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Thoughts on Pre-Season Game #1 (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=262261)

We looked so much more comfortable than we ever did under Haley. Last season we didn't play starters in the first preseason game IIRC and this season they looked about ready for the regular season.

You certainly can tell Todd Haley no longer coaches this team just from this 1 meaningless preseason game

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Originally Posted by PGM (Post 8808289)

It's definately a good sign. Too bad McCluster didn't find the endzone.

I'd like to see Clay gif his catches, but he wont do it. Punk.

The funny thing is that I didn't check your explanation before I checked your ratings. Initially I thought they were an algebra problem. Then I wanted to know how Matt Cassell + Brady Quinn-stanzi=alex tanney

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 8808253)

+ means I think a player did better than expected, - means worse, = means no opinion or no change.

Credit to Direckshun, for I totally plagiarized his depth chart. I

QB
Matt Cassel +
Brady Quinn -
Ricky Stanzi =
Alex Tanney

RB
Jamaal Charles =
Peyton Hillis +
Cyrus Gray +
Shaun Draughn +
Nate Eachus

FB
Tim Biere =
Shane Bannon =

WR
Dwayne Bowe =
Jonathan Baldwin +
Steve Breaston =
Dexter McCluster +
Terrance Copper +
Devon Wylie =
Josh Bellamy =
Jeremy Horne =
Junior Hemingway =
Zeke Markshausen =
Jamar Newsome +
Brandon Kinnie =
Aaron Weaver =

TE
Tony Moeaki =
Kevin Boss =
Tim Biere =
Jake O'Connell =
Steve Maneri +

OT
Brandon Albert =
Eric Winston +
Donald Stephenson =
Ray Willis =
David Mims =
Luke Patterson =

OG
Jon Asamoah +
Ryan Lilja =
Jeff Allen -
Justin Cheadle =
Rich Ranglin =

C
Rodney Hudson +
Darryl Harris =
Rob Bruggeman =
Cam Holland =

NT
Dontari Poe =
Anthony Toribio +
Amon Gordon =
Jerrell Powe +

DE
Glenn Dorsey +
Tyson Jackson +
Allen Bailey =
Ropati Pitoitua +
Brandon Bair =
Jerome Long =
Ethan Johnson =

OLB
Tamba Hali +
Justin Houston +
Cameron Sheffield =
Andy Studebaker =
Gabe Miller =
Edgar Jones =

ILB
Derrick Johnson +
Jovan Belcher +
Brandon Siler =
Dexter Heyman =
Cory Greenwood =
Caleb Campbell =
Leon Williams =

CB
Brandon Flowers =
Stanford Routt -
Javier Arenas =
Jalil Brown =
Jacques Reeves =

S
Eric Berry =
Kendrick Lewis =
Travis Daniels =
Abram Elam +
DaQuan Menzie =
Terrence Parks =
Donald Washington =
Mikail Baker =
Neiko Thorpe =
Tyson Hartman =
Jean Fanor =
Chandler Fenner =
Dominique Ellis =

K
Ryan Succop =
Matt Szymanski =

P
Dustin Colquitt =

LS
Thomas Gafford =

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 8808294)

We looked so much more comfortable than we ever did under Haley. Last season we didn't play starters in the first preseason game IIRC and this season they looked about ready for the regular season.

Yeah, we played some of them. Remember, Cassel handed the ball off like 7 times and then was pulled.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Arrowhead (Post 8808300)

You certainly can tell Todd Haley no longer coaches this team just from this 1 meaningless preseason game

Night and day difference. Night and day.

Our RB depth is a positive.

Our QB depth is going to end up killing us.

Couple things I saw on offense that are really encouraging.

1. A screen play
2. The TD to Hillis. Hillis actually went downfield and not sideways.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Arrowhead (Post 8808300)

You certainly can tell Todd Haley no longer coaches this team just from this 1 meaningless preseason game

Pioli made some comments pertaining how organized the team was this year. I was sure he was poking to Haley on some of that.

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Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan (Post 8808288)

Cards won't win 3 games this year.

They won 8 last year. What did they do to become 5 games worst?

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 8808294)

We looked so much more comfortable than we ever did under Haley. Last season we didn't play starters in the first preseason game IIRC and this season they looked about ready for the regular season.

Well, I agree that Haley may not have been great, but keep in mind that we barely had started practicing by this time last year.

Stanzi should get 2nd team reps all this week and get the nod after Cassell in the next game.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Arrowhead (Post 8808300)

You certainly can tell Todd Haley no longer coaches this team just from this 1 meaningless preseason game

Helps when you sign good free agents too. Pioli didn't do that for Haley.

I'd like to see Cassel hit a wide receiver who will be starting for us at some point.

Our defense is going to rape faces, and I am gonna have to make another video.

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Originally Posted by DaFace (Post 8808315)

Well, I agree that Haley may not have been great, but keep in mind that we barely had started practicing by this time last year.

Yeah but so did 31 other teams and we looked like dog shit. We looked like dog shit under Haley and Herm when they had full off-seasons programs. As someone posted earlier, 3-17 in the preseason in 5 years says a lot about what was wrong with our coaching over that timespan.