Originally Posted by CoMoChief (Post 7005690)

There are a few things that made me angry from last night's game.

Thomas Jones is a good RB. A great backup guy as well a guy that can be plugged into the game during shot yard situations.

BUT

Give the ****in ball toe Charles more, my god. The time he broke that 60 yard run for a TD he had what....1 single carry??? That's it?!?! He touched the ball one time?!?! I don't understand Haley's thought process on that. Don't exactly know what more Charles has to do to get more touches on the field. It makes no sense to leave him on the sidelines that much when he's pretty much the only sure thing we have on offense.

We have a QB that is just ****ing pathetic. So what can maybe hide that a little bit(if anything)? How about a running back that can break open a long TD run on virtually any given chance? The more he's in, the more defenses will have to respect us. Teams already are going to load up the box on us because defenses will look across the trench and see Cassel behind center and they will start laughing at us.

I don't mind the switchups between kickoff/punt returners. Both IMO are very good at it and can rip one open anytime. Our ST play is going to be A LOT better than last years. It's probably gonna have to be a strength for this team if we wanna be competitive this season. Our offense isn't a strong one, if we can start w/ good field position or maybe even break one open, it could really help our offense.

Originally Posted by Sully (Post 7005945)

I hate being the negative guy about Charles, but even after last season, I'm not sold on him as a full time back, for three reasons...
1) his left shoulder is made of Velcro.
2) he has shown a fumbling problem.
3) every once in a while, he does something boneheaded. Last night's uncontested run out of bounds short of the marker on fourth down is one example.

I honestly think if he got 2x the carries, he'd only get 10-15% more yardage. So playing Jones more, in that theory, makes sense.

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 7005956)

Im with you on this 100% and ill trust Haley and Weis on this over anybody on this board.

They are doing the right thing.

Originally Posted by ROR (Post 7005964)

There's a time and place to run Charles, and I think they're getting it right.

Originally Posted by keg in kc (Post 7005663)

I can't help but wonder how much of Weis' perceived lack of faith in Cassel early in the game stems from the fact that he was hit on four of his first five pass attempts. He was hit three times the first series, and then was sacked when Philips blew by Richardson to end the second series. The third series was when they began to run the ball (9 yards by Jones, 4 yards by Charles and then the 56-yarder).

Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 7006085)

Interesting comment by one of the talking heads on ESPN, about how Crennel coaches a D in a similar style as Belichick, using the last play as example when they blanketed Gates (the idea being, don't let their best player beat you, make them beat you with the third or fourth option). Seems simple enough, but it's just an example of how more competent coaching can cure a lot of ills.

Originally Posted by KC Jones (Post 7006079)

This is exactly what I was thinking about when reading Sully's comments about the line providing good pass protection. I think later in the game Cassel had some time to throw, but early on he had 1-2 seconds before he was getting hit.

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 7006092)

Yep....and you will often see no name guys have big nights like Naanee last night.

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 7006092)

Yep....and you will often see no name guys have big nights like Naanee last night.

Originally Posted by Sully (Post 7006132)

Off subject, but I can't listen to that guy's name without thinking of Martin Short summoning the Invisible Swordsman...

"trip, trip, trip, trip, trip... NANEE!!!

Originally Posted by JD10367 (Post 7006133)

The Pats certainly had some name players in their SB seasons... but they also made a lot of chicken salad with chickenshit, especially in the defensive backfield. There are many good things about Belichick, but one of the better ones is the fact that, as they like to say, he "puts players in position to make plays". In other words, coaching to their strengths, putting them into positions to succeed, not putting square pegs into round holes, etc.,. It's how he takes guys like Mike Vrabel and Wes Welker and suddenly they look Canton-bound. If Romeo can do the same thing for the Chiefs, some of these defensive players who've been underperforming might suddenly live up to potential. There are many philosophies to winning, but one of the simpler is, you have to run the ball, and stop the run... if those keep happening, the 11-5 prediction I made for KC won't seem as stupid as it did a month ago.