief’d out. “You can’t walk anywhere in my building with someone saying, ‘Gosh, I’m so sick of the Chiefs.’ I think people were really, really pulling for the Buffalo Bills. Less so for the Eagles, because nobody likes the Eagles because they’re ‘brash.’ But I think that it’s an incredible thing. Neutral fans are rooting for the Eagles, who never would because they’re so tired of the Chiefs.
“And, we’re hearing all these reasons for not liking the Chiefs — I just think it’s fatigue. I think people are sick of the same team doing [it] again and again — and the way they win is so close. So many football fans, I know, and we have a lot of callers, who don’t like it. And our executive producer hates the Chiefs more than he’s hated any other team, which is so unlikely to me because they’re not a hateable team.”
The Dallas Cowboys, on the other hand? That’s a hateable team, according to Perloff.
“Not this Chiefs team,” he added. “So, I don’t really get it, but it’s out there.”
Perloff isn’t the only one who sees the Chiefs as impossible to ignore. Whether you love them or can’t stand them, they stir something in fans. You’re either rooting for them or praying for their dynasty to crumble — and that’s what makes them so captivating for neutral fans.
“The dynasty helps because you can root against a team,” says Perloff. “Parity is great for the NFL because everyone gets into it. But I agree. I think this powerhouse makes it must-see TV. The Eagles are an okay draw for the Super Bowl. But for [the NFL], it doesn’t matter. Anyone playing the Chiefs is gonna be… I think it’s gonna be like history. I think people are going to want to tell their kids, ‘I saw this game.’ I think that’s a big deal.
“I think back to something different about Michael Jordan doing his two three-peats in the ’90s; you had to see it because you knew you were going to tell your kids about it.”
But unlike those iconic moments, Perloff won’t be telling anyone’s kids about Chiefs’ conspiracy theories.
“Okay, I’m a constant critic of officials on social media,” Perloff admits. “But, no, I do not. Ultimately, Patrick Mahomes was eighth in the league at drawing roughing-the-passer penalties. I always felt Josh Allen and the Bills get a ton of calls, too… I don’t think that the [fourth down play in the AFC Championship Game] reeked of some kind of conspiracy that the NFL wanted to get the Chiefs there.
“I think they kind of wanted Josh Allen in the Super Bowl, to be honest. I don’t think they were going to be unhappy with either matchup. And it was a pile — and it’s impossible to judge those piles. So, no, I don’t see conspiracy. I don’t think that over the course of this run, it’s been because of that. Now, listen, the Eagles got screwed in the Super Bowl because of the pass interference, but [James Bradberry] grabbed his jersey, and the official could see the jersey. What was he going to do?
“I think you had to call that. So, I can’t point to one thing that seemed fishy to me.”
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About Sam Neumann
Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.